Hanno Möttölä gives a scouting report on Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, while telling some stories about the Utah Utes
The former University of Utah player works as head coach at the Helsinki Basketball Academy and as an assistant for the Finnish men’s national team. The lessons he learned in the ’90s are shaping what he’s doing now.
(Eric Walden | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ex-University of Utah star Hanno Möttölä, now an assistant coach for the Finland men's national basketball team and head coach at the Helsinki Basketball Academy, stands near the old HBA court where Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen played for two years.
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