Lauri Markkanen
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| Born |
May 22, 1997 Vantaa, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Listed height | 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 115.7 kg (255 lb) |
| Career information | |
| College | Arizona (2016–2017) |
| Position | Power forward / Center |
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Lauri Markkanen (born May 22, 1997) is a Finnish basketball player who most recently played for the University of Arizona. He is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen.
Markkanen grew up in Jyväskylä, and played his junior years in local team HoNsU. Markkanen played for HBA-Märsky in Finland from 2014 to 2016.
On October 17, 2015, Markkanen verbally committed to NCAA Division I squad Arizona Wildcats prior to the 2016–17 season. Lauri signed a letter to intent to Arizona on Nov. 11th. ESPN.com reported that the seven-foot Finn is considered "a possible one-and-done candidate for the NBA draft." He became the first player since Mike Bibby to wear the jersey number 10. In January 2017, SB Nation regarded him as "the best shooting 7-footer college basketball has ever seen". Within the same month Markkanen was selected as Pac-12 Player of the Week as well as the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. He has also been named to the pre-season Karl Malone Award Watchlist,Naismith Award Watchlist,Wooden Award Watchlist, Wooden Award Midseason Top 25,Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason watch list, Oscar Robertson Award Midseason watch list,Karl Malone Award Finalist,Naismith Top 30 Finalist. Markkanen was amung the 15 finalist for the John R. Wooden Award.
He recorded a career high 30 points, 12 field goals made & 18 shot attempts on Jan. 12th against rival Arizona State. Also recording a career high 13 rebounds 3 times against Northern Colorado(11/21/17), Washington State(1/26/17) & Washington (2/18/17). His career high 3 blocks came against ASU in the regular season finale Mar. 4th, 2017.
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