Last season, Markkanen averaged just 14.7 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 42.5% from the field and 34.4% on 3-pointers in 29.8 minutes per game. He’s shooting more treys than ever now at 7.1 per game and is finally hitting at an elite rate. He’s shooting 70.6% at the rim and 62.9% in the paint overall, which is a notable step up as he finishes stronger around the bucket. Markkanen has been consistently around 55-56% true shooting for his career, so this is a sizable leap in the early going of 2020-21. In those 64 minutes, he’s at 34.2 points per 36 minutes and a 74.2% true shooting mark, per NBA.com.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2021 13:05 UTC