Maciej Lampe

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Maciej Lampe
Position Power Forward
Height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight 255 lb (116 kg)
League Russian Basketball Super League
Team BC Khimki Moscow
Born February 5, 1985 (1985-02-05) (age 23)
Łódź, Poland
Nationality Polish
Draft 30th overall, 2003
New York Knicks
Pro career 2003–present
Awards 2006-07 Russian League MVP

Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985 in Łódź) is a Polish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Khimki BC of the Russian Basketball Super League.

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[edit] Professional career

Originally from Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. He played briefly for Real Madrid in Spain in 2002-03 before being sent on loan to Universidad Complutense of the LEB, the highest minor league in Spain, to receive more playing time.

[edit] NBA career

Selected by New York Knicks in the second round (30th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft as an early entry candidate, despite having been projected as a lottery pick.

Maciej was elected to the 2003 Reebok Rocky Mountain All-Revue Team after averaging 17.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in 32.4 minutes for the Knicks' summer league team.

Maciej got traded to the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 5, 2004 and became the youngest player in Suns history to appear in a regular season game.

On January 2005, he got traded for the second time in his NBA career, this time to New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.

On February 13, 2006, he was traded to the Houston Rockets for point guard Moochie Norris. Thus making the Rockets his fourth NBA club.

He holds NBA career averages of 3.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, and 0.3 apg.

[edit] Russia

Lampe will be playing in the ULEB Cup and signed a one-year deal with Dynamo Saint Petersburg. The bankrupt Dynamo squad were thrown out of the Russian League one day before the start of the season. Thus, making Maciej play for the BC Khimki Moscow region.

Now, Maciej is playing in the Russin top club BC Khimki. On February 2008, Khimki beat CSKA Moscow in the Russian cup final and Maciej got awarded as the best player (MVP) in the game.

Maciej has now signed a three year contract with BC Khimki.

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