Petteri Koponen to be bought out

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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  2. Boob-No-More

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    "but I still haven't fully recovered from my injury."

    Yikes! Another injured player. He should fit right in on this team. Too bad it sounds like he'll be going to a different Euro team and not the Blazers.

    Oh well, I'd rather see the Blazers burn the roster spot on Freeland than Koponen. Camby is getting long in the tooth, and the Blazers could use Freeeland's size and athleticism.

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    I haven't seen him play a whole lot, but t was obvious he had some decent PG skills. I suppose he could still be a potential NBA back up player.
     
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    If he goes to Unicaja, it'll be like our Summer League team...
     
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  5. GriLtCheeZ

    GriLtCheeZ "Well, I'm not lookin' for trouble."

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    The thread title is confusing. He's not being "bought out" in the NBA sense. They're just talking about selling his contract to another team which is pretty common in Euro leagues.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    So he's going to be sold. White slavery lives!
     
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    Well, since our PG situation is as solid as a rock, maybe never. We've got all the PGotFs we can handle.
     
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    This. I love the idea that our Euros play together. If they come over at the same time, it will help not only with their basketball adjustment, but their cultural adjustment.
     
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    Isn't this tampering?


    Man those Euros were complete wastes
     
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    There's a United Flight 9099 from Helsinki to PDX through MUN and IAD leaving at 6:55am tomorrow.

    And I think Petteri's frustrated b/c he'd "swim across the Atlantic" to play for us and we're saying "no, thanks."
     
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    Why do we need him when we have Armon and Patty :rolls eyes:
     
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    as soon as we bring him over he will be all smiles, he is just trying to get himself over here
     
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    Free Petteri!

    Honestly, just based on what I saw two years ago I'd rather give Koponen a shot.
     
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    Well, if other NBA teams have expressed an interest in him, then he should tell those teams to make an offer to Portland; if they aren't willing to offer a 20 pick or higher in this year's draft, then they aren't very interested
     
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    I wish we still had Sergio. He's better than all these guys like Petteri, Patty, and Armon. We gave him up for grab the Pendy pick, I believe. Well, that could have been decent if we picked Blair, but we didn't.
     
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    If the Blazers don't think that he can beat out Patty Mills and Armon Johnson, then I'd say his chances of making it in the NBA are pretty slim. He can always take a year off from playing pro basketball and be a UFA after that.
     
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    Sergio only had two NBA-level skills...handling the ball and passing. Unfortunately, that was negated by his extremely high turnover rate. When you consider that he couldn't shoot, finish at the hoop or rebound, he wasn't really an NBA-level player. Dealing him for the Pendergraph pick was a good move, though selecting Pendergraph was a poor use of it.
     
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    Maybe the Blazers can trade his rights and actually get something useful out of him? I mean at this point it seems like they have no interest in bringing him over.
     
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  19. BLAZER PROPHET

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    Well, bring him in and give him a shot. Hell, we have a 15 man roster.
     
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    I think another team can offer him a contract if we arn't willing to sign him to his rookie deal. That is why we had to sign Sergio back in the day, he wanted to play right away while we wanted to leave him in Europe for a year or two. If we didn't sign him we'd basically lose his rights. I believe thats how Travis Knight signed with the Lakers even though the Bulls drafted him.

    I don't remember the exact specifics but there is some type of rule like this.
     
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