Hornets Have Strong Interest In Lauri Markkanen

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Hornets Have Strong Interest In Lauri Markkanen

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Hornets Have Strong Interest In Lauri Markkanen

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Post #1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Thu Aug 5, 2021 8:21 pm

The Charlotte Hornets have emerged with strong interest in signing Lauri Markkanen to an offer sheet.

Markkanen received interest from the San Antonio Spurs as part of the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade, but the contract he was seeking made them instead take on Thaddeus Young, according to previous reports.

Markkanen averaged 13.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 25.8 minutes over 51 games last season with the Chicago Bulls. Markkanen averaged a career high 18.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in his second NBA season.

Restricted free agents can begin signing offer sheets on Friday.

Via Shams Charania/The Athletic

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Post #4 » by Cassius » Fri Aug 6, 2021 2:42 am

He's had such a strange career. I can't believe he's a legit 7-footer and his advanced numbers suggest he should be a star.

I_Like_Dirt wrote:The whole comparison to Kevin McHale is ridiculously close, imo... And that's without more hilarious aspects of the comparison, e.g. if Wally Sczerbiak were 7 feet tall with the slower reflexes that came with the additional height, he'd be Bargnani.

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Post #5 » by JN61 » Fri Aug 6, 2021 4:07 am

Cassius wrote:He's had such a strange career. I can't believe he's a legit 7-footer and his advanced numbers suggest he should be a star.

Bulls and lavine in the nutshell for you.

Pennebaker wrote:And Bird did it while being a defensive liability. But he also made All-Defensive teams, which was another controversial issue regarding Bird and votes.

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