Hanno Möttölä
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| Position | Small forward |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 247 lb (112 kg) |
| Team | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Nationality |  Finland |
| Born | September 9, 1976 (age 30) Helsinki |
| College | Utah |
| Draft | 2nd round, 40th overall, 2000 Atlanta Hawks |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | Atlanta Hawks (2000–02) TAU Cerámica (2002–03) Fortitudo Bologna (2003–04) Scavolini Pesaro (2004–05) Dynamo Moscow (2005–06) |
Hanno Möttölä (born September 9, 1976 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional basketball player at the power forward position, who previously played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. Möttölä was the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.
Hanno attended the University of Utah in the US. He was selected in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He would play 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 Fortitudo Bologna and Scavolini Pesaro, and in Russia with Dynamo Moscow. Currently he is playing in Lithuania with Žalgiris Kaunas.
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| First Round Kenyon Martin | Stromile Swift | Darius Miles | Marcus Fizer | Mike Miller | DerMarr Johnson | Chris Mihm | Jamal Crawford | Joel Przybilla | Keyon Dooling | Jérome Moïso | Etan Thomas | Courtney Alexander | Mateen Cleaves | Jason Collier | Hidayet Türkoğlu | Desmond Mason | Quentin Richardson | Jamaal Magloire | Speedy Claxton | Morris Peterson | Donnell Harvey | DeShawn Stevenson | Dalibor Bagarić | Jake Tsakalidis | Mamadou N'diaye | Primož Brezec | Erick Barkley | Mark Madsen |
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| Second Round Marko Jarić | Dan Langhi | A. J. Guyton | Jake Voskuhl | Khalid El-Amin | Mike Smith | Soumaila Samake | Eddie House | Eduardo Nájera | Lavor Postell | Hanno Möttölä | Chris Carrawell | Olumide Oyedeji | Michael Redd | Brian Cardinal | Jabari Smith | DeeAndre Hulett | Josip Sesar | Mark Karcher | Jason Hart | Kaniel Dickens | Igor Rakočević | Ernest Brown | Dan McClintock | Cory Hightower | Chris Porter | Jaquay Walls | Scoonie Penn | Pete Mickeal |
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