Lauri “White Death” Markkanen had a decent outing tonight despite being surrounded by circus clowns masquerading as basketball players. There are lots of ways young players can prove they’re good, and one of those ways is by being good in the face of adversity. They can also prove the same by being good while on a good team. So I don’t really know what I’m trying to say here. Let’s simplify it: Lauri Markkanen is good. We can all agree on that, except for the Finnophobes that plague the Internet.
And no, I don’t care that the White Death nickname has been used in the past for other Finnish people. Two people can have the same nickname, like how many people do you know who just go by “Skeet”? It’s a bunch, right? Same thing here.