Maciej Lampe

Maciej Lampe

Lampe playing for the Poland national team.
Jilin Northeast Tigers
Position	Power forward / Center
League	Chinese Basketball Association
Personal information
Born	(1985-02-05) 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–present
Career history
2001–2003	Real Madrid
2001–2002	→Real Madrid B
2002–2003	→Universidad Complutense
2004–2005	Phoenix Suns
2005–2006	New Orleans 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
2016–2017	Shenzhen Leopards
2017–2018	Qingdao Eagles
2018-present	Jilin Northeast Tigers
Career highlights and awards
EuroCup champion (2011) All-EuroCup First Team (2011) Spanish League champion (2014) Russian Cup winner (2008) Russian Cup MVP (2008) Russian PBL All-Symbolic First Team (2011) Russian PBL MVP (2011) BSL All-Star (2016)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player for the Qingdao Eagles 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 (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. He was replaced on the roster before 2017–18 season with Jared Sullinger because of injury. In November 2017, Lampe signed with the Qingdao Eagles.

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

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

• List of oldest and youngest National Basketball Association players

External links

• Official website
• Maciej Lampe Q & A – Basketball Without Borders Africa
• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com
• Maciej Lampe at draftexpress.com
• Maciej Lampe at eurobasket.com
• Maciej Lampe at euroleague.net
• Maciej Lampe on Facebook