Contract options picked up for foreign whites

The contract options were picked up for thee foreign whites today: Sergio Rodriguez (Portland), Andrea Bargnani (Toronto), and Oleksiy Pecherov (Washington).

Sergio (1st round draft pick originally from Spain) had his fourth year picked up, keeping him under contract through '09-10.

Pecherov (1st round draft pick from Ukraine) had his third year picked up.

Bargnani (1st pick overall from Italy) had his fourth year picked up.