Lucas Clayton Sikma (born July 30, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for

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of the

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(GBL) and the

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. He is the son of former

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(NBA) player

Jack Sikma Jack Wayne Sikma (born November 14, 1955) is an American former professional basketball center. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star with the Seattle SuperSonics, who drafted him in the first round with the eighth overall pick of the 1977 NBA draf ...

High school career

Sikma, a 6'8"

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, played high school basketball for Bellevue High School in

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. He was a late bloomer, growing 7 inches over two years and only making the varsity team as a junior and senior. As a result, he was not highly recruited. Ultimately he chose to sign with the

University of Portland The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Da ...

College career

Despite his modest reputation coming into the

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program in 2007, Sikma was able to make an immediate impact, starting 23 of the team's 31 games and averaging 6.1

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and 7.3

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. After steady production as a sophomore and junior, Sikma stepped up his game significantly as a senior. He averaged a double-double at 12.9 points and

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-leading 10.5 rebounds per game. He was named to the All-WCC first team. In his college career, Sikma scored 1,048 points (8.3 per game) and graduated as the Pilots' all-time leading rebounder with 987 (7.8 per game).

Professional career

Sikma was not selected in the

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. He signed with

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of Spain's second division (

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) for the 2011–12 season. He averaged 11.8 points and 7.7 rebounds before moving to Autocid Ford Burgos the following season. For the 2013–14 season Sikma moved up to the Spanish first division (

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), signing with

CB Canarias Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, La Laguna, ...

. After spending two years in Canarias with notable performances, Sikma signed for two years with

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. In 2017, Sikma won the Liga ACB with Valencia after beating

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3–1 in the league finals. On July 5, 2017, Sikma signed with German club

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of the

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(BBL). On April 28, 2018, Sikma was named the BBL Most Valuable Player and to the All-BBL First Team. On June 12, 2019,

announced a four-year extension of Sikma's contract. On July 13, 2023, Sikma signed a two-year (1+1) deal with

of the

and the

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. On July 3, 2024, he parted ways with the Greek club.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4",

, style="background:#CFECEC;", 28* , , 27 , , 25.8 , , .490 , , .433 , , .700 , , 6.5 , , 4.5 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , 9.7 , , 16.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

, 31 , , 30 , , 24.9 , , .536 , , .333 , , .779 , , 5.7 , , 3.8 , , .8 , , .3 , , 9.1 , , 14.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , 29 , , 25 , , 23.8 , , .468 , , .357 , , .818 , , 6.3 , , 3.5 , , 1.2 , , .2 , , 9.0 , , 14.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 33 , , 30 , , 22.5 , , .478 , , .286 , , .677 , , 5.3 , , 4.9 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 7.6 , , 12.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , style="text-align:left;",

, 22 , , 4 , , 11.1 , , .489 , , .286 , , .550 , , 2.7 , , .5 , , .4 , , .2 , , 2.7 , , 3.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 143 , , 116 , , 22.2 , , .492 , , .356 , , .724 , , 5.4 , , 3.6 , , .9 , , .3 , , 7.8 , , 12.7

EuroCup

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2",

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, 16 , , 15 , , 21.2 , , .479 , , .222 , , .618 , , 5.8 , , 2.2 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , 5.8 , , 9.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , 22 , , 18 , , 19.9 , , .445 , , .303 , , .733 , , 5.1 , , 2.1 , , .7 , , .4 , , 5.8 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2",

, 16 , , 15 , , 26.8 , , .604 , , .375 , , .679 , , 6.6 , , 3.0 , , 1.1 , , .6 , , 13.3 , , 17.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 24 , , 24 , , 28.3 , , .482 , , .389 , , .769 , , 6.6 , , 4.2 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 11.3 , , 16.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 78 , , 72 , , 23.8 , , .505 , , .347 , , .695 , , 6.0 , , 2.9 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , 9.0 , , 13.1

Domestic leagues

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La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. La Pa ...

, , style="text-align:center;",

, , 38 , , 26.6 , , .617 , , .000 , , .670 , , 7.6 , , 1.8 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, , style="text-align:left;", Atapuerca , , style="text-align:center;",

, , 25 , , 24.8 , , .601 , , , , .732 , , 8.1 , , 1.3 , , 1.9 , , .9 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , , style="text-align:left;", Canarias , , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 34 , , 26.4 , , .562 , , .182 , , .652 , , 7.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , , style="text-align:left;", Canarias , , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 34 , , 27.7 , , .526 , , .393 , , .579 , , 6.6 , , 2.3 , , 1.9 , , .9 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 32 , , 22.7 , , .485 , , .545 , , .740 , , 5.6 , , 2.7 , , .9 , , .3 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 43 , , 19.9 , , .558 , , .321 , , .746 , , 5.3 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 47 , , 26.7 , , .550 , , .429 , , .714 , , 6.9 , , 4.3 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 12.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 42 , , 24.8 , , .530 , , .384 , , .646 , , 5.9 , , 4.5 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 10.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 28 , , 23.2 , , .552 , , .491 , , .675 , , 7.4 , , 4.3 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 9.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 34 , , 21.9 , , .522 , , .328 , , .719 , , 6.7 , , 4.4 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , 9.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 36 , , 21.3 , , .502 , , .425 , , .632 , , 5.4 , , 5.0 , , .8 , , .3 , , 8.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BBL , , 26 , , 20.0 , , .593 , , .593 , , .681 , , 4.6 , , 4.2 , , .8 , , .2 , , 8.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;",

HEBA A1 The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Associat ...

, , 5 , , 20.5 , , .591 , , .000 , , .714 , , 5.2 , , 2.8 , , 1.0 , , , , 6.2

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;",

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...

, 31 , , 23 , , 22.4 , , .532 , , .320 , , .620 , , 7.3 , , 2.1 , , .9 , , .9 , , 6.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 5 , , 19.4 , , .513 , , .000 , , .596 , , 5.7 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , .6 , , 6.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 0 , , 23.2 , , .563 , , .000 , , .750 , , 7.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , 7.9 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 31 , , 31.1 , , .526 , , .333 , , .789 , , 10.5 , , 2.6 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , 12.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 127 , , 59 , , 24.0 , , .533 , , .300 , , .714 , , 7.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , 8.3

References

External links

Spanish League profilePortland Pilots bio
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