Szymon Szewczyk

Szymon Szewczyk

Szymon Szewczyk 2014
No. 10 Stelmet Zielona Góra
Position Power forward / Center
League Polish Basketball League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1982-12-21) December 21, 1982
Szczecin, Poland
Nationality Polish
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career 1999–present
Career history
1999–2001 SKK Szczecin
2001–2002 Polpharma Starogard Gdański
2002–2003 TXU Energie Braunschweig
2003–2005 Alba Berlin
2005–2006 Union Olimpija
2006–2007 Scafati Basket
2007–2009 Lokomotiv Rostov
2009–2011 Air Avellino
2011–2013 Reyer Venezia Mestre
2014 Virtus Roma
2014–2015 AZS Koszalin
2015–present Stelmet Zielona Góra

Szymon Szewczyk (born December 21, 1982) is a Polish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League.[1]

Szewczyk grew up with PKK Szczecin (Poland) youth teams. He has been a member of the Polish Junior National Team, the Polish Under-20 National Team and the Polish “B” National Team. He currently is a member of the Polish National Team.

After he played two successful seasons in his native Poland, he was evaluated by several top teams in Europe before signing with Braunschweig of Germany’s top division (Bundesliga I) for the 2002-03 season. Many considered him at the time as the best prospect from Poland in his age group. Szewczyk was a second round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2003 NBA Draft (#35), but did not play for the team. His rights were sent to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a three-team trade that brought Kevin Martin to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played at the 2009 Las Vegas Summer League.

Basketball career

Personal life

His father Miroslaw Szewczyk was a professional basketball player for more than 20 years in Szczecin (Poland) where Szymon was born.

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