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Lauri Markkanen
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Finnish basketball player
OverviewAI-generated
Lauri Elias Markkanen is a male basketball player from Finland who competes in the National Basketball Association. Born in Vantaa on May 22, 1997, he plays the power forward position. He has been a member of the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Utah Jazz. Markkanen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves and began his professional work period in 2014. He is also known by the nickname "The Finnisher."
He represented Finland in the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 tournament. Markkanen attended the University of Arizona and is the son of Pekka Markkanen, with a sibling named Eero Markkanen. Standing 213 units tall and weighing 104 units, he holds Finnish citizenship. His work has been referenced by 322 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 4
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth
· 2011 · cited 3,519x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,329x
- Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi
· 2013 · cited 3,219x
- Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,826x
- New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
· 2022 · cited 2,316x
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Key facts
- Position
- Power forward / small forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1997-05-22 ) 22 May 1997 (age 29) , Vantaa , Finland
- Listed height
- 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
- Listed weight
- 240 lb (109 kg)
- High school
- Helsinki Basketball Academy, ( Helsinki , Finland)
- College
- Arizona (2016–2017)
- Nba draft
- 2017 : 1st round, 7th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 2014–present
- 2014 2016
- HBA-Märsky
- 2017 2021
- Chicago Bulls
- 2021 2022
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2022 present
- Utah Jazz
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Utah Jazz
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- Finland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lauri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Vantaa
- Father
- Pekka Markkanen
- Sibling
- Eero Markkanen
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of Arizona
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Participant in
- FIBA EuroBasket 2017
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 104
- Image
- Lauri Markkanen, Cavaliers vs Rockets on December 15, 2021 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 213
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1997-05-22
- Commons category
- Lauri Markkanen
- drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- nickname
- The Finnisher
- birth name
- Lauri Elias Markkanen
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Encyclopedic overview
Lauri Elias Markkanen (/ˈlaʊri ˈmɑːrkənɛn/; born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and for the Finland national team. Nicknamed "the Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen.
Starting his career with HBA-Märsky in the Finnish second-tier league, Markkanen represented Finland at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket in 2015 and the FIBA U20 EuroBasket in 2016, and was the top scorer in both tournaments. He moved to the United States and played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats in the 2016–17 season, where he earned first-team All-Pac-12 honours in his lone year with the team. He was selected seventh overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before being included in a draft-night trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler. Following a stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Markkanen experienced a career resurgence in his first year with the Jazz, earning his first All-Star selection and winning the Most Improved Player Award in 2023. He also led Finland in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament. After two successful seasons with the Jazz, Markkanen signed a five-year contract extension with the franchise.
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