Quincy Lewis

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Quincy Lewis (born June 26, 1977 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for CB Lucentum Alicante in Spain.

Lewis played collegiately for the University of Minnesota and was the Big Ten Conference's leading scorer during his senior year in college. He was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft. He played for the Jazz from 1999–2002.

Lewis moved to Israel in 2002 and was signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the Israeli Championship and the Israeli national cup. His team also reached the finals of the Adriatic League. He was signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves during 2003-04 season. In the 2004-2005 season he played CB Lucentum Alicante in Spain.

The following year he signed for the Greek club Olympiacos and helped the team reach the Euroleague quarter finals best of three series in which he lost to his former Israeli club in three games. That year Olympiacos also reached the Greek Playoff Finals series, only to lose to archrivals Panathinaicos in 3 games(best of 5 series).