Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. In the 2017 NBA draft, he was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh overall pick before being included in a trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler.
Lauri Markkanen: Stats| (shoulder)| To Spurs| Salary| Hornets
Stats:
|
Game
|
Min
|
Pts
|
FG
|
Reb
|
Ast
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
29
|
7
|
2-7
|
9
|
1
|
|
|
27
|
12
|
4-12
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
32
|
12
|
3-15
|
8
|
2
|
|
|
34
|
13
|
5-11
|
5
|
2
|
|
|
31
|
10
|
4-14
|
9
|
2
|
|
Regular season
|
30.8
|
10.8
|
30.5
|
7.0
|
1.8
|
Lauri Markkanen: Nears double-double as starter
Markkanen posted 10 points (4-14 FG, 2-7 3Pt), nine rebounds, two assists and a steal in 31 minutes during Wednesday’s 132-121 loss to Memphis.
Shoulder:
The Bulls announced the injury Monday, saying that Markkanen has a sprained right acromioclavicular joint. He injured the joint at the top of the shoulder during Friday’s loss to the Orlando Magic.
Bulls coach Billy Donovan described the injury, which happened when Markkanen was fouled by forward Gary Clark, as a “bit freakish,” with Markkanen “driving to the basket, being physical.”
To Spurs:
Markkanen is different. There is interest in him, and the Bulls have had talks with the New Orleans Pelicans centered on Ball. How rich of an offer Karnišovas is willing to make for a player who, like Markkanen, can be signed to an offer sheet in restricted free agency will be revealed by Thursday’s deadline.
Markkanen isn’t sweating it. “I’m in a good place that I can focus on the task at hand. I can play games and it’s not gonna bother me,” he said of the deadline. “I can’t control that.”
Salary:
…
Salary: $15,690,909.
| Season | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | Chicago Bulls | $6,731,508 ($6,731,508*) |
| 2019/20 | Chicago Bulls | $5,300,400 ($5,334,626*) |
Hornets:
The Charlotte Hornets have “strong interest” in restricted free agent Lauri Markkanen, according to Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic.
The 24-year-old can sign an offer sheet beginning Friday, giving the Chicago Bulls the option to match the offer or let him leave. Chicago has been active since the start of free agency, adding Lonzo Ball, DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso.
