KTP Basket

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.

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

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. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 1 Pinkston, JayVaughn 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 SF 5 Daniels, DeAndre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 F 7 Skamo, Eldar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 37 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986 G 8 Pounds, Michael (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 G 10 Lehtoranta, Janne 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 23 – (2000-08-25)25 August 2000 G 20 Heinonen, Mika 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 25 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 F 21 Rautasalo, Markus 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 23 – (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 C 23 Langford, Kevin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 38 – (1985-12-21)21 December 1985 G 25 Hannikainen, Eero 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 22 – (2001-05-18)18 May 2001 SG 32 Kuukkanen, Topias 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-03-06)6 March 1992 PG 40 Timonen, Joonas 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (2000-10-13)13 October 2000 F 42 Ailio, Okko 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 24 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000 F 44 Lehtoranta, Joonas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 24 – (2000-02-25)25 February 2000 C 45 Uotila, Emil 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 23 – (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: 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.	Finnish Cup	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