The Utah Jazz produced the first Skill Development Award winner in club history.
According to Shams Karania, a reporter for The Athletic, Utah’s ‘The Finnisher’ Lauri Makanen (forward-center, 213cm, 109kg) has a talent development award this season.
Makkanen was expected to make his name in that category from the beginning of this season. Not only did Utah, which is undergoing reorganization, tow to the top of the Western Conference, but it also secured the center of the team. Although it was far from advancing to the playoffs, it showed more consistency than anyone else throughout the season.
In 66 games this season, he recorded 25.6 points (.499 .391 .875), 8.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 34.4 minutes per game. He averaged 14.8 points last season and was responsible for 18.7 points per game in the 2018-2019 season, his second year. He averaged 10.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists more than last season. His field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage were naturally higher than last season.
He made a remarkable leap this season, averaging 25 points for the first time since entering the NBA. Thanks to this, he was also selected as an All-Star for the first time in his life. This season, he was reborn as a more efficient player than anyone else, ranking 12th in average scoring and 20th with 200 3-pointers, and also ranked 20th in terms of player efficiency and contribution to victory.
In the summer of 2021,토스카지노 he moved from the Chicago Bulls to the Cleveland Cavaliers as a sign & trade. He did his part as the starting forward in Cleveland. However, he was traded from Cleveland to Utah last summer. Utah has decided to dismantle its existing power and embark on a major rebuild. However, Makanen has grown tremendously and performed more than expected.
Utah has not had a relationship with the skill development award, but Makkanen became the first recipient in club history. This is the seventh time a non-American player has been selected. He was first selected from Finland, and after Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) was selected last season in the 2016-2017 season, he lifted the George Maikan Trophy as a European for the first time in a long time.