Lauri Markkanen is looking to be more vocal

Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine swear that there is a riveting personality hidden behind the awkward exterior that Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen conveys to the public.

In a 20-minute interview with NBC Chicago Sports Network reporter Mark Schanowski, Dunn, LaVine, and Markkanen set out on a mission to dispel the myth that the Finnish big man is an expressionless robot.

“It’s a process of getting comfortable with the media and like you’ve said you’ve only been in the states for a couple years,” NBC Chicago Sports Network reporter Mark Schanowski said in a sit down with Markkanen, LaVine, and Dunn. “In a lot of your interviews you’re pretty quiet and people don’t really get to know your…