# KTP Basket > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KTP_Basket > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KTP_Basket.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTP_Basket > Source revision: 1341454503 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For football club, see [Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat](/source/Kotkan_Ty%C3%B6v%C3%A4en_Palloilijat). Basketball team in Kotka, Finland KTP Basket Leagues Korisliiga Founded 1927; 99 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](/source/Basketball) team of [Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat](/source/Kotkan_Ty%C3%B6v%C3%A4en_Palloilijat), a [Finnish](/source/Finland) sports club based in [Kotka](/source/Kotka), and has played in the [Korisliiga](/source/Korisliiga) since 1957. The club has won the [Finnish championship](/source/Finnish_Basketball_League) six times. ## Trophies - **[Finnish Championships](/source/Korisliiga): 6** - 1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 - Runner-up: 1960, 1961, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, [2013](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Korisliiga_season) - **Bronze**: 1957, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2011, [2015](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Korisliiga_season), [2019](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Korisliiga_season) - **[Finnish Cups](/source/Finnish_Basketball_Cup): 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) 34 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 SF 5 Daniels, DeAndre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 F 7 Skamo, Eldar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 39 – (1986-10-12)12 October 1986 G 8 Pounds, Michael (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 37 – (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 G 10 Lehtoranta, Janne 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 25 – (2000-08-25)25 August 2000 G 20 Heinonen, Mika 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 27 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 F 21 Rautasalo, Markus 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 26 – (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 C 23 Langford, Kevin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 40 – (1985-12-21)21 December 1985 G 25 Hannikainen, Eero 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (2001-05-18)18 May 2001 SG 32 Kuukkanen, Topias 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 34 – (1992-03-06)6 March 1992 PG 40 Timonen, Joonas 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (2000-10-13)13 October 2000 F 42 Ailio, Okko 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 26 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000 F 44 Lehtoranta, Joonas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 26 – (2000-02-25)25 February 2000 C 45 Uotila, Emil 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 25 – (2000-10-28)28 October 2000 SF Raitanen, Remu 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1997-08-21)21 August 1997 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](/source/FIBA)-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. ### Individual awards **[Korisliiga MVP](/source/Korisliiga_Most_Valuable_Player)** - [Larry Pounds](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larry_Pounds&action=edit&redlink=1) – 1991 - [Jerald Fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerald_Fields&action=edit&redlink=1) – 2007 - [Tim Blue](/source/Tim_Blue) – 2012 - [Remu Raitanen](/source/Remu_Raitanen) - 2022 ### Notable players Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at [FIBA](/source/FIBA)-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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. - [Mustapha Amzil](/source/Mustapha_Amzil) - [Severi Kaukiainen](/source/Severi_Kaukiainen) - [Jukka Matinen](/source/Jukka_Matinen) - [Remu Raitanen](/source/Remu_Raitanen) - [Samuli Vanttaja](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuli_Vanttaja&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Ian Young](/source/Ian_Young_(basketball)) - [Kenneth Simms](/source/Kenneth_Simms) - [LaMonte Ulmer](/source/LaMonte_Ulmer) - [Nyika Williams](/source/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](http://www.ktpbasket.fi/) v t e Korisliiga Clubs 2021–22 Bisons Loimaa Helsinki Seagulls Kataja Karhu Kobrat Korihait Kouvot KTP Lahti Nokia Pyrintö Salon Vilpas Former clubs Espoo United Lappeenrannan NMKY Namika Lahti Tapiolan Honka Ura Seasons 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 [fi] 2010–11 [fi] 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Awards Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Defensive Player of the Year Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [KTP Basket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTP_Basket) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTP_Basket?action=history)). 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