{"id":500352,"date":"2026-06-10T07:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=500352"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:54:35","slug":"virtus-bologna-consider-petteri-koponen-for-head-coach-job-a-romantic-option-for-the-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/virtus-bologna-consider-petteri-koponen-for-head-coach-job-a-romantic-option-for-the-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus Bologna consider Petteri Koponen for head coach job: a romantic option for the bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"2080\"><strong data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"1782\">Virtus Bologna<\/strong> are evaluating their future on the bench, and according to <em data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1872\">Corriere dello Sport Bologna<\/em>, <strong data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"1893\">Petteri Koponen<\/strong> is one of the intriguing names around the club. The former Virtus guard has coaching experience in New Zealand and with EuroLeague youth teams, making him a young and fascinating option.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2359\">Koponen is not necessarily the clear favorite, but his profile would fit a new direction based on younger and more sustainable choices. His connection with the fanbase could be a major factor, as his return would carry strong emotional value for the Virtus Bologna environment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2600\">At the same time, <strong data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2394\">Matt Morgan<\/strong> seems close to leaving the club. The guard posted a thank-you message on social media, writing: \u201cThis will always be my home\u201d. His words suggest that his time with Virtus Bologna has likely come to an end.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2602\" data-end=\"2760\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Finnish guard, still loved by Virtus Bologna fans, is emerging as an intriguing coaching idea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":500351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82,26],"tags":[],"rumors":[134],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-500352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/Koponen-Virtus.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500352"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=500352"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=500352"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=500352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}