http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/22761 Recent articles about Petteri Koponen en-us When Andre Collins, the lone soul standing between Petteri Koponen and the starting point guard position for Virtus Bologna, went down with a hand injury, spontaneous celebration broke out in the streets of Espoo. Finally, Koponen would get to hold the reigns. No more playing out of position. No more hindrances to his development. This was the opportunity Koponen and his dedicated followers (known as Finnaglerphiles) had been hoping for all along. It wasn't meant to be. Not yet: To replac... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:31:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Petteri_Koponen_Watch_Enter_Scoonie_Penn_Edition/1253781 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Petteri_Koponen_Watch_Enter_Scoonie_Penn_Edition/1253781 Hippo, our Friendly Finnish Sportswriter, had a chance to interview Petteri Koponen.  He forwards the results to Blazersedge.  Enjoy! PETTERI KOPONEN PREPARING FOR HIS SECOND SEASON IN ITALY Finland's 6-4", 21-year old point guard Petteri Koponen, whose NBA rights are currently owned by the Portland Trailblazers, wrapped the Finnish national team's Eurobasket campaign August 23rd and immediately joined his Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna to prepare for upcom... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:46:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Interview_with_Petteri_Koponen/1167270 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Interview_with_Petteri_Koponen/1167270 John Hollinger is worth the price of ESPN Insider.   Here's most of his take on Millsap to Portland (including sign and trade thoughts); for the full read and a great breakdown of the complicated Shawn Marion trade that includes the word "denuded," click here. Portland can offer five years, $45 million with its current cap space, or five years, $52 million if it renounces its rights to Joel Freeland and Petteri Koponen. I like the former arrangement for two rea... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:33:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Hollinger_on_Millsap/787227 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Hollinger_on_Millsap/787227 Real GM has a press release from the NBA with the updated NBA Salary Cap figures. The National Basketball Association today announced that the Salary Cap for the 2009-10 season will be $57.7 million. The tax level for the 2009-10 season has been set at $69.92 million.  Although league-wide revenue increased 2.5% this past season, the decrease in the Salary Cap and tax level for the 2009-10 season is the result of the formula used to set the Cap and tax under the terms of the... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:56:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/New_Salary_Cap_Numbers_Portlands_Cap_Situation/781737 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/New_Salary_Cap_Numbers_Portlands_Cap_Situation/781737 Amidst all the talk of drafting and acquiring point guards we get this update from our sportswriter friend in Finland about the point guard the Blazers currently have stashed in Europe:  Petteri Koponen.   Petteri Koponen watch: What's next? Finland national team point guard and Blazers draftee Petteri Koponen (6-4, 1988) ended his first professional season about a month ago. Koponen's team, Virtus Bologna, lost in the first round of Italian Serie A playoffs in a toug... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:52:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/The_Latest_on_Petteri_Koponen/727111 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/The_Latest_on_Petteri_Koponen/727111 The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer ridiculousness and info. If you ever have anything to add to it, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!) A better look at Rudy's tribute to Fernando Martin. [USA Today]Greg Oden done for the year? Nothing would surprise me. [Hoops World] Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:18:19 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Blaze_of_Glory_22009/517989 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Blaze_of_Glory_22009/517989 The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer ridiculousness and info. If you ever have anything to add to it, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!) At times, I still think Portland should have taken KD. [Bleacher Report] A Portland point guard on the move to Orlando? [Les Gehrett] Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:13:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Blaze_of_Glory_2409/498640 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Blaze_of_Glory_2409/498640 As the trade deadline passes, teams are still looking for contributions from new sources, and this may come from rookies as we continue RookieWatch 07-08 with picks #26-30, the last of the first round. You can also check out Fantasy Basketball Pros' analysis of the rest of the first round picks here: #1-5 | #6-10 | #11-15 | #16-20 | #21-25. 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