If the great star of Finland is without discussion, Lauri Markkanen, who played a spectacular match against Britain scoring 43 points, another player of his team, The youngest, is giving a lot to talk in these first two meetings of the Eurobasket.
This is the 18 -year -old and 2.10 kid, Miikka Muurinen, who left signs of his talent and physical capacity, with a spectacular mate Before Great Britain, who left everyone with his mouth open, in which he will undoubtedly be one of the great play of the tournament and a player who must be followed with great attention.
Murinen comes from a basketball family, since his parents were international with Finland. At an early age he already showed that he could be a talent player and with the ability to go far. With just 15 years, he had a brief step in Spain in the 2022-23 seasonbut its destination was not Madrid, but the Zentro Basket, a training club in the capital of Spain.
The 18 -year -old girl, who is raffled in the NCAA, has demonstrated its quality in the two matches of Finland / FIBA
From Madrid to the United States
Came to participate the following year In the Adidas Next Generation Tournament of the Euroleague militating in a team of Dubai, where he already showed his virtues with an average of 7 points and five reboundsand then set up to the United States to carry out high school.
He no longer put his feet again in his country since he enrolled in the Arizona Compass Prep, where he has a very peculiar nickname: 'Slim Jesus'. His performances in the Eurobasket has already aroused the interest of many teams, although his destiny looks like the NCAA. And he already has many 'girlfriends' knocking on the door.
Despite his youth, he has a confidence in his unusual game for a kid of only 18 years / FIBA
Some of the best universities They have already released the networks about the young Finn like Duke, Michigan, Arkansas … and could sign a great economic contract waiting for the 2026 draft that place it in the Top10.
Exceptional physical conditions
At the moment, He is showing all his capabilities in this tournament, with a great size, a prodigious jump, great defensive capacity with his long armsand a confidence in his game that does not run out with just age.
Finland already has the generational relief to Markkanen's leadership with the 18 -year -old who points very high / FIBA
Markkanen is the great star of this Finland who walks with a firm step in the tournament, but they muurine, despite being very youngalready stomp
