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John Lucas

Career (regular season)

GP
928
PTS
10.7
REB
2.3
AST
7.0

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) · 79 kg (174 lb)
Born
October 31, 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Durham, Estados Unidos
School / club
Maryland
Draft
1976: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
1976-1989 · 14 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 HOU 82 911 219 463 2,531 125 19 — 47.7 — 78.9
1977-78 HOU 82 1,017 255 768 2,933 160 9 213 43.5 — 77.2
1978-79 GSW 82 1,324 247 762 3,095 152 9 255 46.2 — 82.2
1979-80 GSW 80 1,010 220 602 2,763 138 3 184 46.7 28.6 76.8
1980-81 GSW 66 555 154 464 1,919 83 2 185 43.9 16.7 73.8
1981-82 WAS 79 666 166 551 1,940 95 6 156 42.6 9.1 78.4
1982-83 WAS 35 145 29 102 386 25 1 47 47.3 0.0 50.0
1983-84 SAS 63 689 180 673 1,807 92 5 147 46.2 27.5 76.4
1984-85 HOU 47 536 85 318 1,158 62 2 102 46.2 31.8 79.8
1985-86 HOU 65 1,006 143 571 2,120 77 5 149 44.6 30.8 77.5
1986-87 MIL 43 753 125 290 1,358 71 6 89 45.7 36.5 78.7
1987-88 MIL 81 743 159 392 1,766 88 3 125 44.5 33.8 80.2
1988-89 SEA 74 310 79 260 842 60 1 66 39.8 26.5 70.1
1989-90 HOU 49 286 90 238 938 45 2 85 37.5 29.9 76.4
Career 928 9,951 2,151 6,454 25,556 1,273 73 1,803 44.9 30.3 77.6

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 HOU 12 176 33 83 430 24 4 — 54.0 — 76.5
1981-82 WAS 7 31 8 20 74 3 1 4 53.8 33.3 66.7
1984-85 HOU 5 68 21 27 152 6 0 7 32.5 14.3 63.6
1986-87 MIL 12 187 25 62 362 14 1 20 45.3 33.3 81.3
1987-88 MIL 5 29 8 19 80 5 0 6 37.0 23.1 66.7
1988-89 SEA 4 11 1 8 37 0 0 2 29.4 0.0 50.0
Career 45 502 96 219 1,135 52 6 39 45.1 26.1 74.6

Awards and titles

  • All-Rookie First Team: 1976-77

Medals

  • Bronze · 1974 World Cup (United States)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Rick Barry as a veteran free agent and sent John Lucas and cash to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

  2. · Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed John Lucas to a multi-year contract.

  3. · Trade

    The Golden State Warriors traded John Lucas to the Washington Bullets for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Derek Smith was later selected) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Steve Burtt was later selected).

  4. · Waived

    The Washington Bullets waived John Lucas.

  5. · Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed John Lucas.

  6. · Waived

    The Cleveland Cavaliers waived John Lucas.

  7. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed John Lucas as a free agent.

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  1. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed John Lucas to a multi-year contract.

  2. · Trade

    The Houston Rockets traded James Bailey and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for John Lucas and a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Sam Mitchell was later selected).

  3. · Waived

    The Houston Rockets waived John Lucas.

  4. · Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed John Lucas to a multi-year contract.

  5. · Waived

    The Houston Rockets waived John Lucas.

  6. · Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed John Lucas as a free agent.

  7. · Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed John Lucas.

  8. · Waived

    The Milwaukee Bucks released John Lucas.

  9. · Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed John Lucas as a free agent.

  10. · Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed John Lucas as an unrestricted free agent.

  11. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Roy Marble and Kenny Smith to the Houston Rockets for John Lucas, Tim McCormick and a 1994 1st round draft pick (Charlie Ward was later selected).

  12. · Waived

    The Atlanta Hawks waived John Lucas.

  13. Toronto nombra consultor de desarrollo de jugadores hasta final de temporada a John Lucas, que ha sido entrenador jefe de San Antonio, Philadelphia y Cleveland en los 90 y 00. Los últimos años llevaba un centro de rehabilitación de jugadores.

  14. · Coaching staff

    Los Clippers nombran a John Lucas asistente del entrenador.

  15. Houston nombra director de desarrollo de jugadores a John Lucas.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1985-86 HOU $0.2M
1987-88 MIL $0.6M
1988-89 SEA $0.4M
Career total $1.2M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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