In the latest “How ’Bout This Jazz” newsletter, Lauri Markkanen's Finnish national team coach, Lassi Tuovi, has been working as a guest assistant for the Utah Jazz in summer league. Plus, John Collins shows up, and Vernon Carey gets an introduction.
Tuovi actually made his first-ever trip to Utah in January to visit Markkanen and to establish a relationship with the Jazz organization, among other teams, as part of a basketball sojourn of sorts.
“They played basketball in a nice, fresh way. But the main thing was that there was a chemistry, that they played together. And when you walk in this building, I think you understand why it happens,” Tuovi said during an interview at the Jazz’s practice facility. “What the front office has built here,
He took no credit personally for Markkanen’s ascension, noting that by the time he was appointed to lead the Susijengi,, honing some guard skills and becoming what Tuovi referred to as a “Swiss knife.” Utah Jazz draft pick Taylor Hendrick speaks with Danny Ainge, CEO of the Utah Jazz, left, alongside coach Will Hardy, John Collins, Jeff Hornacek, and Jazz General Manager Justin Zanik during an NBA Summer League basketball game Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.
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