Hanno Möttölä
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
9 September 1976 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 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40th overall |
| 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 | |
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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.
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.
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