Background
Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden.
Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden.
Standing at 6 ft 11 in (211 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions. He played briefly for Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB League before being sent on loan to Universidad Complutense of the LEB, the second division level in Spain, to receive more playing time. National Basketball Association
Lampe was selected by the National Basketball Association club the New York Knicks in the second round (30th overall) of the 2003 National Basketball Association Draft as an early entry candidate, despite having been projected as a top five lottery pick.
Maciej was elected to the 2003 Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue All-Revue Team after averaging 17.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in 32.4 minutes for the Knicks" summer league team
Maciej was traded to the Phoenix Suns on January 5, 2004 deal, and at the time, he 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 National Basketball Association career, this time to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
On February 13, 2006, he was traded to the Houston Rockets for point guard Moochie Norris, making the Rockets his fourth National Basketball Association club He holds National Basketball Association career averages of 3.4 points per game, 2.2 rebounds per game, and 0.3 assists per game.
In 2010, he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers to play on the Summer League team
= National Basketball Association transactions June 26, 2003 – Selected with the 30th pick by the New York Knicks (the pick originally belonged to the Denver Nuggets and was acquired by the Knicks in the Marcus Camby deal). August 13, 2003 – Signed a 3-year, $2.9 million contract with the Knicks
January 5, 2004 – Traded with Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, rights to Miloš Vujanić, 2004 first-round draft pick (used to select Kirk Snyder), future first-round draft pick (used in 2010 to select Gordon Hayward) and $3 million to the Phoenix Suns for Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybański. January 21, 2005 – Traded with Casey Jacobsen and Jackson Vroman to the New Orleans Hornets for Jim Jackson and 2005 second-round draft pick (used to selected Marcin Gortat).
February 13, 2006 – Traded to the Houston Rockets for Moochie Norris.
Russia
Lampe signed a one-year deal with the ULEB Cup club Dynamo Saint St. Petersburg, however the team went bankrupt shortly thereafter. The bankrupt Dynamo squad was thrown out of the Russian Superleague A one day before the start of the season.
Thus, Maciej moved to Khimki Moscow Region. Maciej then signed a three-year contract extension with Khimki.
Lampe returned to Russia in January 2010, signing with Unics Kazan.
He was voted the 2010-2011 season"s Russian PBL Most Valuable Player for the regular season. Israel
Lampe signed a one-year deal with an option for another season with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Tel Aviv in July 2009. Spain
In July 2011 he signed with Caja Laboral for two seasons.
In December 2012, Lampe was named Most Valuable Player of December in the 2012-2013 Euroleague.
In August 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Barcelona.
