Malique Lewis
Trinidadian basketball player (born 2004)
Malique Lewis (born 10 November 2004) is a Trinidadian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). After playing in Spain and the NBA G League between 2021 and 2024, he played in the NBL as a Next Star with the South East Melbourne Phoenix between 2024 and 2026. In the 2026 NBA draft, Lewis was selected with the 60th final overall pick by the Washington Wizards, and traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. He later returned to the NBL and joined the Taipans for the 2026–27 season.
Early life
Lewis was born in Trinidad and Tobago. His hometown is San Fernando. He grew up playing football. Lewis started to play basketball while he attended Pleasantville Secondary School in San Fernando.
Professional career
Fuenlabrada (2021–2023)
As a 16-year-old, Lewis moved to Spain to play for Fuenlabrada in the Liga ACB, where he went up from 2.3 minutes in three appearances during the 2021–22 season to 19 games in 2022–23 for almost 18 minutes per game and 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds. In May 2023, he produced the fourth-highest-scoring game in ACB history by a player aged 18 or younger with 24 points against Obradoiro.
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