Lamont Mack
|
Mack playing for Scavolini Pesaro in 2013 | |
| Hoops Club | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 16, 1987 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Highland Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Tartan (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| College |
Angelina CC (2005–2007) Charlotte (2007–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2011 | AEK Athens |
| 2011–2012 | Lukoil Academic |
| 2012–2013 | Scavolini Pesaro |
| 2013 | s.Oliver Baskets |
| 2014 | Korihait |
| 2014 | Valladolid |
| 2014 | Club La Unión |
| 2015 | Gigantes Edomex Toluca |
| 2015–2016 | CS Energia Rovinari |
| 2016 | STB Le Havre |
| 2016 | Karpoš Sokoli |
| 2016–present | Hoops Club |
Lamont Mack (born March 16, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Hoops Club of the Lebanese Basketball League.
College career
At Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas he was a Junior College all-American and ranked as the 21st best player in junior college. Mack played for the Charlotte 49ers while studying a Criminal Justice major from 2007 to 2009. In his first season, he had an average of 15.6 points per game, improving greatly in the second half of the season to become a "bona fide scorer". He is a fan of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox and would have played baseball had he not made a career in basketball. He cites his grandmother, Nelgie Jordan, as his greatest influence.[1]
Professional career
Mack joined the Greek League team AEK Athens in 2009, and in January 2011 he signed with PBC Lukoil Academic in Bulgaria.[2] He spent the 2012-13 season with Scavolini Pesaro in Italy, then in July 2013 he signed with s.Oliver Baskets of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[3] He parted ways with them in December 2013.[4]
In February 2014, he signed with Korihait of Finland,[5] leaving one month later to sign for CB Valladolid in Spain.[6]
In August 2014, Mack signed with Club La Unión in Argentina.[7] In October 2014, he parted ways with La Unión.[8] On January 9, 2015, he signed with Gigantes Edomex Toluca of the Mexican LNBP.[9] He left Gigantes after only four games. On February 27, 2015, he signed with CS Energia Rovinari of the Romanian Liga Națională for the rest of the season.[10][11] On August 24, 2015, he re-signed with Energia.[12] On February 23, 2016, he left Energia and signed with STB Le Havre of France for the rest of the 2015–16 LNB Pro A season.[13]
On September 6, 2016, Mack signed with Macedonian club Karpoš Sokoli for the 2016–17 season.[14][15] On October 9, 2016, he parted ways with Karpoš Sokoli after appearing in only three games.[16] On October 19, 2016, he signed with Hoops Club of the Lebanese Basketball League.[17]
References
- ↑ "Player Bio Lamont Mack". Charlotte 49ers.
- ↑ Lukoil Akademik tabs Devin Green and Lamont Mack
- ↑ "Oliver Baskets announced Lamont Mack". Sportando.net. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ↑ "Vertrag mit Lamont Mack aufgelöst" (in German). soliver-baskets.de. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "Lamont Mack signed and debuted in Finland with Korihait". Sportando.net. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "El CB Valladolid se refuerza con el ala-pívot Lamont Mack" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ Una de ex-ACB: Lamont Mack, a Argentina, Brian Asbury, a Brasil y madurez Roman Martinez (Spanish)
- ↑ La Union part ways with Lamont Mack
- ↑ "Lamont Mack added by Gigantes". court-side.com. January 9, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Baschet/EXCLUSIV/ Lamont MACK, noul jucator al Energiei". csenergia.ro (in Romanian). February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Lamont Mack signs with Energia Targu-Jiu
- ↑ Lamont Mack returns to Energia Targu-Jiu
- ↑ Lamont Mack inks with Le Havre
- ↑ "New American players at Karpoš Sokoli". Aba-liga.com. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Американците Мек и Пери за уште посилен Карпош Соколи" (in Macedonian). kksokoli.mk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ American big man Mack is no longer a member of Karpoš Sokoli
- ↑ Lamont Mack signs with Hoops Club in Lebanon