3. Lauri Markkanen
Previous ranking: 3
Lauri Markkanen’s play this season has been one of the biggest letdowns in the NBA. It’s maddening to watch someone with so much potential and raw skill struggle like he has. He’s missing open shots, he’s passive and he’s not rebounding at a high clip.
On the season, Markkanen is averaging 13.3 points per game on abominable .349/.282/.813 shooting splits to go along with seven rebounds in 29.5 minutes per game. All of those numbers you just read are career-lows for Markkanen.
Markkanen clearly isn’t 100 percent healthy, so that’s the one thing Bulls fans can hang on to for now. Regardless, I don’t feel good about him. He’s shooting 27.9 percent on 3-point attempts where the closest defender is six or more feet from him. The NBA considers those to be “wide open.”
Is an injury that he’s fine playing through really affecting his jump shot that much? Something seems off.