Catching Up with Koponen

Saturday, November 29 2008

Our sportswriter friend from Finland has sent an extensive update on Petteri Koponen.  I hope the Petterioholics out there get their fill!

Catching up with Petteri Koponen in Italy

 

From Las Vegas to Eurobasket qualifiers

Petteri Koponen showed some promise in the 2008 Las Vegas summer league. He managed to average 13,2 points and 3,4 assists a game for the Jerryd Bayless-lead Portland Trailblazers team and showed the skeptics he is able to hold his own against NBA substitute level guards such as Dee Brown, Quincy Douby, DJ Strawberry and Bobby Brown. Petteri's defensive presence was much better than advertised and his ability to find the open man wasn't left unnoticed, even though because the lack of shooters in the team, Koponen's assist numbers were smaller than the majority of the people expected.

Of course, there were flaws in Petteri's game. Except for the summer league opener against Washington...
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