2021 FREE AGENCY: Markkanen wants out of CHI | DAL "definitely interested"

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I really do agree with most of your post, but Marrkkanen is so pathetic on defense and isn't a good rebounder, that's concerning to me that we would try to pair him with KP.  So, as much as I'm frustrated that Cuban has won the lottery TWICE with Dirk and now with Doncic, and doesn't seem to be doing much with them, I'm not a giant Markkanen fan.

CAVEAT to Markkanen --- The only times they've played him over 30 minutes a game, he did go for 18/9 (36% from 3), but KP's worst year last year on defense is still probably better than LM's best year...  I haven't done a deep dive into the numbers, but DWS, DBPM and VORP bear that out to a tee.

I really don´t get where you all find these numbers. I´ll never make numbers the be all and end all of everything, but I seriously don´t understand where you get all these numbers.

His career ON/OFF OPP ORTG is virtually zero, so not negative or positive, certainly not worst in the league.

Career rebounding average per 36 minutes.

WCS 9.6
Kristaps Porzingis 9.0
Dwight Powell is 8.8
Lauri Markkanen 8.6
Maxi Kleber 7.3

DWS career average

Porzingis 2.2
Markkanen 1.5
Kleber 1.5
WCS 1.4
Powell 1.0

DBPM

Powell 1.0
WCS 0.6
Kleber 0.4
Porzingis -0.1
Markkanen -1.2

VORP

Porzingis 1.5
Markkanen 0.7
Powell 0.7
Kleber 0.7
WCS 0.5

All from basketball reference.

I´m not arguing what level of defender Markkanen truly is, but his raw numbers are pretty close to Powell/Kleber, certainly so much that the age difference and potential to peak as a 20 PPG, 50/40/90 shooter, make this a really easy decision. He´s certainly nowhere near the worst defender in the league and Maxi and especially Powell are not f****** Ben Wallace on defense.