Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. In the 2017 NBA draft, he was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh overall pick before being included in a trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler.
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Lauri Markkanen signed a 4 year / $67,470,906 contract with the Chicago Bulls, including $55,426,362 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $16,867,727.
In 2022-23, Markkanen will earn a base salary of $16,475,454, while carrying a cap hit of $16,475,454 and a dead cap value of $16,475,454.
Markkanen made his international debut with the Finnish U-18 national team at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
He is the son of Pekka and Riikka Markkanen who both were professional basketball players and has two brothers, former professional basketball player Miikka and professional footballer Eero. In February 2018, Markkanen and his wife Verna Aho had a son together. In October 2020, their second child was born.