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Espoon Honka
237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007 Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties. History Espoon Honka was founded in 1975 as a professional team apart from Tapiolan Honka, which worked as a feeder team and took responsibility for organizing youth teams and other activities. Espoon Honka played 16 seasons in the Korisliiga and won seven championship titles. Espoon Honka didn't play in the 2011–12 season of Korisliiga due to financial problems and the whole team was then dissolved later that year. A new team was then founded under the name Tapiolan Honka. Honours * Korisliiga **Winners (7): 1974, 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 *Finnish Cup **Winners (5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 2001, 2009 Notable players Head coaches * Gordon Herbert * Mihailo Pavićević Mihailo Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Михаило Павићевић, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapiolan Honka
Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in Korisliiga and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga, both on highest tiers of Finnish basketball. History It was founded as a sports club Tapion Honka in 1957. The basketball section separated in 1975 under the name of Tapiolan Honka. Nowadays the club has 700 licensed players and over 1200 total members in different age categories. From 1975 onwards, the men's first team was known as Espoon Honka. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka. Honours * Finnish Championships (5): ** 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 Notable players * Seppo Kuusela * Uolevi Manninen * Anton Odabasi * Kimmo Muurinen Kimmo Muurinen (born February 23, 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player. He played the most years of his career in his home country Finland, but also had stances in Germany, Italy and the United States. He is also a lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petteri Koponen
Petteri Johannes Koponen (born 13 April 1988) is a Finnish former professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays both point guard and shooting guard positions. He was drafted as the 30th pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2007 NBA draft, and his NBA rights are currently held by the Dallas Mavericks. Professional career Tapiolan Honka (2004–2008) His first club was Malmi Super-Koris ("Malmi super-basketball"), from where he joined one of Finland's top clubs, Espoo Honka in 2004–05 season. Under the guidance of coach Mihailo Pavićević he quickly developed into a key component of Honka's 2006–07 Finnish League championship-winning side. During the 2006–07 campaign Koponen averaged 12.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. The number of assists may sound small, but in Finland assists are harder to come by than in the NBA because of the difference in FIBA rules, and the league leader had an average of only 5 assists. Koponen played in the World All-St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams In Finland
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihailo Pavićević
Mihailo Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Михаило Павићевић, born March 15, 1958) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for Mornar of the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League. Playing career Pavićević has spent most of his playing career in his native Bar playing for the local team Mornar. On two occasions he played for Budućnost in Podgorica, and he ended his playing career in Omonia Nicosia. Coaching career Pavićević started coaching in 1989 in Mornar, before moving to the Crvena zvezda in 1996. With the Zvezda he won the YUBA League championship in the 1997–98 season. Between 2000 and 2009, Pavićević led Espoon Honka and won five Finnish championships and two Finnish Cups. He managed to promote several important Finnish players, such as Petteri Koponen, Sasu Salin, Kimmo Muurinen, and others. In 2013, Pavićević became the coach of the Chinese club Liaoning Flying Leopards, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Herbert
Gordon Walter Herbert (born February 16, 1959) is a Canadian-Finnish professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. He is the head coach of the Germany national team. Playing career Herbert attended two-year North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, and transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1979, where he played college basketball for the Vandals under head coach Don Monson. Prior to his senior season in he injured his wrist and was redshirted; the Vandals were and went to the NCAA tournament as Big Sky champions. As a fifth-year senior in 1981–82, Herbert started at forward and Idaho won its first sixteen games, went in the regular season, and were sixth in the AP and UPI They advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and finished with the best record in school history While undefeated at 15–0, an article on the team appeared in ''Sports Illustrated''. Late in the regular season, Herbert was the conference player of the week. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamar Wilson
