This past weekend in Los Angeles, Lauri Markkanen represented the Arizona Wildcat basketball program in style and took part in his first NBA All-Star Weekend. Markkanen competed in both the Mountain Dew Kickstart Rising Stars Challenge and in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge and did not disappoint in either event!
First, up for Markkanen was the Rising Stars event, where the Global team ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED the USA team 155-124. High scoring games are typical for these type of events as defense is not a priority and entertaining the fans is!
Before the start of the game, Markkanen showed off his custom-made shoes for the event on Twitter.