Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a former Polish professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he used to play at the power forward and center positions.
 Lampe playing for the Poland national team. | |
| 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: 2nd round, 30th overall pick |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 2001–2021 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2003 | Real Madrid |
| 2001–2002 | →Real Madrid B |
| 2002–2003 | →Universidad Complutense |
| 2003–2004 | New York Knicks |
| 2004–2005 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2005–2006 | New Orleans Hornets[a] |
| 2006 | Houston Rockets |
| 2006 | Dynamo St. Petersburg |
| 2006–2009 | Khimki |
| 2009–2010 | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv |
| 2010–2011 | UNICS Kazan |
| 2011–2013 | Caja Laboral |
| 2013–2015 | FC Barcelona |
| 2015–2016 | Beşiktaş Sompo Japan |
| 2016–2017 | Shenzhen Leopards |
| 2017–2018 | Qingdao Eagles |
| 2018–2019 | Jilin Northeast Tigers |
| 2019 | Al Manama |
| 2020 | Al Manama |
| 2020–2021 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin |
| 2021 | CSP Limoges |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Professional career
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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
editLampe 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 played the total number of 61 games in NBA. He holds NBA career averages of 3.4 points per game, 2.2 rebounds per game, and 0.3 assists per game.
Lampe's final NBA game was played on April 4, 2006, in a 87–104 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics where he recorded 1 rebound in only 2 and half minutes of playing time. In 2010, he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers to play on the Summer League team.
NBA transactions
edit- 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 select Marcin Gortat).
- February 13, 2006 – Traded to the Houston Rockets for Moochie Norris.
Russia
editLampe 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.[1] He was voted the 2010–11 season's Russian PBL MVP for the regular season.[2]
Israel
editLampe 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
editIn July 2011 he signed with Caja Laboral Vitoria for two seasons.[4] In December 2012, Lampe was named the MVP of the month of December in the 2012–13 EuroLeague.[5]
In August 2013, he signed a three-year contract with FC Barcelona.[6]
China
editIn July 2016, Lampe signed with the Shenzhen Leopards.[7] He was replaced on the roster before the 2017–18 season with Jared Sullinger because of injury. In November 2017, Lampe signed with the Qingdao Eagles.[8]
On August 19, 2019, he has signed with Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association.[9] On October 16, 2019, replaced by Thomas Robinson.[10][11]
Poland
editOn December 31, 2020, he has signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the PLK.[12]
Taiwan
editOn September 9, 2021, he has signed with TaiwanBeer HeroBears of the T1 League.[13] On December 24, Lampe took a plane to Spain for recovery.[14][15]
Career statistics
edit| 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 |
EuroLeague
edit| 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 |
National team career
editLampe has been a member of the senior Polish national basketball team. He played for Poland's national team at EuroBasket 2009.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ During the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, the team was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets during their temporary relocation to Oklahoma City due to Hurricane Katrina.
References
edit- ^ 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 (in 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 August 3, 2013.
- ^ "Maciej Lampe (ex Besiktas) joins DongGuan Leopards". Asia-Basket.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "青岛签下兰佩琼斯正式离队". ifeng. November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (August 19, 2019). "Sichuan Whales sign Maciej Lampe and Jerryd Bayless". Sportando. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Emiliano Carchia (October 16, 2019). "Thomas Robinson agreed to terms with Sichuan". Sportando. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ 何鹏楠 (October 17, 2019). "兰佩暂别四川男篮 前北控外援成为"备胎"". 红星新闻. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (December 31, 2020). "Maciej Lampe joins King Wilki Morskie Szczecin". Sportando. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ 鍾東穎 (September 9, 2021). "NBA太陽最年輕出賽球員 波蘭一哥加盟台啤英熊". NOWnews. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "台啤英熊籃波無預警離台？ 小腿肌肉撕裂傷返國治療". ETtoday. December 25, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ "籃波一場未打就離隊 台啤英熊已尋找替代洋將". United Daily News. December 25, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Maciej Lampe Q & A – Basketball Without Borders Africa
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Maciej Lampe at draftexpress.com
- Maciej Lampe at eurobasket.com
- Maciej Lampe at euroleague.net
- Maciej Lampe at tblstat.net