KTP Basket

KTP Basket
KTP Basket
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1927
Arena	Steveco-Areena
Capacity	1,600
Location	Kotka, Finland
Team colors	Green, White ;
Head coach	Tomi Kaminen
Championships	6 Finnish Leagues ; 9 Finnish Cups
Website	KTPBasket.fi
Home	Away

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Basket, shortly KTP Basket, is the largely independent basketball team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, a Finnish sports club based in Kotka, and has played in the Korisliiga since 1957. The club has won the Finnish championship six times.

Trophies

Finnish Championships: 6

1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994

Runner-up: 1960, 1961, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2013

Bronze: 1957, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019

Finnish Cups: 9

1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2003, 2004

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons the team has also been known as:

Team TEHO Sport (2013–14; European competitions)

Players

Current roster

KTP-Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PF	1	Pinkston, JayVaughn	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	28 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991
G/F	4	Wesley, Byron	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	27 – (1992-12-26)26 December 1992
SF	5	Daniels, DeAndre	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 – (1992-04-15)15 April 1992
F	7	Skamo, Eldar	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	33 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986
G	8	Pounds, Michael (C)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	31 – (1988-09-15)15 September 1988
G	10	Lehtoranta, Janne	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	19 – (2000-08-25)25 August 2000
G	20	Heinonen, Mika	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	21 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999
F	21	Rautasalo, Markus	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	19 – (2000-06-29)29 June 2000
C	23	Langford, Kevin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	34 – (1985-12-21)21 December 1985
G	25	Hannikainen, Eero	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	19 – (2001-05-18)18 May 2001
SG	32	Kuukkanen, Topias	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	28 – (1992-03-06)6 March 1992
PG	40	Timonen, Joonas	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	19 – (2000-10-13)13 October 2000
F	42	Ailio, Okko	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	20 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
F	44	Lehtoranta, Joonas	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	20 – (2000-02-25)25 February 2000
C	45	Uotila, Emil	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	19 – (2000-10-28)28 October 2000

Head coach

Tomi Kaminen

Assistant coach(es)

Sauli Lanki
Harri Laine

Team manager

Heimo Heinonen

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 18 September 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Individual awards

Korisliiga MVP

Larry Pounds – 1991
Jerald Fields – 2007
Tim Blue – 2012

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Jukka Matinen
Samuli Vanttaja
Ian Young
Kenneth Simms
LaMonte Ulmer
Nyika Williams

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	European competitions
2011–12	1	Korisliiga	6th
2012–13	1	Korisliiga	2nd
2013–14	1	Korisliiga	4th	3 EuroChallenge	L16
2014–15	1	Korisliiga	3rd	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2015–16	1	Korisliiga	9th	3 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2016–17	1	Korisliiga	9th
2017–18	1	Korisliiga	8th

External links

Official website

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