Jamar J. Wilson (born February 22, 1984) is an American-Finnish professional basketball player for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. High school career Wilson attended Our Savior New American School in Centereach, New York. As a senior, he averaged 14.2 points, 5.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game as he led Pioneers to a 25-11 record and the 2002 NACA Division I Boys Basketball National Championship. College career Wilson played college basketball at Albany Great Danes men's basketball, Albany from 2002 to 2007. He made an immediate impact, as he was named the America East Conference rookie of the year and second-team All-Conference as a freshman after averaging 18.9 Points per game, points and 3.3 assists per game. After a medical redshirt in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2003–04 season, Wilson came back to again make the All-Conference second team. For the next two seasons, Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Ulander
Aki Ulander (born 29 December 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ... player. He stands 6'10 tall and weighs 255lbs. Ulander has been a member of the Finland national basketball team for several years. Career Season 2008-2009: *''Swedish Championship League:'' Sundsvall Dragons, Sundsvall, Sweden Past seasons *Lappeenrannan NMKY, Lappeenranta, Finland / FIBA Eurocup: Team Lappeenranta *Sallen Basket, Uppsala, Sweden *Namika Lahti, Lahti, Finland *Ciudad De Palencia, Palencia, Spain *Honka Playboys, Espoo, Finland *Pussihukat, Vantaa, Finland Titles Latest: *Swedish League: League Champion 2009 *Finnish League: Bronze Medal 2008 *Finnish League: Regular Season Champion 2008 *Finnish Cup: Cup Champion 2007 *Finnish League: Regular S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasu Salin
Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the Slovenian club Union Olimpija. On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons. In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish team Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the season. On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season. On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n .... On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmo Muurinen
Kimmo Muurinen (born February 23, 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player. He played the most years of his career in his home country Finland, but also had stances in Germany, Italy and the United States. He is also a long time member of the Finnish national team, which he played for since 2000. As of September 2, 2014, he has played 153 games for Finland. Honours *Korisliiga: 2013 *Finnish Cup: 2009 *Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ... Rookie of the Year: 2001 References External linksProfile – ''Eurobasket.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Muurinen, Kimmo 1981 births Living people Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish men's basketball players Little Rock Trojans men's basketball players Nilan Bisons players Sportspeop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Kotti
Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls. Kotti attended Providence College in the United States, where he played college basketball between 2001 and 2005. He left Finland as a point guard, but gradually turned into a center during his college career. In 2018, Kotti was named the Korisliiga Most Valuable Player In the Korisliiga, the top Finnish professional basketball league, two awards are considered the Most Valuable Player award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in F ... at age 37, while playing with Helsinki Seagulls. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotti, Tuukka 1981 births Living people Andrea Costa Imola players Centers (basketball) Crailsheim Merlins players Finnish expatriate basketball people in France Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate basketball people in Italy Finnish expatriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Huff
Shawn Christopher Huff (born May 5, 1984) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls of the Finnish Korisliiga. Huff played college basketball at Valparaiso from 2004–2008. Shawn Huff plays for Finland national basketball team. College career Huff played college basketball at Valparaiso University from the 2004 to 2008. Huff played as a true freshman, but did not become a full-time starter until his junior season where he started all 31 games, and then as a senior where he started all 36 games. Professional career Huff went undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft and went on to play internationally. Signed with the MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg team on September 20, 2013 and recently played for them since till the end of the 2015–16 season. On January 5, 2017, Huff signed with the German team Fraport Skyliners. Personal life Huff is the son of professional basketball player who played college basketball at Drake University and professionally in Finland. Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi while surrounding the enclaved town of Kauniainen. The city covers with a population of about 300 000 residents in 2022, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Finland. Espoo forms a major part of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Helsinki, home to over 1.5 million people in 2020. Espoo was first settled in the Prehistoric Era, with the first signs of human settlements going back as far as 8,000 years, but the population effectively disappeared in the early stages of the Iron Age. In the Early Middle Ages, the area was resettled by Tavastians and Southwestern Finns. After the Northern Crusades, Swedish settlers started migrating to the coastal areas of present-day Finland, and Espoo was established as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
