Name Maciej Lampe Career start 2001 Listed weight 275 lb (125 kg) Weight 125 kg | Height 2.11 m Nationality Polish / Swedish Role Basketball player | |
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League Turkish Basketball League Born February 5, 1985 (age 39) Lodz, Poland ( 1985-02-05 ) NBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall Similar People Marcin Gortat, Xavier Pascual Vives, Cezary Trybanski, Pablo Laso, Ibon Navarro | ||
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Parents Adam Lampe, Urszula Lampe | ||
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Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
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- isingdevotion players contest kostas papaniklaou maciej lampe fc barcelona
- Player of the game maciej lampe caja laboral vitoria
- Professional career
- NBA
- NBA transactions
- Russia
- Israel
- Spain
- China
- Career statistics
- Polish national team
- References
Player of the game maciej lampe caja laboral vitoria
Professional career
Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. He played briefly for Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB League before being sent on loan to Universidad Complutense of the LEB, the second division level in Spain, to receive more playing time.
NBA
Lampe was selected by the NBA club the New York Knicks in the second round (30th overall) of the 2003 NBA draft as an early entry candidate, despite having been projected as a top five lottery pick. Lampe was elected to the 2003 Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue All-Revue Team after averaging 17.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in 32.4 minutes for the Knicks' summer league team. Lampe was traded to the Phoenix Suns on January 5, 2004 deal, and at the time, he became the youngest player in Suns history to appear in a regular season game, as well as the first Suns player to play while being 18 years old.
In January 2005, he got traded for the second time in his NBA career, this time to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. On February 13, 2006, he was traded to the Houston Rockets for point guard Moochie Norris, making the Rockets his fourth NBA club. He holds NBA career averages of 3.4 points per game, 2.2 rebounds per game, and 0.3 assists per game. In 2010, he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers to play on the Summer League team.
NBA transactions
Russia
Lampe signed a one-year deal with the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) club Dynamo Saint Petersburg, however the team went bankrupt shortly thereafter. The bankrupt Dynamo squad was thrown out of the Russian Superleague A one day before the start of the season. Thus, Lampe moved to Khimki. In February 2008, Khimki beat CSKA Moscow in the Russian Cup final and Lampe was awarded the best player (MVP) of the cup final. He then signed a three-year contract extension with Khimki.
Lampe returned to Russia in January 2010, signing with UNICS Kazan. He was voted the 2010–11 season's Russian PBL MVP for the regular season.
Israel
Lampe signed a one-year deal with an option for another season with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Tel Aviv in July 2009.
Spain
In July 2011 he signed with Caja Laboral Vitoria for two seasons. In December 2012, Lampe was named the MVP of the month of December in the 2012–13 EuroLeague.
In August 2013, he signed a three-year contract with FC Barcelona.
China
In July 2016, Lampe signed with the Shenzhen Leopards.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Polish national team
Lampe has been a member of the senior Polish national basketball team. He played for Poland's national team at EuroBasket 2009.