13. Lauri Markkanen, Chicago Bulls
This guy and Donovan Mitchell prove that almost no one can predict the draft, except Danny Ainge. I would’ve really loved to see a Chicago Bulls Jimmy Butler and Lauri Markkanen highlight tape, but this will have to do.
The obvious Dirk comps have been all over the internet for Markkanen over the past year. I don’t disagree with those comps at all, but I do think there is a really good player comp for the floor of Lauri that naysayers of his game will probably agree too.
Brook Lopez.
Lauri is actually turning into a freak athlete, but Brook Lopez has had an up and down career of playing the low-post and realizing he has a perimeter game.
Some could argue that prime Brook Lopez would be Lauri right now, which I think its overdoing it. Although, if that were true, a really athletic Dirk Nowitziki comp makes a lot of sense.
A LOT like Kristaps. This Finland star is making waves.