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Maciej Lampe is the
first basketball player from Sweden who have played in
the NBA. Lampe was Born in Lodz, Poland, but he
emigrated with his family from Poland to Stockholm,
Sweden when he was six. He began play basketball in Stockholms Polisen IF youth teams when he was 9 years old and was a member in the club for more than 5 years. During his first years playing basketball he also practiced ice hockey and soccer. And it was not at all certain that basketball was the sport he was going to focus at. "You could notice early that Micke was a talent above the usual. His height in combination with a rare feeling for the ball. But talent can only get you that far - and Micke had something more. Maciej was always the player that practiced the hardest and the most focused. And he always had his ball with him, wherever he went. Just to practice a little more" says his coach from the early years, Joakim Samuelsson. Playing for Stockolmspolisens boys-85 he got the award to be the best player in his age (Boys-85) in the Nordic championships two years in a row. At the age of 15 he moved to Spain to play professional basketball in Real Madrid (Spain) and he became the youngest player in Real Madrid history that played in Euroleauge. Selected by New York Knicks in the second round (30th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft as an early entry candidate. 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. In January 2005 he got traded for the second time in his NBA career, this time to New Orleans Hornets. , At the end of his third year in the NBA he represented Houston Rockets which has become Maciejs fourth NBA club. Now Maciej is playing in the Russin top club BC Khimki. In 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 Khimki. |
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PlayerProfile MACIEJ LAMPE Position: F Born: Feb 5, 1985 Height: 2,10 Weight: 124,7kg More information about Lampe in BC Khimki More information about Lampe in the NBA |
