Blazer draft pick Petteri Koponenis the love child of Finland's President Tarja Halonen and art icon Albert Edelfelt. The relationship and subsequent child between the two famous Finns set off a firestorm of controversy in the tabloids and television talk shows. At the heart of the contoversy was the betrayed love of Edelfelt's wife the renowned model and violinist Linda Brava. While Brava was away from Finland touring in the United States Edelfelt attended a State dinner hosted by President Halonen. It is rumored Halonen seduced the artist Edelfelt with promises of an opportunity to paint her official Presidential portrait. It turns out they never got around to the painting and instead had Petteri Koponen.
Hounded by his questionable familial circumstances in his younger years Petteri turned to the basketball court for solitude. At first everyone still made fun of the 'President's son' but then Petteri started dropping dimes everyone had to respect. This is why he is known as a pass first, pass second and shoot third point guard. He had a very strong showing in the international U20 tournament. He has not signed a contract with the Trail Blazers but is playing on the team's Las Vegas Summer League roster.
Josh McRoberts: You either love it or hate it, McRoberts is a Dukie. If you hate Coach K and Duke as much as my friend Joy or the rest of the ACC don't worry, all you have to do is love the Blazers and you'll have plenty of reasons to root for this versatile 6' 11'' and 230 pound post. Versatile you say? On December 19, 2006 McRoberts became the only Blue Devil EVER to have at least 4 of the following in a single game; 19 pts, 6 blks, 6 rebs, 4 asts and 4 stls. This year McRoberts was the ONLY player in the country to average at least 1o pts, 7 rebs, 3 blks and 3 asts per game. Josh didn't do that bad during HS in Carmel, Indiana winning the '05 McDonald's All-American player of the year and the McDonald's All-Star game MVP. Many good sites compare him to a less athletic C-Webb. Less Athletic?! Go watch Josh at 35 secs, 1 min 39 secs and 2 min 10 secs then try saying, 'less athletic then C-Webb.'
2nd Round??
Taurean Green: This kid has basketball is his blood, father Sidney Green was an All-American at UNLV and scored 5080 points in the pros. Taurean learned how to win at University of Florida, you may have heard of their back to back titles. That makes him the most experienced guard in the '07 draft class, never a poor 2nd round decision. The outside stroke: at the Orlando draft camp he hit the 2nd most 3s at a clean 57%. Sounds good too because I heard we may have an inside game this year and seeing this Blazer burying teams would feel good.
