BC Tallinna Kalev

Tallinna Kalev
Tallinna Kalev
Founded	2002; 22 years ago
History	Pirita Palliklubi; (2002–2008); Tallinna Kalev; (2008–2024)
Arena	Nord Cramo Sports Hall
Capacity	980
Location	Tallinn, Estonia
Team colors	Blue, White;
Home	Away

Tallinna Kalev is a basketball team based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita Palliklubi and played in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) from 2002 to 2024.

History

The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita Palliklubi (Pirita Ball Club), the same year they joined the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML), the top tier of Estonian basketball. In their first season, they reached the Estonian Cup final, but lost 76–92 to TÜ/Rock.^[2]

Prior to the 2008–09 season, BC Pirita joined the Tallinn Sports Association Kalev and changed their name to Tallinna Kalev. In July 2010, Tallinna Kalev merged operations with TTÜ Korvpalliklubi.^[2]^[3] They played as TTÜ/Kalev and TTÜ/Kalev II through the 2010–11 season. However, the partnership ended after just one season, and Tallinna Kalev continued independently.^[2]

In 2014, the team became affiliated with Tallinn University (TLÜ). They made their debut in a European competition by competing in the 2016–17 season of the FIBA Europe Cup, but failed to advance past the group stage. Coached by former NBA player Martin Müürsepp, Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ made the KML Finals for the first time in team history in 2019. However, they were swept in three games by defending champion BC Kalev/Cramo.^[4]

For the 2022–23 season, Tallinna Kalev merged operations with Audentes Sports Club.^[5] The team withdrew from the top-tier competitions following the 2023–24 season.

Sponsorship naming

Tallinn Kalev/SNABB: 2023–2024

Home arenas

Pirita TOP Sports Center (2002–2004)
Pirita Business School Sports Hall (2004–2009)
TTÜ Sports Hall (2010–2011)
Kalev Sports Hall (2009–2010, 2011–2016, 2017–2018)
Sõle Sports Center (2018–2022)
Audentes Sports Center (2016–2017, 2022–2023)
Nord Cramo Sports Hall (2021–2022, 2023–2024)

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Tallinna Kalev/SNABB roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	0	Paiste, Mario	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	35 – (1989-09-03)3 September 1989
SG	1	Metsaorg, Georg Oliver	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	19 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
PF	3	Mäeorg, Daniil	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	20 – (2003-12-31)31 December 2003
PG	4	Hardy, Bailey Joel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	24 – (2000-07-06)6 July 2000
SG	5	Evestus, Artur	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	19 – (2005-09-06)6 September 2005
PF	6	Allemann, Georg	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	23 – (2001-03-11)11 March 2001
SF	9	Keedus, Erik	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	34 – (1990-04-27)27 April 1990
PF	11	Lilly, Daquan Romel	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	27 – (1997-08-09)9 August 1997
PF	14	Moore, James	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	27 – (1997-10-06)6 October 1997
PF	15	Raadik, Toomas	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	34 – (1990-08-15)15 August 1990
PG	20	Loigu, Andre	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 – (2001-07-25)25 July 2001
SF	23	Jaakson, Mark-Andreas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	24 – (2000-02-15)15 February 2000
SG	24	Raley-Ross, Brandis	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	37 – (1987-02-06)6 February 1987
PG	43	Schmalz, Eric	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	25 – (1999-09-12)12 September 1999
C	51	Tykhonov, Dmytro	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	122 kg (269 lb)	32 – (1992-01-19)19 January 1992

Head coach

Kalle Klandorf

Assistant coach(es)

Karl Reismann

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 26 January 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Dmytro Tykhonov	James Moore
PF	Toomas Raadik	Mark-Andreas Jaakson	Georg Allemann
SF	Erik Keedus	Lorenzo Ferrell
SG	Mario Paiste	Brandis Raley-Ross
PG	Bailey Hardy	Eric Schmalz	Andre Loigu

Coaches

Kalle Klandorf 2002–2010, 2012–2017, 2017–2018, 2023–2024
Indrek Reinbok 2010–2012
Raido Roos 2017
Gert Kullamäe 2018–2019
Martin Müürsepp 2019–2021
Valdo Lips 2021
Brett Nõmm 2021–2022
Rauno Pehka 2022–2023

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Estonian Cup	Baltic competitions		European competitions
2002–03	1	KML	5th	Runner-up
2003–04	1	KML	4th	Quarterfinalist
2004–05	1	KML	4th	Semifinalist	BBL Division 2	RS
2005–06	1	KML	4th	Third place	Baltic Basketball League	17th
2006–07	1	KML	5th	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	1	KML	4th	Third place
2008–09	1	KML	5th	Third place	BBL Challenge Cup	12th
2009–10	1	KML	6th	Quarterfinalist	BBL Challenge Cup	QF
2010–11	1	KML	7th	Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	KML	6th	Quarterfinalist
2012–13	1	KML	8th	Fourth place	Baltic Basketball League	RS
2013–14	1	KML	4th	Quarterfinalist	Baltic Basketball League	RS
2014–15	1	KML	8th	Quarterfinalist	Baltic Basketball League	RS
2015–16	1	KML	4th	Third place	Baltic Basketball League	EF
2016–17	1	KML	7th	First round	Baltic Basketball League	EF	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2017–18	1	KML	6th		Baltic Basketball League	QF
2018–19	1	KML	2nd		Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	10th
2019–20	1	KML	6th^[a]		Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	–^[a]
2020–21	1	KML	7th	Fourth place	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	RS
2021–22	1	KML	7th	Quarterfinalist	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	14th
2022–23	1	KML	8th	Quarterfinalist	Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	14th
2023–24	1	KML	8th		Estonian-Latvian Basketball League	16th