Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional

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player. Standing at , he plays at the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

Originally from

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, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. He played briefly for Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB League before being sent on loan to

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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

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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

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. 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 4th, 2006 in a 87 - 104 loss to the

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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

* 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

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deal). * August 13, 2003 – Signed a 3-year, $2.9 million contract with the Knicks * January 5, 2004 – Traded with Antonio McDyess,

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, rights to Miloš Vujanić, 2004 first-round draft pick (used to select

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), future first-round draft pick (used in 2010 to select

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) and $3 million to the Phoenix Suns for

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and Cezary Trybański. * January 21, 2005 – Traded with

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and Jackson Vroman to the

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for Jim Jackson and 2005 second-round draft pick (used to select

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). * 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

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. In February 2008, Khimki beat

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in the Russian Cup final and Lampe was awarded the best player (

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) 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

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club

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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

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China

In July 2016, Lampe signed with the Shenzhen Leopards. He was replaced on the roster before the 2017–18 season with

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because of injury. In November 2017, Lampe signed with the

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. On August 19, 2019, he has signed with

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of the

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Poland

On December 31, 2020, he has signed with

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of the PLK.

Taiwan

On September 9, 2021, he has signed with TaiwanBeer HeroBears of the

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. On December 24, Lampe took a plane to Spain for recovery.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2001–02 , style="text-align:left;", Real Madrid , 3 , , 0 , , 7.4 , , .500 , , .500 , , .000 , , .7 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 3.0 , , .0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2002–03 , style="text-align:left;", Real Madrid , 4 , , 0 , , 9.8 , , .333 , , .000 , , .750 , , 2.8 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.0 , , 3.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;", Maccabi , 8 , , 4 , , 17.3 , , .444 , , .389 , , .900 , , 3.8 , , .9 , , .5 , , .3 , , 8.0 , , 8.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Caja Laboral , 28 , , 24 , , 24.6 , , .484 , , .318 , , .765 , , 6.1 , , .8 , , .6 , , .5 , , 13.9 , , 13.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 19 , , 6 , , 14.4 , , .505 , , .333 , , .724 , , 3.3 , , .7 , , .2 , , .4 , , 7.0 , , 7.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Barcelona , 24 , , 3 , , 13.3 , , .425 , , .238 , , .814 , , 3.8 , , .6 , , .3 , , .4 , , 6.2 , , 7.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 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

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. He played for Poland's national team at

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Notes

References

External links

Official website

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