John Lucas 
#12 PG | 6-3, 187lbs | Bullets | Experience: 6 years
Born: 10/31/1953 (29) | College: Maryland

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 65 69 72 56 98 90 16 19 23 73 85 7 93 37 67 94  
 Potential: B B B C A A F D D B A F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989 
 Value: $366,885  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 8                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 85 85 36.4 10.5 0.7 2.1 11.2 2.1 5.27 1.6 0.1 2.6 .447 .735 .295  
 1981 NPSBL DEN 82 82 35.2 10.1 0.8 2.7 11.4 2.0 5.72 1.8 0.2 2.6 .442 .774 .191  
 1980 NPSBL DEN 82 82 39.2 10.2 0.9 2.4 11.5 2.5 4.60 1.7 0.1 2.8 .430 .802 .187  
 1979 NPSBL GSW 80 0 34.5 12.6 0.8 2.0 7.5 2.3 3.27 1.7 0.0 2.5 .467 .768 .286  
 1978 NPSBL GSW 82 0 37.7 16.1 0.8 2.2 9.3 3.1 2.99 1.9 0.1 2.8 .462 .822 .000  
 1977 NPSBL HOU 82 0 35.8 12.4 0.6 2.5 9.4 2.6 3.61 2.0 0.1 2.5 .435 .772 .000  
 1976 NPSBL HOU 82 0 30.9 11.1 0.7 2.0 5.6 0.0 463.00 1.5 0.2 2.1 .477 .789 .000  
 Career     575 249 35.7 11.9 0.8 2.3 9.4 2.1 4.52 1.7 0.1 2.6 .452 .782 .235  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 4.2 9.4 .447 1.8 2.5 .735 1.8 2.4 .764 2.1 6.0 .346 0.3 1.0 .295  
 1981 NPSBL DEN 3.9 8.9 .442 2.1 2.7 .774 1.5 2.3 .647 2.3 5.8 .395 0.2 0.8 .191  
 1980 NPSBL DEN 3.8 8.9 .430 2.3 2.9 .802 1.6 2.2 .737 2.0 5.6 .359 0.2 1.1 .187  
 1979 NPSBL GSW 4.9 10.4 .467 2.8 3.6 .768 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.5 .286  
 1978 NPSBL GSW 6.5 14.0 .462 3.2 3.9 .822 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL HOU 5.0 11.5 .435 2.4 3.0 .772 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL HOU 4.7 9.9 .477 1.6 2.1 .789 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.7 10.4 .452 2.3 3.0 .782 0.7 1.0 .717 0.9 2.5 .366 0.1 0.5 .235  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 85 85 3098 357 799 155 211 26 88 895 59 238 954 134 181 134 9 223 446 
 1981 82 82 2888 323 731 171 221 13 68 830 69 291 933 145 163 145 14 212 515 
 1980 82 82 3216 314 730 190 237 17 91 835 72 267 944 137 205 137 10 228 268 
 1979 80 0 2763 388 830 222 289 12 42 1010 61 220 602 138 184 138 3 196 0 
 1978 82 0 3095 530 1146 264 321 0 0 1324 65 247 762 152 255 152 9 229 0 
 1977 82 0 2933 412 947 193 250 0 0 1017 51 255 768 160 213 160 9 208 0 
 1976 82 0 2531 388 814 135 171 0 0 911 55 219 463 125 0 125 19 174 0 
 Career 575 249 20524 2712 5997 1330 1700 68 289 6822 432 1737 5426 991 1201 991 73 1470 1229 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL WAS .502 1.12 47.1 8.9 18.1 2.3 6.6 4.5 16.5 256.5 8.5 5.2 108.4 101.7  
 1981 NPSBL DEN .501 1.14 48.5 8.5 17.5 2.9 8.8 5.9 17.2 265.4 8.8 6.3 113.1 104.3  
