The Finnisher. To those fans who have at least been following Arizona Basketball and NBA basketball within the last three years know who I’m referencing. The one and only Lauri Markkanen. A native to Finland. Markkanen played just one season at Arizona but finished his career as one of the best big men to have played under Sean Miller.
Listed as a 7 foot and 230 pounds forward in college, he had the versatility, size, and strength to play the three, four and even the five-position if needed. Because of the makeup of the roster, he mainly played the power forward position along Dusan Ristic who played center.