Lauri Markkanen, who is playing the best basketball of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz, looked inward when asked about his past struggles with the Bulls.
But one way or another, he posted career lows in most every category in 2020-21, a season in which the Bulls overhauled their front office and coaching staff, and eventually removed him from the starting lineup following the franchise's in-season trade for Nikola Vučević.
The following offseason, Markkanen was off to the Cavaliers in a sign-and-trade, a fresh start opportunity he was thrilled to receive,That Cleveland team, deploying Markkanen at small forward in an unconventional three-big starting lineup, was a surprise contender in the first half of the 2021-22 season before tapering off down the stretch and being eliminated in the play-in tournament. Still, it sounds as if the campaign was a refreshing experience for Markkanen.
Now, he is not only impacting winning basketball in Utah, he is leading the charge. All while rebounding, finishing at the basket, self-creating for himself and others, and defending better than he ever has before — even, impressively, as his 3-point shooting lags behind. But while Bulls fans may rue that such a transformation did not happen in Chicago, it is clear listening to Markkanen speak that the sum of his experiences — good and bad — that have led him to this phase of his basketball career.
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