 1980 NPSBL DEN .501 1.14 47.6 10.3 16.9 2.8 7.1 5.0 15.8 228.8 7.6 3.3 108.3 104.1  
 1979 NPSBL GSW .528 1.22 34.5 10.6 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL GSW .514 1.16 33.1 11.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL HOU .481 1.07 37.7 10.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL HOU .513 1.12 34.2 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .506 1.14 40.6 9.0 7.9 2.6 7.5 5.1 16.5 750.7 25.0 2.1 109.9 103.3  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 7 7 34.7 9.4 0.7 1.3 10.3 2.6 4.00 1.4 0.0 1.4 .538 .615 .500  
 1981 NPSBL DEN 18 18 35.1 10.8 0.9 2.2 11.9 2.6 4.67 1.7 0.2 2.4 .444 .804 .357  
 1980 NPSBL DEN 17 17 39.1 11.9 0.6 2.4 12.8 1.8 7.03 1.5 0.0 2.5 .500 .750 .429  
 Career     42 42 36.6 11.0 0.8 2.1 12.0 2.3 5.32 1.6 0.1 2.3 .481 .760 .410  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 4.0 7.4 .538 1.1 1.9 .615 1.3 1.4 .900 2.4 5.4 .447 0.3 0.6 .500  
 1981 NPSBL DEN 4.0 9.0 .444 2.5 3.1 .804 1.6 2.3 .667 2.2 5.9 .368 0.3 0.8 .357  
 1980 NPSBL DEN 4.4 8.7 .500 2.6 3.5 .750 1.2 1.5 .808 2.6 5.9 .436 0.5 1.2 .429  
 Career     4.1 8.6 .481 2.3 3.1 .760 1.4 1.9 .744 2.4 5.8 .408 0.4 0.9 .410  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 7 7 243 28 52 8 13 2 4 66 5 14 72 10 18 10 0 10 -10 
 1981 18 18 631 72 162 45 56 5 14 194 17 57 215 30 46 30 3 43 152 
 1980 17 17 664 74 148 45 60 9 21 202 10 51 218 26 31 26 0 42 125 
 Career 42 42 1538 174 362 98 129 16 39 462 32 122 505 66 95 66 3 95 267 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL WAS .569 1.27 48.6 12.2 18.1 2.6 4.0 3.4 12.3 4.7 0.2 -1.4 104.2 106.2  
 1981 NPSBL DEN .519 1.20 48.0 10.3 18.5 3.2 7.3 5.3 14.6 34.0 1.1 8.4 113.7 103.1  
 1980 NPSBL DEN .580 1.36 51.5 7.3 16.9 1.8 6.9 4.5 15.7 46.8 1.6 7.4 109.8 100.7  
 Career     .551 1.28 49.6 9.3 14.9 2.5 6.6 4.6 14.7 85.6 2.9 6.4 110.6 102.6  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 21 3 8 20 6 3 8 8 20 7 8 2 4  
 Playoff 22 4 7 21 6 1 6 11 18 10 12 2 6  
 Career 22 5 9 21 6 3 8 11 20 11 14 2 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/19 PHI W 42 2 11 3 4 0 1 7 3 8 10 3 2 0 2 2
 10/20 BOS W 41 7 16 8 10 1 2 23 0 1 12 2 2 0 4 5
 10/22 MIL W 34 4 10 0 0 0 2 8 1 6 12 1 2 0 1 37
 10/25 SEA W 30 4 5 4 4 0 0 12 1 8 14 2 2 0 5 13
 10/26 SAS W 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 16
 10/29 SAS L 43 3 16 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 14 2 3 0 6 -6
 11/2 CLE W 34 5 6 2 2 0 0 12 1 3 10 1 3 0 2 9
 11/4 PHI L 40 5 14 0 0 0 1 10 1 2 8 1 1 0 3 -9
 11/5 CHI L 41 0 6 3 4 0 0 3 2 6 17 4 1 0 3 -7
 11/8 PHI L 37 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 11 1 0 0 3 -28
