Wild claims from Miikka Muurinen in the USA: “I’ll be shocked if not…”

Muurinen, 19, transferred to the University of Arkansas for this season and will play for the Razorbacks next season.

Next summer’s booking event for the world’s toughest basketball series, the NBA, is in sight. In connection with that, Muurisen has now been praised quite a bit.

ESPN basketball analyst and former coach Paul Biancardi gave a harsh assessment of Muurisen when he visited the basketball program Chuck & Bo Show’ssa.

“Miikka is an athletic freak and a tough guy. He makes threes and makes it look easy. He can also sink a mid-range jumper. He has great footwork and good touch near the basket, but he also has instincts,” commented Biancardi.

Biancardi sees that Muurinen needs to gain more strength and balance. The analyst believes that Muurinen will be able to produce material suitable for star moments in Arkansas, especially in fast attacks and with the offensive basket.

At ESPN, focused on scouting foreign players Fran Fraschilla is on the same page as his colleague.

“I’ve followed him since I was 16. I’ll be shocked if he’s not picked in the top five [NBA:n varaustilaisuudessa]”, Fraschilla comment supplier To Kevin McPherson.

“His athleticism is at an elite level. He has the size and the desire to show off. He won’t be in Fayetteville long.”

ESPN:n the duo’s views differ from the mainstream, because in most estimates, Muurinen is estimated to go in the NBA’s booking conference only well after the top five.

One big reason is the head coach of Partizan Belgrade Joan Peñarroyan with estimates. Muurinen played for half a year in Partizan, but did not get much responsibility from Peñarroya, who became the head coach in the middle of the season.

The Spanish pilot described Muuris as immature and said he was only thinking about returning to the United States.

Fox Sports Aaron Torres specializes in college basketball. He does not see Peñarroya’s comments about Muurisen as a problem.

“Was Miikka immature? Certainly. However, I don’t think the head coach sat with him for hours after training, analyzing videos and talking about life,” Torres reflected on his YouTube channel.

In college, the situation should be different, because the head coach of Arkansas John Calipari is especially known as a good developer of players.

Finland the national men’s basketball team continues the World Cup qualifiers at the beginning of July. It will play on July 3 in Helsinki against Hungary and on July 6 against France in France.

Muurinen is not part of Susijeng’s group. The head coach Lassi Tuovi has not commented further on the reason.