Lucca Staiger (born June 14, 1988) is a German professional

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player for

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of the German

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(BBL). Standing at , he plays the

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position. He played collegiate basketball for

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Junior career

Staiger was one of the top junior players in Germany. He led his high school team to the 2005 German High School Championship while averaging 24.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 6.2 assists. He spent his senior season at Decatur Christian High School in Illinois, averaging 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game en route to being selected to play in the Illinois Premier Basketball High School All-Star Game. As a high school player, he also competed with the

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at the 2005

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and 2006

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College career

Staiger was declared ineligible for his freshman season with the Cyclones and was forced to sit out the entire season and lose a year of eligibility. He came back strong during his sophomore season, averaging 8.2 points and 24 minutes per game, while slowly becoming a larger part of the rotation throughout the season. He scored a career high 24 points in an early season loss to

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while hitting eight three-pointers. He was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week twice during the season. Following the season, Staiger competed with the senior

for the first time at

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. He averaged 5 points per game over the team's six games, including a team-high 14 in the team's second-round game versus Macedonia. On January 19, 2010, Staiger announced he was leaving Iowa State, effective immediately, to pursue a professional career in Europe.

Professional career

Coming out of the college, Staiger joined the German

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team

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. In 2012, he joined the league rivals

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. After just one year, on June 25, 2013, it was announced that he would be joining

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. On July 8, 2015, Staiger signed a contract with

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. He parted ways with the team in July 2018. On August 6, 2018, Staiger signed a one-year deal with

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of the

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. On December 13, 2019, he has signed with

of the German

(BBL).

References

External links

Lucca Staiger
at beko-bbl.de
Lucca Staiger
at eurobasket.com
Lucca Staiger
at euroleague.net * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staiger, Lucca 1988 births Living people 2010 FIBA World Championship players Alba Berlin players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Brose Bamberg players CB Canarias players FC Bayern Munich basketball players German expatriate basketball people in the United States German expatriate basketball people in Spain German men's basketball players Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players Liga ACB players Riesen Ludwigsburg players Sportspeople from Ulm Shooting guards