Marcus Lewis (basketball, born 1992)
American basketball player (born 1992)
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Marcus Lewis (born February 16, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Dinamo București of the Liga Națională. He was born in Streamwood, Illinois. 2014 NCAA Dunk Contest Winner.
| No. 12 – CS Dinamo București | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Liga Națională |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 16, 1992 Streamwood, Illinois, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Streamwood (Streamwood, Illinois) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2015–2017 | Niagara River Lions |
| 2017–2018 | St. John's Edge |
| 2018–2019 | Moncton Magic |
| 2019 | Guelph Nighthawks |
| 2019–2020 | Moncton Magic |
| 2020–2021 | Tampereen Pyrintö |
| 2021 | Lavrio |
| 2021–2022 | Czarni Słupsk |
| 2022–2023 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
| 2024–2025 | Szolnoki Olajbányász |
| 2025–present | Dinamo București |
| Career highlights | |
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High school career
Lewis played for Streamwood High School, at Streamwood, Illinois.
College career
Lewis played for Parkland College, for South Suburban College and for Eastern Kentucky from 2010 until 2014. During his college career, he was highly regarded as one of the best dunkers in NCAA college basketball.[1]
Professional career
After going undrafted to the 2014 NBA draft, Lewis signed a non-guaranteed training camp deal with the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA, Lewis then played five seasons in Canada with Niagara River Lions, St. John's Edge, Moncton Magic and Guelph Nighthawks. After five years in Canada, Lewis signed with Tampereen Pyrintö of the Finnish Korisliiga.[2]
On July 17, 2021, Lewis officially signed with Greek club Lavrio of the Basketball Champions League.[3] In eight games, he averaged 11.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
On November 27, 2021, Lewis signed with Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League.[4]
On November 20, 2022, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[5]
On September 2, 2024 he signed with Szolnoki Olajbányász of the Hungarian first tier Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.[6]