KTP Basket

KTP Basket
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1927; 97 years ago (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

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.

• 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

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

• Team TEHO Sport (2013–14; European competitions)

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) 38 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986 G 8 Pounds, Michael (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 36 – (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 G 10 Lehtoranta, Janne 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 24 – (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) 24 – (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) 23 – (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) 24 – (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) 24 – (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

Korisliiga MVP

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

• Official website