Portland is eyeing Petteri Koponen

The future of Rudy Fernandez who has doubts regarding his future in NBA, will influence also the future of Petteri Koponen.

If Rudy decides to return to Europe, Portland Trail Blazers will take from Virtus Bologna the Finnish guard Petteri Koponen.

The player was  drafted as the 30th pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2007 NBA Draft, and his NBA rights are currently held by the Portland Trail Blazers.

After a first difficult season in Italy, in his second year Koponen made an impressive development under the guide of coach Lino Lardo and is now averaging 11.3ppg in Serie A with 2.2rpg and 1.7apg being the key player of Virtus Bologna.

Koponen could be for Portland a perfect replacement of the Spanish guard.