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Lauri Markkanen to participate in the three-point contest for 2024 All-Star weekend

Lake Hale Lake Hale is a staff writer for SLC Dunk, covering the Utah Jazz since 2022. He currently is a communications major at Utah Valley University and has been watching Jazz games since he was 9 years old

Lauri Markkanen will be participating in the 2024 three-point contest this All-Star weekend. Shams Charania of the Athletic broke the news this morning when he announced that Lauri, alongside a handful of other players has accepted invitations to the three-point contest this year. Since then more names have joined, here’s everyone who will participate so far:

Lauri Markkanen

Damian Lillard

Malik Beasley

Jalen Brunson

Tyrese Haliburton

Donovan Mitchell

There are plenty of storylines to seek out with the lineup so far, Lillard returns as the favorite after winning last year, and Tyrese Haliburton gets the home-court advantage.