 11/9 SAS L 26 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 3 1 0 3 1
 11/13 GSW L 37 4 9 4 6 0 0 12 0 3 15 4 0 0 4 -20
 11/14 PHX W 40 8 11 3 4 0 1 19 0 2 13 2 2 1 2 7
 11/16 UTA L 40 5 9 0 0 0 1 10 2 6 15 3 0 0 3 -17
 11/18 KCK L 40 7 11 1 2 0 0 15 1 3 11 2 2 0 1 -8
 11/19 LAL L 31 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 12 2 3 0 5 4
 11/21 HOU W 27 5 7 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 10 5 3 0 3 -4
 11/23 GSW L 40 6 9 3 4 0 0 15 0 3 13 2 2 0 2 -1
 11/24 POR L 41 6 9 3 4 0 1 15 0 2 14 4 1 0 3 -20
 11/27 WAS W 41 8 16 4 4 1 3 21 1 3 11 0 0 0 3 15
 11/28 GSW L 37 4 10 0 0 1 2 9 0 3 14 4 3 1 2 -16
 11/30 UTA W 40 3 8 2 4 0 1 8 0 4 16 2 3 0 2 9
 12/2 POR L 39 7 10 4 5 0 0 18 0 0 13 0 2 0 6 7
 12/4 HOU W 41 5 13 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 16 0 0 0 3 8
 12/5 ATL W 41 7 15 0 0 0 1 14 1 5 12 2 0 0 3 21
 12/7 BOS L 40 6 9 0 0 0 1 12 2 4 7 1 0 0 4 -1
 12/10 IND W 41 4 9 1 2 0 0 9 0 4 15 2 1 0 2 -3
 12/11 SAS W 40 8 20 0 0 2 3 18 2 5 13 4 4 0 2 17
 12/14 HOU L 41 4 11 5 6 0 0 13 1 2 12 1 2 0 2 -5
 12/16 LAL W 28 4 8 0 0 1 2 9 0 4 15 2 2 0 3 32
 12/17 SDC L 40 2 9 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 12 0 2 0 3 -7
 12/21 CLE W 41 3 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 8 13 1 2 0 3 5
 12/22 DAL L 37 3 10 2 4 0 0 8 2 4 19 3 2 0 2 -16
 12/24 SDC W 36 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 0 5 12 1 4 0 3 20
 12/26 SDC L 41 7 8 0 0 1 1 15 1 5 20 0 2 0 1 12
 12/28 SEA L 39 7 14 0 2 0 1 14 0 2 12 1 1 1 5 -6
 12/30 KCK L 38 5 8 0 0 2 4 12 0 2 12 4 0 0 2 -14
 12/31 DAL W 45 8 15 3 6 0 0 19 0 1 14 0 1 1 3 -4
 1/2 DET W 29 2 6 2 2 1 2 7 0 0 9 2 1 0 3 29
 1/4 CHI W 30 5 13 1 2 2 3 13 1 3 6 3 0 0 3 26
 1/6 CLE W 38 4 11 0 0 1 4 9 0 3 11 5 1 0 2 12
 1/8 BOS W 29 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 17 0 0 0 1 42
 1/9 BOS W 39 2 5 1 2 0 1 5 1 2 9 0 3 0 4 9
 1/13 PHI W 35 2 9 7 8 0 2 11 2 4 12 1 2 0 4 12
 1/15 PHI W 44 4 10 3 4 0 2 11 0 2 15 7 2 0 2 -7
 1/17 BOS L 42 5 12 3 4 0 1 13 2 3 8 3 2 0 5 -6
 1/18 NYK W 41 8 14 1 2 0 0 17 0 2 15 5 1 0 3 17
 1/20 CLE W 38 5 14 2 2 1 1 13 3 3 10 1 4 0 2 5
 1/22 SDC W 37 4 10 2 2 1 2 11 0 1 9 2 6 0 4 5
 1/24 BOS W 38 2 7 2 2 0 3 6 1 4 11 3 3 0 3 17
 1/26 CLE L 21 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 4 2 0 0 3 -15
 1/28 LAL L 37 4 8 2 2 0 1 10 0 0 12 1 1 0 5 -5
 1/31 PHX L 40 4 14 5 8 0 1 13 0 0 11 4 2 0 1 -12
 2/1 NYK W 39 4 8 4 4 0 1 12 0 1 6 3 2 0 3 10
 2/4 ATL W 32 1 6 0 0 1 1 3 2 4 9 2 0 0 3 20
 2/6 DAL W 41 6 13 5 8 1 2 18 0 4 9 3 4 0 3 25
 2/7 LAL L 38 6 11 1 1 0 1 13 2 4 9 2 1 1 3 9
 2/10 DEN W 30 1 6 5 6 0 1 7 1 5 16 1 1 0 2 39
 2/16 SAS L 32 3 9 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 1 1 0 3 -6
