Blazers May Need to Add Koponen Now If the Trail Blazers want to have Petteri Koponen in their organization sometime in the next four or five years, they’ll probably have to sign him to a contract soon. 如果拓荒者未来四五年想要Koonen加入的话，最好最近就要签约了。 The 6-4, 195-pound point guard from Finland will be auditioning with Portland ’s entry in the Las Vegas Summer League, with the Blazers opening play on Monday. 下礼拜一，来自芬兰的後卫会参加拓荒者的夏季联盟。 Blazer coaches and its management team won’t be the only ones watching. Representatives from pro teams in Spain and Italy, among others, will be on hand to scout Koponen, 20, the last pick in the first round of the 2007 draft – a pick owned by Philadelphia and purchased for $3 million by Portland. 不只是拓荒者的教练和制服组会观察他，其他西班牙和义大利的球队也会来观察这位2007 年第一轮最後顺位被拓荒者选到的球员。 If the Blazers don’t sign Koponen, he’ll sign in Europe – and it won’t be a one-year deal. 如果拓荒者不签他的话，欧洲球队可不会只签他一年。 “I’m a young player, and the (European) clubs want me to sign a four- or five-year contract," Koponen says. “Then the buyout will be so big, it’s hard to come here." 我还很年轻，欧洲球队都希望我能签个四五年合约，Koponen说，如此一来买断的金额就 会非常大，到时就更难加入拓荒者了。 Koponen’s coach, Mihailo Pavicevic, says Koponen had several offers of about $500,000 from European teams last year, and that the size of the offers will increase this year. Koponen的教练提到Koponen去年已经接到很多球队开给他的合约，差不多50万美金，而这 金额今年会继续往上提升。 “Those teams want to lock him in, and there is a very large buyout,” Pavicevic says. "那些球队会想要留住他，所以买断的代价就会很大。" A buyout could approach $1.5 million. The maximum an NBA team can contribute toward a buyout is $500,000. 买断的金额差不多会有150万美金左右。而一个NBA球队最大可以付出的买断金额大概是 50万美金。 -- “He did a good job last year, but he can’t stay one second longer in Finland because of the level of play. If he doesn’t sign with Portland, he’ll sign in Europe.” And if that happens? Pavicevic sighs, then smiles. “I don’t even want to think about it,” he says. “He can make bigger money in Europe. I’m not his agent; I’m just his coach. I advise him about basketball. My position is, he didn’t take this money last year. Everybody tried to push him to go to Europe. I believe he’ll make the NBA; that was the only reason (he didn’t go to Europe). “Now, the situation is, I really like the Portland organization. Great people. Petteri is a point guard. He understands the game. He is young and needs to learn a lot, but he can be a very important part of this organization. I would like to see him play well in Las Vegas and prove what he can do.” "他去年表现不错，但他不会再留在芬兰，因为水准还是有差。如果拓荒者不跟他签约的 话，他将会跟欧洲球队签约。" Pavicevic(Koponen的教练)说 "我不太想要去想这件事。"他说，"他可以在欧洲赚不少钱。我不是他的经纪人，我只是他 教练。我建议他关於篮球的事。他去年没接受那些钱，很多人都叫他去欧洲打球。我相信 他可以在NBA生存，这也是唯一他不去欧洲打球的理由。 而以现在的状况，我很喜欢拓荒者的阵容。一群很棒的球员。他可以打控卫，他熟悉比赛 ，他还年轻，还有很多需要学习，但他可以成为拓荒者重要的一块。我期待他在夏季联盟 的表现，并证明他可以做到的。 Now Pritchard wants to see how far Koponen’s game has come before deciding whether to extend a training camp invitation. So a lot will be riding on Koponen’s summer league performances, and he admits he will feel the pressure. “But I have to be ready for that,” Koponen said. “There’s always some pressure, and when I feel a little bit of pressure, I’m more ready than if I don’t feel anything.” 现在KP想要看一下Koponen的能耐到哪来决定是否邀请他来训练营，所以一切都决定在 Koponen夏季联盟的表现。Koponen也承认他感觉到一些压力。 "但我必须准备好，总是会有压力的，当我感受到压力，比起没压力时，会做更多的准备" -- 感觉不签又不行，但後卫已经够挤了...现在又多一个人的话，Sergio恐怕小命不保。 --

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