Maciej Lampe
 Lampe playing for the Poland national team. | |
| Shenzhen Leopards | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 5, 1985 Łódź, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish / Swedish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2003 | Real Madrid |
| 2001–2002 | →Real Madrid B |
| 2002–2003 | →Universidad Complutense |
| 2004–2005 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2005–2006 | New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets |
| 2006 | Houston Rockets |
| 2006 | Dynamo St. Petersburg |
| 2006–2009 | Khimki |
| 2009–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2010–2011 | UNICS Kazan |
| 2011–2013 | Caja Laboral |
| 2013–2015 | FC Barcelona |
| 2015–2016 | Beşiktaş |
| 2016–present | Shenzhen Leopards |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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.
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
- June 26, 2003 – Selected with the 30th pick by the New York Knicks (the pick originally belonged to the Denver Nuggets and was acquired by the Knicks in the Marcus Camby deal).
- August 13, 2003 – Signed a 3-year, $2.9 million contract with the Knicks
- January 5, 2004 – Traded with Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, rights to Miloš Vujanić, 2004 first-round draft pick (used to select Kirk Snyder), future first-round draft pick (used in 2010 to select Gordon Hayward) and $3 million to the Phoenix Suns for Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybański.
- January 21, 2005 – Traded with Casey Jacobsen and Jackson Vroman to the New Orleans Hornets for Jim Jackson and 2005 second-round draft pick (used to selected Marcin Gortat).
- February 13, 2006 – Traded to the Houston Rockets for Moochie Norris.
Russia
Lampe signed a one-year deal with the ULEB Cup 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.[1] He was voted the 2010–11 season's Russian PBL MVP for the regular season.[2]
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.[3]
Spain
In July 2011 he signed with Caja Laboral Vitoria for two seasons.[4] In December 2012, Lampe was named MVP of December in the 2012–13 Euroleague.[5]
In August 2013, he signed a three-year contract with FC Barcelona.[6]
China
In July 2016, Lampe signed with the Shenzhen Leopards.[7]
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
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.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | Real Madrid | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | .500 | .500 | .000 | .7 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 | .0 |
| 2002–03 | Real Madrid | 4 | 0 | 9.8 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 2.8 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| 2009–10 | Maccabi | 8 | 4 | 17.3 | .444 | .389 | .900 | 3.8 | .9 | .5 | .3 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| 2012–13 | Caja Laboral | 28 | 24 | 24.6 | .484 | .318 | .765 | 6.1 | .8 | .6 | .5 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| 2013–14 | Barcelona | 19 | 6 | 14.4 | .505 | .333 | .724 | 3.3 | .7 | .2 | .4 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| 2014–15 | Barcelona | 24 | 3 | 13.3 | .425 | .238 | .814 | 3.8 | .6 | .3 | .4 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| Career | 86 | 37 | 17.3 | .468 | .308 | .777 | 4.3 | .7 | .3 | .4 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
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.
See also
References
- ↑ UNICS Kazan inks big man Maciej Lampe
- ↑ Maciej Lampe - the MVP of the BEKO PBL Regular season
- ↑ MACCABI: Big man Maciej Lampe signs, Euroleague.net (English)
- ↑ CAJA LABORAL brings in Lampe for 2 years
- ↑ bwin MVP for December: Maciej Lampe, Caja Laboral Vitoria
- ↑ "FC Barcelona announced Maciej Lampe". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ "Maciej Lampe (ex Besiktas) joins DongGuan Leopards". Asia-Basket.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Maciej Lampe Q & A – Basketball Without Borders Africa
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
- Maciej Lampe at draftexpress.com
- Maciej Lampe at eurobasket.com
- Maciej Lampe at euroleague.net
- Maciej Lampe on Facebook