You are right, the league is boring when you always know who is gonna win it.
Btw, I just realized we have a great Finnish player in the league too, Alexander Madsen is currently playing for USK Prague and he said in an interview that Markkanen is actually his biggest rival on his position (power forward) in the Finnish national team :)
Alexander Madsen, that's a new name for me. I haven't heard about him! :P
I'm pretty sure that Markkanen is nailed on that position. In Eurobasket 2017 he was phenomenal for Finland and this season in the NBA he has been one of the best rookies.