Wheels report: Batum in, Koponen out?

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Wheels report: Batum in, Koponen out?
The Rip City Project found this 7/22/2008 on blog.oregonlive.com [flag]
Brian Wheeler, back from watching the Blazers in Vegas last week, talks about the two immediate decisions facing Kevin Pritchard and his staff, what to do with Nicolas Batum and Petteri Koponen last night on Wheels After Work. Download the... [link]

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Finland might go back to Europe
Published 7/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Coup) at The Rip City Project
I think that's where the nickname breaks down a bit. Anyways, Brian Wheeler expressed an educated opinion last night on his radio show, and it was his best guess that Batum would stay in Portland (which we already sort of knew) and Petteri Koponen would be headed back to Europe. He said that most of the people he spoke to said Koponen just didn't show enough to prove that he is NBA ready. ...

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