Hanno Möttölä

Hanno Möttölä
Personal information
Born	9 September 1976 (age 48); Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
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	2000–2013
Position	Power forward
Number	13
Career history
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
Career highlights and awards
	Lithuanian League champion (2007); Lithuanian Cup champion (2007); ULEB Cup champion (2006); First-team All-WAC (1999);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Hanno Aleksanteri Möttölä (born 9 September 1976) is a Finnish former professional basketball player. Möttölä played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in the power forward position, where he became the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.

Career

Möttölä attended the University of Utah in the United States where he played college basketball under coach Rick Majerus. He was a starter on the team that played for the 1998 national championship before losing to Kentucky. After graduation, he was selected in the second round, with the 40th overall pick, in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He played two seasons with the Hawks. After his time with the Hawks, he returned to Europe, playing in Spain with TAU Cerámica of the ACB, then in Italy with Skipper Bologna (in the 2003–04 season his team reached the Italian championship finals and Euroleague final) and Scavolini Pesaro (from 2004 to 2005), in the Russian Super League with Dynamo Moscow, in the Lithuanian league with Žalgiris Kaunas and in the Greek A1 league with Aris, after signing with the team on 26 July 2007.^[1]

He announced his retirement from basketball on 26 September 2008,^[2] but decided to return to basketball just nine months later.^[3] In September 2009 Möttölä signed with the Finnish team Torpan Pojat. He played in the team for four seasons, during which the team was runner-up in Finnish Championships (2009–10) and in Finnish Basketball Cup (2010–11) and third-placed in Finnish Championships 2011–12.^[4]

Personal life

Finnish ice hockey players, Jarkko Ruutu and Tuomo Ruutu, are Möttölä's second cousins.^[5]

Career statistics

Legend
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

Euroleague


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

References

^ Sotirou, Kostas (2007). "Aris inks big men Mottola and Agadakos". Euroleague. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ "Hanno Mottola of Finland retires". Inside Hoops. 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.
^ Tuomo Ruutu; ihanfinaalissa.fi Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] Sotirou, Kostas (2007). "Aris inks big men Mottola and Agadakos". Euroleague. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

[2] "Hanno Mottola of Finland retires". Inside Hoops. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

[3] Martinez, Frans (2009). "Hanno Mottola vuelve a las canchas". Solo Basket (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.

[4] "Hanno Möttölä vahvistaa ToPoa Divisioona A:n kärjessä". Basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.

[5] Tuomo Ruutu; ihanfinaalissa.fi Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine

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