Blazers minor league players

Thursday, May 8, 2008, D69 —

So far Pritchard’s vision of drafting young foreign players and letting them develop in Europe for a 1-3 years or NBDL for 1-2 years is starting to pay off.

GMs|..MPG.|.PPG.|.2P%|3P%|.FT%.|.OR.|.DR|.TR.|.APR|SPG.|TPG|.BPG.|
.13..|15:36.|.07.5.|.70.0.|.00.0.|.61.9.|.1.8.|.1.9.|.3.8.|.0.2.|..0.8..|..1.5.|..0.5..| (1)
.15..|22:39.|.15.2.|.56.5.|.39.1.|.94.1.|.0.7.|.2.7.|.3.4.|.3.7.|..2.0..|..2.4.|..0.7..| (2)
.45..|35:30.|.18.4.|.56.5.|.43.4.|.77.9.|.0.3.|.3.0.|.3.3.|.4.1.|..1.8..|..3.0.|..0.1..| (3)
.15..|26.80.|.07.7.|.41.4.|.15.4.|.70.0.|.1.7.|.4.7.|.6.4.|.2.5.|..0.6..|..2.1.|..0.9..| (4)
.11..|11:27.|.04.5.|.40.6.|.50.0.|.83.3.|.1.1.|.2.4.|.3.5.|.0.5.|..0.4..|..1.3.|..0.5..| (5)

1) Freeland, Joel, age 21, 6′10″, 225 lbs., PF, England, (ULEB Cup - Kalise Gran Canariaz), Draft 2006 #30
2) Fernandez, Rudy, age 23, 6′6″, 175 lbs., SG, Spain, (ULEB Cup - DKV Joventut), Draft 2007 #24, Named MVP by helping his team win the ULEB Cup
3) Koponen, Petteri, age 20, 6′4″, 195lbs., PG, Finland, (Finnish Basketball Association - Espoon Honka Playboys), (Draft 2007 #30
4) McRoberts, Josh, age 21, 6′9″, 240lbs., PF, Duke (NBDL - Idaho Stampede), Draft 2007 #37, helped Stampede win the 2008 NBDL championship
5) Sinanovic, Nedzad, age 25, 7′1″, ???lbs., C, Bosnia - Herzegovina, (ULEB Cup - Köln 99ers), Draft 2003 #54