SneakyQuick
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Dude. How do you keep watching this stuff? It’s like being a glutton for punishment. You’re better than that
That’s about as throwback as it gets!Lauri Markannen is a gentleman and a scholar. Now he will be a soldier for a few month. This man has high character. I'm sure
being a millionaire he could have fought it but he gladly excepted being a dual citizen of America and Finland.
Markkanen to fulfill mandatory service in Finland
Utah's Lauri Markkanen told ESPN he is confident he can fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military "in a way that it's not going to affect my preparation for next season."www.espn.com
Ugh.. Good pointHe sounds like an upstanding and great guy. The only downside to that is Finland was recently accepted into NATO. Bummer...
For his sake I hope he goes to play overseas in europe or china. There’s no way he’ll get a fair shot in the nbaWe only have 1 or 2 games left in the NBA Season. As I mentioned above Mac McClung lead his team to the G League Championship and
they won behind two monster games from him!
So my question for all the basketball fans here is will a team this summer actually give McClung a chance in the NBA next season?
I'm going to say he has about a 50 percent chance to be signed somewhere. It's probably lower than that but he is very marketable
and a fan favorite all over America. He won the dunk contest and will defend it at the next All Star Game. Then combined with
some added exposure on espn, youtube and many other places he is better known now! The Championship and his performance
should be the icing on the cake. I get very negative as he has been screwed over as bad as anyone I've seen & it's very unfair! We
all know that but I think it's now or never. This summer he actually will sign somewhere. Trying to be positive and I hope it happens!
Last thing I will say is again that Utah is the perfect team for him to go to. He has worked with asst. coach Jason Terry.
Don’t hold your breath. The Mavs hired a black GM last Summer. He’s responsible for the Kyrie trade. And, the last two seasons, the Mavs have been purging Whites from their roster.So the Mavs will have a top 10 pick in the first round of the NBA Draft because of the Porzingis trade. There are 2 players that
could possibly end up in Dallas with that pick. Gradey Dick or Kyle Flipkowski. Gradey Dick would be more likely as he is considered
around the top 10 to 12 players in the draft. Flipkowski is down around the 18th pick but I would be ok with any of these 3 guys. My preference would be Gradey Dick first and Flipkowski 2nd. or the kid but I prefer the other 2 guys. Grady Dick and Luka could put on
quite a show! We will see what happens this summer!