Heading into this summer, it was revealed that Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen would be set to join Finland's national team as a part of this year's EuroBasket tournament– a tourney he's appeared in ...

Finland star Lauri Markkanen is a patriot and he showed that by reporting back to his country to serve his military service.

The latest prediction of what's to come for the Jazz's future with Markkanen, coming from Bleacher Report's Dan Favale, has ...

A trade pitch has the Los Angeles Lakers offering three players and two picks to the Utah Jazz for a $195 million NBA All-Star.

Lauri Markkanen entered the 2024-25 NBA season as the face of the Utah Jazz. Fresh off signing a five-year, $238 million contract extension, expectations were high for the Finnish All-Star.

Lauri Markkanen is the odds-on favorite for the NBA's Most Improved Player award, but it didn't always seem like Markkanen would be an unqualified success. On the virtues of patience and ...

Lauri Markkanen's stats over the last three years, from Basketball Reference. The Jazz just gave him a five-year, $238 million extension, so there’s understandable worry about his production.

Lauri Markkanen’s skill set makes him an ideal running mate for Cade Cunningham. The 27-year-old forward averaged 19.0 points and 5.9 rebounds this season while shooting an impressive 43.6% from ...

Lauri Markkanen has never had an effective field goal percentage of more than 60. He’s doing that this season. He’s never gotten to the free-throw line more than four times a game.

Lauri Markkanen began the season as one of the projected centerpieces of the Chicago Bulls’ future. The 7-foot forward’s potential was tantalizing even as he underwhelmed for stretches of his ...

Markkanen recorded 12 30-point games in his first three seasons, but he had only two over 50 contests last season. They were 56 days and 28 games apart, the first coming in the Oct. 23 season ...

For former Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen, NBA All-Star Weekend felt like a coming-out party. “I’m just soaking it all in,” Markkanen said during All-Star media day Saturday.