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#10
Lauri Markkanen

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Team: Arizona Wildcats	Height: 7-0	Born: 5/22/1997
Class-Eligibility: Fr-Fr	Weight: 230	Hometown: Jyvaskyla, Finland

Scouting Report

Markkanen seems like the fairly typical big-man prospect from Europe, a heady player who is a terrific shooter and pretty weak on the defensive end. The Finland native has drawn comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki and Kristaps Porzingis, but what could separate Markkanen is his athleticism. He's not clunky like a lot of forwards and centers who enter the NBA from overseas. Instead, Markkanen is quite agile and possesses a muscular frame. It's that combination which makes some scouts think he could be a star, with the opportunity to become even more diverse offensively and improve defensively. If nothing else, Markkanen should be a regular in some team's rotation because he's a 7-footer who can flat out shoot - potentially enough to make him a top-10 draft pick. The third-team AP All-American hit 42.3 percent from 3-point range in his only season at Arizona, making a team-high 69, and he led the Pac-12 in free-throw shooting at 83.5 percent. Markkanen got to the line nearly six times per 40 minutes, one indication he's a willing and able penetrator and doesn't just settle for long-range shots. That's further evidenced by the fact that one of his best games - 26 points, 13 rebounds in a win at Washington - didn't include one made 3-pointer. He is adept at creating his own shot, capably hitting pull-up jumpers rather than just waiting for the ball to rotate to him on the perimeter. The problem with Markkanen, as is often the case with young European stars, is that his effort, footwork and awareness on defense are sorely lacking. His 0.7 blocks and 0.5 steals per 40 minutes both ranked sixth among the team's nine rotation regulars. He's not considered to be a particularly good rebounder, but he did average a team-leading 7.2 boards as a freshman to go with his 15.6 points per game. Markkanen will be more important for his ability to stretch the floor on offense because one of the opponent's best big men will need to leave the lane to defend him.

Career Stats

Per Game	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	PFPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
16-17	Ari	37	37	30.8	15.6	7.2	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.0	.492	.423	.835
Career		37	37	30.8	15.6	7.2	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.0	.492	.423	.835

Totals	Team	G	GS	Min	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	REB	A	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
16-17	Ari	37	37	1140	185	376	69	163	137	164	88	266	32	15	19	40	73	576
Career		37	37	1140	185	376	69	163	137	164	88	266	32	15	19	40	73	576

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Result	Min	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	REB	A	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
11/11	@MSU	W 65-63	34	4	9	2	3	3	4	1	6	0	1	0	1	2	13
11/15	CS-Bk	W 78-66	36	8	11	1	3	9	9	0	8	1	0	1	1	1	26
11/18	SHeart	W 95-65	29	7	12	2	5	6	6	2	6	3	1	0	1	2	22
11/21	NoCol	W 71-55	38	6	13	1	5	4	4	3	13	1	1	1	0	2	17
11/24	@SantaC	W 69-61	36	4	11	2	6	6	7	3	9	0	0	1	0	1	16
11/25	Butler	L 65-69	21	4	9	2	4	5	6	2	5	1	0	0	2	5	15
11/30	TxSo	W 85-63	29	7	9	5	6	0	1	2	6	5	0	2	0	1	19
12/3	Gonz	L 62-69	38	4	14	0	3	6	7	4	8	1	0	0	1	2	14
12/6	UC-Irv	W 79-57	33	7	10	4	6	0	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	0	18
12/10	@Mizzou	W 79-60	21	3	6	2	3	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	3	5	8
12/14	GraCan	W 64-54	35	3	12	1	5	4	8	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	11
12/17	@TexA&M	W 67-63	37	5	10	3	5	4	4	3	7	0	2	0	0	1	17
12/20	NM	W 77-46	31	4	11	2	8	3	4	3	9	2	0	2	2	0	13
12/30	@Cal	W 67-62	31	5	12	1	5	2	3	1	10	0	0	0	1	4	13
1/1	@Stan	W 91-52	22	4	4	3	3	4	4	0	5	1	0	0	3	4	15
1/5	Utah	W 66-56	36	4	7	1	4	2	2	2	9	1	0	0	0	1	11
1/7	Colo	W 82-73	22	6	12	4	5	6	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	4	22
1/12	AriSt	W 91-75	30	12	18	4	7	2	4	5	8	0	0	0	0	2	30
1/19	@USC	W 73-66	35	8	12	5	6	2	2	4	8	0	1	1	3	2	23
1/21	@UCLA	W 96-85	32	6	10	3	4	3	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	18
1/26	WashSt	W 79-62	31	5	8	4	7	2	2	2	13	0	1	0	1	1	16
1/29	Wash	W 77-66	27	4	8	2	4	2	2	3	6	0	0	0	3	4	12
2/2	@OreSt	W 71-54	28	1	6	1	3	5	5	1	9	2	1	0	2	1	8
2/4	@Oregon	L 58-85	27	1	5	0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	3	4
2/8	Stan	W 74-67	28	2	9	2	7	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	8
2/11	Cal	W 62-57	22	1	5	1	3	3	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	2	6
2/16	@WashSt	W 78-59	33	7	13	1	4	4	4	6	11	2	1	1	1	2	19
2/18	@Wash	W 76-68	35	9	17	0	2	8	9	7	13	1	2	0	2	1	26
2/23	USC	W 90-77	35	4	10	0	1	3	3	2	7	2	0	0	0	2	11
2/25	UCLA	L 72-77	30	4	11	0	3	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	4	10
3/4	@AriSt	W 73-60	23	3	10	0	5	4	6	1	9	1	0	3	0	2	10
3/9	Colo	W 92-78	29	5	9	4	7	6	7	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	20
3/10	UCLA	W 86-75	32	10	22	4	10	5	6	3	6	1	1	1	0	3	29
3/11	@Oregon	W 83-80	31	4	4	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	11
3/16	NorDak	W 100-82	26	8	12	0	1	4	4	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	20
3/18	StMry	W 69-60	37	3	6	1	1	9	10	4	11	0	1	2	3	2	16
3/23	Xavier	L 71-73	40	3	9	1	6	2	2	5	8	0	1	0	0	2	9