Jeffrey Alan Lamp (born March 9, 1959) is an American former professional

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player who played six seasons in the

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(NBA). Lamp played

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for the

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, where he was an

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. At a height of 6'6", he played

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and

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High school career

Lamp attended and played competitively at Ballard High School, in

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. He was named to the inaugural

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team, which played in the 1977 Capital Classic.

College career

Lamp played from 1977 to 1981 for the

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. Lamp was an All-ACC selection in each of his four seasons at UVa (1978–81). He finished with 2,317 career points which was a school record until broken by Bryant Stith (2,516) in 1992. During his time in

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, Lamp was part of the 1980–81 team that claimed an

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(ACC) regular season title and made the school's first

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appearance.

Professional career

Lamp was selected by the

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, in the first round (15th pick overall) of the

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. Lamp played in six

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seasons, for four different teams (the Blazers,

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, and

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). In his NBA career, Lamp played in 291 games, and he scored a total of 1,495 points. His best year in the NBA came during the 1985–86 season, when he split time with the Bucks and Spurs, appearing in 74 games, and averaging 8.2 points per game. Lamp won two NBA championships (1987 and 1988 with the Lakers) and participated in three NBA Finals (1987, 1988 and 1989, the latter also with the Lakers) Lamp currently lives in Los Angeles, and works for the NBPA.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" , Portland , 54 , , 0 , , 11.4 , , .510 , , .000 , , .820 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 4.6 , - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" , Portland , 59 , , 1 , , 11.7 , , .425 , , .167 , , .808 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 4.4 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" , Portland , 64 , , 0 , , 10.3 , , .490 , , .154 , , .896 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

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, 44 , , 1 , , 15.9 , , .449 , , .231 , , .859 , , 2.8 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

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, 30 , , 1 , , 20.7 , , .502 , , .235 , , .812 , , 2.6 , , 1.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" , 1987–88† , align="left" ,

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, 3 , , 0 , , 2.3 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.7 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" ,

, 37 , , 0 , , 4.8 , , .391 , , .500 , , .800 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 1.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 291 , , 3 , , 11.9 , , .470 , , .222 , , .841 , , 1.5 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 5.1

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" , Portland , 1 , , – , , 1.0 , , .500 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" , Portland , 3 , , – , , 6.3 , , .333 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.3 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , 0 , , 15.0 , , .389 , , .333 , , .000 , , 0.3 , , 2.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 12 , , 0 , , 6.6 , , .406 , , .333 , , .500 , , 0.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 2.3

References

External links

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