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NBA's Most Improved Player Award goes to Jazz F’s Lauri Markkanen

Posted : 25 April 2023
Lauri Markkanen, a forward with the Utah Jazz, completed a remarkable career turnaround on Monday night by winning the NBA's Most Improved Player Award.
To win the award, Markkanen outperformed guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder (24, 289) and Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks (4, 91) with a total of 430 points.

Ten other players garnered at least one vote, including Nic Claxton of the Brooklyn Nets, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, and Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Markkanen was acquired by Utah as part of the transaction that moved Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers in September. Markkanen is now in Finland finishing out his required military service for the nation this summer.

The 7-foot forward's previous three seasons—the first two with the Chicago Bulls and 2021–2022 with Cleveland—saw him average less than 15 points per game.

Then, in his fourth season with the Jazz, he had by far his best season, averaging 25.6 points on 49.9 percent shooting from the field and 39.1 percent from 3-point range.

Because of this, Markkanen was chosen for his first All-Star squad in February, and he is a top contender to be chosen as one of the six forwards on the All-NBA teams when those teams are released later in this postseason.

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