John Lucas II
American basketball player (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Harding Lucas II (born October 31, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played basketball and tennis at the University of Maryland, College Park and was an All-American in both.
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 Lucas with the Maryland Terrapins, c. 1974 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1953-10-31) October 31, 1953 (age 70) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Hillside (Durham, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Maryland (1972–1976) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1976: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1976–1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 15, 4, 5, 10, 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1991–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| 1976–1978 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1981 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Washington Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Lancaster Lightning | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Wichita Falls Texas | ||||||||||||||
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| 1991–1993 | Miami Tropics | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Philadelphia 76ers | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Los Angeles Clippers (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Houston Rockets (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 9,951 (10.7 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 6,454 (7.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Steals | 1,273 (1.4 spg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats  at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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