 2/18 SEA W 37 5 10 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 5 5 1 3 2 -7
 2/20 CLE W 31 2 5 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 10 2 0 0 0 21
 2/22 PHI W 33 5 11 3 4 0 0 13 1 2 7 2 4 0 3 -1
 2/24 IND W 36 6 10 3 4 2 2 17 0 3 14 2 1 0 2 14
 2/25 PHI W 29 2 6 2 2 0 1 6 0 4 12 3 0 0 3 33
 3/1 CLE W 36 3 3 3 4 0 0 9 0 2 16 1 1 0 4 9
 3/2 UTA W 37 3 7 5 7 0 1 11 1 2 13 2 2 0 4 5
 3/6 SEA W 38 6 9 3 4 0 0 15 1 4 6 2 4 0 3 10
 3/7 KCK W 41 5 14 0 0 1 1 11 1 4 8 3 1 0 2 3
 3/9 CHI L 42 4 9 5 6 0 0 13 0 2 10 3 0 1 2 0
 3/11 GSW L 32 1 8 3 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 -31
 3/13 DET W 35 2 6 4 4 0 0 8 2 4 10 0 1 0 1 15
 3/14 GSW W 37 6 14 3 4 0 0 15 1 6 16 2 2 0 1 12
 3/18 NJN L 35 7 15 0 0 1 3 15 1 2 10 0 1 0 3 7
 3/19 DET W 32 4 9 0 0 0 1 8 3 3 11 1 1 0 2 19
 3/21 POR W 35 3 10 0 4 0 0 6 1 5 10 4 0 0 4 6
 3/22 NJN L 36 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 3 3 0 1 -2
 3/25 MIL W 32 5 6 0 0 1 1 11 0 3 11 4 2 0 2 25
 3/26 PHX W 39 4 15 4 4 0 2 12 0 1 14 1 2 0 3 0
 3/29 MIL L 32 3 10 2 2 0 3 8 1 2 10 2 4 0 3 -1
 3/30 NJN W 35 2 8 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 13 1 2 0 2 15
 4/1 MIL L 38 5 8 0 0 0 1 10 0 3 8 0 3 0 2 -20
 4/3 CHI W 40 2 11 5 8 1 2 10 2 4 6 8 1 0 2 13
 4/5 BOS W 39 4 11 3 4 0 1 11 1 2 15 4 2 0 1 6
 4/7 SDC W 33 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 15 0 2 0 1 23
 4/8 CHI W 40 6 7 3 4 1 1 16 0 4 8 5 2 0 1 17
 4/12 ATL W 35 7 10 0 0 1 1 15 1 6 6 2 0 0 3 10
 4/13 DAL W 36 3 9 6 8 1 2 13 0 1 8 0 2 0 2 -5
 4/17 NJN W 37 3 7 4 4 0 1 10 0 2 12 3 2 0 2 13
 4/18 DET W 29 5 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 1 0 3 13
 4/20 NJN W 22 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 9 1 0 0 4 21
 4/21 CHI W 39 4 10 1 4 0 1 9 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 -4
 5/5 NYK W 39 3 7 4 5 0 0 10 1 2 17 2 1 0 1 19
 5/6 NYK L 39 7 11 0 4 2 2 16 1 3 7 3 2 0 3 -3
 5/8 NYK L 25 4 7 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 5 6 0 0 1 -31
 5/9 NYK W 36 4 8 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 13 0 4 0 0 3
 5/11 NYK W 30 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 10 1 1 0 4 23
 5/13 NYK L 37 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 2 2 0 0 -14
 5/15 NYK L 37 4 9 2 2 0 1 10 1 4 11 4 0 0 1 -7

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 10
 Total Championships: 1
 Total Assists Leader: 1
 1980 NPSBL Assists Leader
 1981 New Peoples Sim Basketball League Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Denver with pick #5 of round 2 of the creation draft.
 1/1/1983 Traded to the Bullets

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