Hanno Möttölä
![]() Möttölä in 2009. | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Helsinki, Finland | 9 September 1976
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Utah (1996–2000) |
NBA draft | 2000: 2nd round, 40th overall pick |
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
Playing career | 1994–2014 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 13 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1994-1996 | Helsingin NMKY |
2000–2002 | Atlanta Hawks |
2002–2003 | TAU Cerámica |
2003–2004 | Skipper Bologna |
2004–2005 | Scavolini Pesaro |
2005–2006 | Dynamo Moscow |
2006–2007 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
2007–2008 | Aris Thessaloniki |
2009–2012 | Torpan Pojat |
2013 | Torpan Pojat |
As coach: | |
2014–present | HBA-Märsky |
2019–present | Finland (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
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Hanno Aleksanteri Möttölä (born 9 September 1976) is a Finnish basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is currently working as a head coach of Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky, and an assistant coach of Finland national team. A power forward, Möttölä played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA), becoming the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.
Möttölä was named in the Utah Athletics Hall of Fame of the University of Utah in September 2023.[1]
College career
[edit]Möttölä attended the University of Utah, in the United States, where he played college basketball under head coach Rick Majerus. He was a starter on the Utah Utes team that played in the final of the 1998 NCAA national championship tournament, which they lost to Kentucky.
Professional career
[edit]After college, Möttölä was selected in the second round, with the 40th overall pick, in the 2000 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks. He played two seasons in the NBA with the Hawks. He played in all 82 games during his sophomore (and final) season. His final NBA game was on April 17, 2002, in a 81–89 loss to the Boston Celtics where he recorded 1 steal and 2 rebounds.
After his time with the Hawks, he returned to Europe to play in the EuroLeague. He played in Spain with TAU Cerámica of the Liga ACB, where he suffered an ankle injury. Then he played in Italy with Skipper Bologna (in the 2003–04 season, his team reached the Italian League finals and EuroLeague Final). He also played in Italy with Scavolini Pesaro (from 2004 to 2005).
Möttölä also played in the Russian Super League with Dynamo Moscow, in the Lithuanian LKL League with Žalgiris Kaunas, and in the Greek Basket League (GBL) with Aris, after signing with the team on 26 July 2007.[2]
Möttölä announced his retirement from playing basketball on 26 September 2008,[3] but decided to return to basketball just nine months later.[4] In September 2009, Möttölä signed with the Finnish team Torpan Pojat. He played in the team for four seasons, during which the team was the runner-up in the Finnish League championship (2009–10), in the Finnish Cup (2010–11), and finished in third-place in Finnish League (2011–12).[5]
International career
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Möttölä was a long-time member of the senior Finnish national basketball team. With Finland, he played at the 1995 EuroBasket, the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2013 EuroBasket, and the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]After ending his playing career, Möttölä has worked as the head coach of Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky in second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona, and an assistant coach of Finland national team since 2019.
In May 2024, Möttölä was invited to coach at NBA G League Elite Camp and at the 2024 NBA draft combine event.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Finnish ice hockey players, Jarkko Ruutu and Tuomo Ruutu, are Möttölä's second cousins.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
NBA
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000-01 | Atlanta | 72 | 3 | 13.5 | .444 | .000 | .811 | 2.4 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 4.5 |
2001-02 | Atlanta | 82 | 14 | 16.7 | .440 | .077 | .750 | 3.3 | .6 | .2 | .2 | 4.8 |
Career | 154 | 17 | 15.2 | .442 | .063 | .783 | 2.9 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 4.6 |
EuroLeague
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002–03 | TAU Cerámica | 7 | 3 | 30.4 | .569 | .444 | .774 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .7 | .3 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
2003–04 | Skipper Bologna | 22 | 16 | 21.8 | .520 | .348 | .879 | 3.8 | .4 | .8 | .4 | 10.8 | 9.2 |
2004–05 | Scavolini Pesaro | 22 | 16 | 28.6 | .497 | .375 | .833 | 5.1 | .9 | 1.0 | .5 | 13.7 | 12.2 |
2006–07 | Žalgiris | 12 | 5 | 22.6 | .547 | .500 | .806 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .5 | .5 | 10.9 | 9.8 |
2007–08 | Aris | 20 | 16 | 19.7 | .488 | .459 | .824 | 2.8 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 8.0 | 6.0 |
Career | 83 | 56 | 23.9 | .516 | .406 | .833 | 3.9 | .8 | .7 | .3 | 11.3 | 9.7 |
EuroCup
[edit]† | Denotes season in which Möttölä won the EuroCup |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2005–06† | Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 4 | 16.54 | .397 | .444 | .167 | 3.0 | .5 | .7 | .6 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
College
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1996–97 | Utah | 32 | 1 | 17.5 | .586 | .000 | .623 | 2.8 | .9 | .3 | .3 | 6.4 |
1997–98 | Utah | 34 | 34 | 28.2 | .489 | .291 | .754 | 5.3 | .8 | .4 | .5 | 12.5 |
1998–99 | Utah | 33 | 33 | 31.0 | .482 | .354 | .833 | 5.4 | 1.4 | .4 | .4 | 15.3 |
1999–00 | Utah | 21 | 19 | 27.6 | .498 | .350 | .827 | 4.8 | 1.7 | .2 | .6 | 17.0 |
Career | 120 | 87 | 26.0 | .500 | .333 | .774 | 4.6 | 1.2 | .3 | .4 | 12.4 |
National team
[edit]Tournament | Pos. | GP | PPG | RPG | APG |
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EuroBasket 1995 | 13th | 6 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
0.5
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EuroBasket 2011 | 9th | 5 |
6.0 |
1.2 |
0.0
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EuroBasket 2013 | 9th | 5 |
6.2 |
1.8 |
0.4
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2014 FIBA World Cup | 22nd | 4 |
2.8 |
0.5 |
0.0
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References
[edit]- ^ Namikakasvatti Hanno Möttölä valittiin Utahin yliopiston Hall of Fameen, hnmky.fi, 27 September 2023
- ^ Sotirou, Kostas (2007). "Aris inks big men Mottola and Agadakos". Euroleague. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Hanno Mottola of Finland retires". Inside Hoops. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Martinez, Frans (2009). "Hanno Mottola vuelve a las canchas". Solo Basket (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Hanno Möttölä vahvistaa ToPoa Divisioona A:n kärjessä". Basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Hanno MÖTTÖLÄ (FIN).
- ^ Hanno Möttölä valmentajaksi NBA:n Draft Combine -leirille, Itä-Häme, 10 May 2024
- ^ Hanno Möttölä valmentajaksi NBA Draft Combine -leirille, basket.fi, 10 May 2024
- ^ Tuomo Ruutu; ihanfinaalissa.fi (in Finnish) Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- Atlanta Hawks draft picks
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