Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

#23 Power Forward Small Forward
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2024-25 REGULAR SEASON STATS
16.7 PTS
7.0 REB
2.5 AST
.424 3P%
0.8 STLS

Personal Information

Full Name Lauri Markkanen
Position Power Forward, Small Forward
DOB (Age) 22-05-1997 (27 yrs)
Height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Weight 240 lbs (109 kgs)
Hometown Jyvaskyla
College University of Arizona
Draft 2017 - Rd: 1, Pick: 7 (UTA)
Debut 2017

Recent Games

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Date Opp Result Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% REB AST BLK
Thu 03/28
@ SAS SAS
L 111-118 42 25 8 - 17 0.47 3 - 7 0.43 6 - 6 1.00 6 2 0
Tue 03/26
@ DAL DAL
L 105-115 33 34 10 - 19 0.53 6 - 9 0.67 8 - 8 1.00 7 2 1
Fri 03/22
@ DAL DAL
L 97-113 35 21 6 - 20 0.30 1 - 9 0.11 8 - 8 1.00 3 2 0
Tue 03/19
@ MIN MIN
L 104-114 30 22 8 - 16 0.50 1 - 5 0.20 5 - 5 1.00 12 1 1
Sat 03/02
@ MIA MIA
L 120-126 40 25 5 - 15 0.33 4 - 9 0.44 11 - 12 0.92 4 6 1

Regular Season Stats

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Season Team GP GS Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OFF DEF REB AST BLK
2024
UTA UTA
6 6 29.7 16.7 4.667 - 12.833 .364 2.333 - 5.500 .424 5.000 - 5.833 .857 2.0 5.0 7.0 2.5 0.0
2023
UTA UTA
55 55 33.1 23.2 7.764 - 16.182 .480 3.182 - 7.982 .399 4.527 - 5.036 .899 2.2 5.9 8.2 2.0 0.5
2022
UTA UTA
66 66 34.4 25.6 8.652 - 17.348 .499 3.030 - 7.742 .391 5.288 - 6.045 .875 2.0 6.7 8.6 1.9 0.6
2021
CLE CLE
61 61 30.8 14.8 5.131 - 11.525 .445 2.230 - 6.230 .358 2.262 - 2.607 .868 1.0 4.7 5.7 1.3 0.5
2020
Chi CHI
51 26 25.8 13.6 4.902 - 10.216 .480 2.333 - 5.804 .402 1.490 - 1.804 .826 0.7 4.6 5.3 0.9 0.3
Career 409 383 31.0 18.1 6.249 - 13.653 .458 2.489 - 6.623 .376 3.125 - 3.609 .866 1.4 5.9 7.2 1.5 0.5

Lauri Markkanen News

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Lauri Markkanen: A Brief Biography

Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Markkanen decided to play his college basketball for the NCAA Division I squad Arizona Wildcats and was already considered as a one and done candidate for the NBA Draft. So much so that SB Nation regarded him as the best shooting 7-foot college basketball player they have ever seen.

Markkanen scored a career-high 30 points against their rivals Arizona State and was amongst the 15 players finalized for the John R. Wooden Award. At the end of his freshman year, Markkanen was selected to the third team All-American team in AP, NBC Sports, USA Today and Sporting News. He also added his name to the first team all Pac-12 selection, as well as first team all Pac-12 Freshman team and first team all Pac-12 team in Associated Press.

Markkanen was drafted as the 7th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was traded to the Chicago Bulls along with Zack LaVine and Kris Dunn on draft night in exchange for All-Star Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton. On his NBA debut, Markkanen scored 17 points. He set an NBA record for most three-pointers in the first three games of an NBA career with 10 threes. He scored a career-high 33 points in a double overtime 122-119 win against the New York Knicks. With 8 three-pointers in the game, Markkanen became the second seven-footer to achieve the feat, after Dirk Nowitzki. Markkanen averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists for the season shooting 43.4 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from beyond the arc and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Markkanen made his international debut at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship with the Finnish U-18 national team and lead the championship in the summer of 2015 with 18.2 points per game. He was the top scorer in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship averaging 24.9 points per game and was named to the All-Tournament Team.