The San Antonio Spurs have a few of the best young players in the league right now, including Victor Wembanyama.
They know that the time has come for them to consistently build a strong roster because their potential has rarely been higher.
If they want to add another star around Wembanyama, they’d be wise to trade for Lauri Markkanen, currently of the Utah Jazz.
Kevin O’Connor recently talked about what Markkanen could bring to the team.
“Lauri Markkanen is one of the types of guys that if I’m the Spurs, I’m like, ‘Yes, sign me up. Bring me Lauri Markkanen.’ Because of the shooting ability and everything he does on ball, off ball, motion, movement, passing. Like Lauri Markkanen fits anywhere, and he brings exactly what the Spurs need with his shooting ability in the front court, so that’s where I kind of come down with. I think they need to trade in part because of the lack of shooting,” O’Connor said.
The Spurs should target Lauri Markkanen, Kevin O’Connor says ?
“Lauri Markkanen is one of the types of guys that if I’m the Spurs, I’m like, ‘Yes, sign me up. Bring me Lauri Markkanen.’ Because of the shooting ability and everything he does on ball, off ball, motion, movement,… pic.twitter.com/fTU3fwuhvY
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It’s easy to see how Markkanen would assist the Spurs.
He has developed his skills a lot during his last few seasons with the Utah Jazz, and averaged 23.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists during his three years with the team.
He has been stuck with a team that is floundering at the bottom of their conference, and fans constantly wonder what he could do with a better squad.
But just because the Spurs might someday have an eye on Markkanen doesn’t mean they’d get him.
If the Jazz decide to finally loosen their grip on the 28-year-old forward, numerous teams will jump up and try to get him.
The Spurs would be in the mix with a lot of competition, because he could bring huge help to everyone.
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