Re: Lauri Markkanen
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:24 pm
Dirks rookie year was below average but he did have a handful of 15-29PT games. 8PPG 3RPG shooting 40/20%. Then he went on to score 17PPG, 21PPG, 23, 25...
Dirk had 13 seasons of over 20 ppg. There are not many players that do that in today's NBA. There are a lot of things that can keep people short of their ceiling. Brief list:psiclist23 wrote:The consensus here (mostly) seems to be the Lauri will be very good but not quite up to Dirk. I'm wondering what you see that gives you that opinion. Is there something about Lauri phiysically that would keep him behind? How good was Dirk his first few games in the League?
I don't have have a strong opinion one way or another but it seems like his ceiling is unknown at this time. He could be a lot better that Dirk. Who knows?
That is true, and a reason why I threw "team utilization" into my list. The Mavs always let Dirk be himself instead of trying to shoehorn him into a more traditional role. If he had landed with a team that saw 7 feet and tried to make him into a low post PF/C, his career is a whole different trajectory.prh wrote:One thing to remember is when Dirk was a rookie, he didn't really fit in with how NBA teams played. These days he and Lauri do, which should help with Lauri's career trajectory.
EDIT: To clarify, that's not a knock on Dirk at all. Dirk in incredible and was truly a transformative player in the NBA. He's a huge reason that guys like Lauri exist and are taken seriously.
Fit is important. Steve Nash was ordinary with Dallas, even though they had Dirk. Took off with Phoenix (paired with Stoudemire).prh wrote:One thing to remember is when Dirk was a rookie, he didn't really fit in with how NBA teams played. These days he and Lauri do, which should help with Lauri's career trajectory.
EDIT: To clarify, that's not a knock on Dirk at all. Dirk in incredible and was truly a transformative player in the NBA. He's a huge reason that guys like Lauri exist and are taken seriously.
Comes a Norseman.Main Event wrote:I kinda like King of the North lol. I'm so happy he's shutting a lot of people up early, they caught a lot of shit for that trade
To be fair to Lauri, if he had as many wide open threes as AG, it's possible he might be shooting 70% from 3 right nowgumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
6+ feet of space is considered "wide open."dcZONAfan wrote:To be fair to Lauri, if he had as many wide open threes as AG, it's possible he might be shooting 70% from 3 right nowgumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Well I'll be damnedTucsonClip wrote:6+ feet of space is considered "wide open."dcZONAfan wrote:To be fair to Lauri, if he had as many wide open threes as AG, it's possible he might be shooting 70% from 3 right nowgumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Lauri: 34.2% FREQ - 1.6/3.9 per game @ 41.2%
Gordon: 29.4% FREQ - 2.0/3.5 per game @ 57.8%
11.2% of Gordon's threes are via pull up @ 50% 3PT%.
2% of Lauri's threes are via pull up @ 33.3% 3PT%.
True.dcZONAfan wrote:To be fair to Lauri, if he had as many wide open threes as AG, it's possible he might be shooting 70% from 3 right nowgumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
I take it back. Damn, that's really something.TucsonClip wrote:6+ feet of space is considered "wide open."dcZONAfan wrote:To be fair to Lauri, if he had as many wide open threes as AG, it's possible he might be shooting 70% from 3 right nowgumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Lauri: 34.2% FREQ - 1.6/3.9 per game @ 41.2%
Gordon: 29.4% FREQ - 2.0/3.5 per game @ 57.8%
11.2% of Gordon's threes are via pull up @ 50% 3PT%.
2% of Lauri's threes are via pull up @ 33.3% 3PT%.
Lauri's fine. The Bulls have no one else to demand attention, so he's not exactly getting a ton of easy looks.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Yeah, he and Valentine had Lauri WIDE open at least 3 times in about a 6 play span and made the wrong play. It was infuriating, especially since Lauri was hot and had just made a few tough shots.Spaceman Spiff wrote:Lauri's fine. The Bulls have no one else to demand attention, so he's not exactly getting a ton of easy looks.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Watching their game last night, they don't exactly help him a ton either. He was rolling and there were multiple instances where Jerian Grant threw it to Robin Lopez in the post instead of swinging it to Lauri.
The thing that kills Lauri's shooting percentage is the percentage of his shots that are 3 point attempts. Seven of his 12 attempts in a game are three point attempts. He is still shooting 55% on 2-point field goal attempts.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
They don’t call it ‘A Player’s Program’ for nothing.
Even being 2,000 miles away in the Windy City, Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen is still keeping the Tucson link strong with a friendly trick shot competition against current Arizona freshman Alex Barcello.
76/180 FTs in college...gumby wrote:Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
This is right. When you look at the TSP for Kuzma and Lauri, there's no difference.rgdeuce wrote:The thing that kills Lauri's shooting percentage is the percentage of his shots that are 3 point attempts. Seven of his 12 attempts in a game are three point attempts. He is still shooting 55% on 2-point field goal attempts.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
Yup, eFG% at 55.3% and 56%.Spaceman Spiff wrote:This is right. When you look at the TSP for Kuzma and Lauri, there's no difference.rgdeuce wrote:The thing that kills Lauri's shooting percentage is the percentage of his shots that are 3 point attempts. Seven of his 12 attempts in a game are three point attempts. He is still shooting 55% on 2-point field goal attempts.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
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They're both over 58%. Lauri just shoots a lot of threes which leads to a lower raw percent but it evens out when you look at the total points produced by the shots.
That's really what matters. People who take a lot of 3's will always lag in raw totals but that doesn't change the stats that actually measure your ability.TucsonClip wrote:Yup, eFG% at 55.3% and 56%.Spaceman Spiff wrote:This is right. When you look at the TSP for Kuzma and Lauri, there's no difference.rgdeuce wrote:The thing that kills Lauri's shooting percentage is the percentage of his shots that are 3 point attempts. Seven of his 12 attempts in a game are three point attempts. He is still shooting 55% on 2-point field goal attempts.gumby wrote:Kinda surprised to see Kuzma's numbers. Lauri needs to get those shooting percentages up.
Kuzma -- 16.4 ppg, 7 rbs. – 50%/31.3%
Markkenen -- 14.8, 7.6 -- 43.7%/36.4%
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon has hit half of his 60 attempts from three. Career: 31 percent. Crazy improvement. Raise your hand if you thought Gordon would be more accurate from 3 at this point than LM.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... aky01.html" target="_blank
https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... kla01.html" target="_blank
They're both over 58%. Lauri just shoots a lot of threes which leads to a lower raw percent but it evens out when you look at the total points produced by the shots.