Lauri Markkanen has been difficult to stop in the early season. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
Lauri Markkanen’s start to the season has been sparkling. He has single-handedly led the Utah Jazz to the second place in the Western Conference, which has been hailed as the end of the season, and at the same time has risen to the top of many player statistics.
Markkanen’s scoring average is 22.2, rebound average 9.4. The sinking average (TS) for all throws is 61.5.
– The same, i.e. at least numbers 22, nine and 60, have (in the early season) only been able Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid, Calvin Chappella basketball reporter specializing in the Utah Jazz, notes on his Twitter account.
Milwaukee Bucks’ Antetokounmpo is a two-time MVP awardee. Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is the leading scorer of last season.
Chappell also mentions that only 16 players have been able to play an entire season with similar statistics. The list includes real sport icons: Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Shaquille O’Neal…
– If Lauri continues in the same way, he will belong to the elite class.
The Jazz next play early Monday morning Finnish time as a guest of the LA Clippers.
Lauri Markkanen is playing his first season in a Utah Jazz jersey. AOP / USA TODAY Sports