A breakout season while carrying his team to surprising success earns the sixth-year forward the first All-Star nod of his career, as he’s selected by Western Conference coaches as a reserve in the game.
they got in return, the team’s decision-makers didn’t realize at the time that they were also getting an All-Star back in the bargain.Lauri Markkanen achieved a lifelong dream when he was selected among the Western Conference reserves for“Extremely happy. Excited. That’s kind of — on a personal level — what you’ve been working for,” Markkanen said Thursday night in an interview session at the Jazz’s practice facility.
Markkanen’s prolific-yet-efficient offensive explosion has come as his game has diversified. During his previous stops in Chicago and Cleveland, he was frequently reduced to an outlet option, spotting up and launching corner 3s. In Utah, he’s more frequently on the move — cutting through the lane, coming around pin-down and flare screens, relocating off of setting screens himself for catch-and-shoot 3s.
, having been under the impression he would be a long-term fixture in Cleveland, and noting that this was the first time he’d been traded that it had come as a complete surprise to him. “Whatever anybody thought of our players when trades were made, whatever anybody thought of our team before the season started, I would say a lot of those people were wrong — and Lauri being an All-Star would be a giant stamp on that,” Hardy said. “… You never want to judge a player too early. There’s context to everything in the NBA, there’s situations that are good for some guys and not good for other guys, and sometimes you just have to find your footing.
James and Antetokounmpo will serve as team captains, and — about a half-hour or so ahead of the All-Star Game’s tipoff — will draft their teams playground-style right then and there.
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