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Lamont Mack

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Lamont Mack
Mack playing for Scavolini Pesaro in 2013
Personal information
Born (1987-03-16) March 16, 1987 (age 37)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–2018
PositionSmall forward
Career history
2009–2011AEK Athens
2011–2012Lukoil Academic
2012–2013Scavolini Pesaro
2013s.Oliver Baskets
2014Korihait
2014Valladolid
2014Club La Unión
2015Gigantes del Estado de México
2015–2016CS Energia Rovinari
2016STB Le Havre
2016Karpoš Sokoli
2016Hoops Club
2017Iowa Wolves
2018Dinamo Tbilisi
Career highlights and awards

Lamont Mack (born March 16, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Dinamo Tbilisi.

College career

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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

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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 a month later to sign with 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]

On September 5, 2017, Mack signed with Timba Timișoara,[18] but he did not pass a medical test.[19] In October 2017, he joined the Iowa Wolves in the NBA G League.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Bio Lamont Mack". Charlotte 49ers.
  2. ^ Lukoil Akademik tabs Devin Green and Lamont Mack
  3. ^ "Oliver Baskets announced Lamont Mack". Sportando.net. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Vertrag mit Lamont Mack aufgelöst" (in German). soliver-baskets.de. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Lamont Mack signed and debuted in Finland with Korihait". Sportando.net. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ "El CB Valladolid se refuerza con el ala-pívot Lamont Mack" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. ^ Una de ex-ACB: Lamont Mack, a Argentina, Brian Asbury, a Brasil y madurez Roman Martinez (in Spanish)
  8. ^ La Union part ways with Lamont Mack
  9. ^ "Lamont Mack added by Gigantes". court-side.com. January 9, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "Baschet/EXCLUSIV/ Lamont MACK, noul jucator al Energiei". csenergia.ro (in Romanian). February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  11. ^ Lamont Mack signs with Energia Targu-Jiu
  12. ^ Lamont Mack returns to Energia Targu-Jiu
  13. ^ Lamont Mack inks with Le Havre
  14. ^ "New American players at Karpoš Sokoli". Aba-liga.com. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  15. ^ "Американците Мек и Пери за уште посилен Карпош Соколи" (in Macedonian). kksokoli.mk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  16. ^ American big man Mack is no longer a member of Karpoš Sokoli
  17. ^ Lamont Mack signs with Hoops Club in Lebanon
  18. ^ "Lamont Mack signs with Timba Timișoara". Sportando.com. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  19. ^ Schimbări la Timba: Thomas de Thaey îl înlocuiește pe Lamont Mack (in Romanian)
  20. ^ "Wolves Announce 2017 Training Camp Roster" (Press release). Iowa Wolves. October 23, 2017. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017.
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