Petteri Koponen: NBA Draft Profile
May 15th, 2007
by Jeff Fox
NBA Draft: Petteri Koponen
Team: Espoon Honka
Birth Year: 1988
Stats: Finnish League Stats
Position: PG
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 194lbs
Accolades: Nike Hoop Summit (07).
Scouting Report: An inexperienced, yet highly talented Finnish point guard.
Strengths: A winner – helped Honka win the 2007 Finnish League Championship. Played a strong game against the top U.S. high school players at this year’s Hoop Summit. Great passer. Can beat his man off the dribble and dish to an open teammate. Good three-point shooter. Great free throw shooter. Jerry West scouted him in Finland and commented on his “very high basketball IQ” and compared him to Steve Nash.
Weaknesses: Needs to take better care of the ball – averages almost as many turnovers as assists. Very young, especially for a point guard. Very inexperienced – the Finnish League is not one of the world’s top leagues. Needs to get stronger.
Projected 2007 Draft Range: Early second round pick.
Consensus: Koponen is a very skilled and exciting NBA prospect. While he is still probably a couple of years away from contributing at the NBA level, he has a very solid package of skills and should only improve as his body and game matures.
Current NBA Mock Draft Position
CHN's Six-Star Ranking System
= Superstar/All-NBA Potential
= Potential NBA All-Star
= Consistent NBA Starter
= 6th Man/Fringe Starter
= Career Reserve
= Fringe NBA
Player/12th Man
0 stars = Life in the Minor Leagues
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Jeff Fox is a freelance journalist based an hour outside of Toronto, Canada. While attending University of Waterloo (Canada) earning a B.A. in Economics and Management Studies, Jeff managed to walk onto the school’s varsity basketball team, the Warriors, for 2 seasons. His final year riding the pine for the Warriors saw the team make it to the CIS (Canada’s NCAA equivalent) Final 8 tournament. In addition to this site, his work has also appeared in Dime magazine, Inside Sport magazine in Australia, and he is a writer/editor for Canada’s top independent hoops site, Hooplife.ca. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his infant son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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