Lonnie Shelton 
#53 C | 6-8, 251lbs | Nuggets | Experience: 7 years
Born: 10/19/1955 (28) | College: Oregon State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 62 54 66 0 43 41 60 57 48 32 66 47 42 58 43 95  
 Potential: B C B F C C C C C D B C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $67,978  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL DEN 82 82 25.6 13.0 1.7 3.6 2.3 1.3 1.77 0.6 0.4 4.3 .491 .762 .000  
 1982 NPSBL DEN 77 17 23.2 9.8 1.5 2.9 1.8 1.5 1.22 0.8 0.4 4.2 .452 .734 .000  
 1981 NPSBL KCK 46 0 4.0 2.0 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.57 0.1 0.0 0.8 .523 .750 .000  
 1980 NPSBL KCK 82 0 17.2 7.3 1.3 3.0 1.0 1.1 0.88 0.5 0.3 3.0 .482 .740 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SEA 76 0 29.5 13.6 2.6 5.0 1.9 2.2 0.86 1.2 1.0 3.8 .530 .763 .200  
 1978 NPSBL SEA 76 0 28.4 13.5 2.4 3.8 1.4 2.5 0.59 1.0 1.0 3.5 .519 .693 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NYK 82 0 28.3 14.9 2.5 4.6 2.4 2.8 0.86 1.3 1.4 4.3 .514 .736 .000  
 1976 NPSBL NYK 82 0 25.7 11.6 2.7 5.0 1.8 0.0 149.00 1.5 1.2 4.4 .476 .707 .000  
 Career     603 99 23.7 11.2 1.9 3.7 1.7 1.5 1.13 0.9 0.7 3.7 .498 .736 .077  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL DEN 5.2 10.7 .491 2.5 3.2 .762 3.5 6.2 .568 1.7 4.5 .386 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL DEN 3.9 8.5 .452 2.1 2.9 .734 2.6 4.3 .599 1.3 4.2 .303 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL KCK 0.7 1.4 .523 0.5 0.7 .750 0.4 0.6 .690 0.3 0.8 .400 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL KCK 2.8 5.9 .482 1.6 2.2 .740 1.8 3.0 .595 1.0 2.8 .370 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SEA 5.6 10.6 .530 2.4 3.2 .763 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .200  
 1978 NPSBL SEA 5.9 11.3 .519 1.7 2.5 .693 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NYK 6.2 12.0 .514 2.5 3.4 .736 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL NYK 4.9 10.2 .476 1.9 2.7 .707 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.6 9.2 .498 2.0 2.7 .736 1.1 1.9 .586 0.6 1.6 .355 0.0 0.0 .077  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 82 2100 430 875 202 265 0 0 1062 141 436 189 53 107 53 34 354 18 
 1982 77 17 1785 297 657 163 222 0 3 757 114 340 138 62 113 62 28 320 -287 
 1981 46 0 186 34 65 24 32 0 1 92 10 36 11 3 7 3 1 37 -19 
 1980 82 0 1407 232 481 134 181 0 4 598 103 350 80 44 91 44 24 247 -140 
 1979 76 0 2243 425 802 184 241 1 5 1035 199 582 145 92 169 92 79 292 0 
 1978 76 0 2158 446 859 131 189 0 0 1023 182 468 110 76 188 76 75 266 0 
 1977 82 0 2319 508 988 203 276 0 0 1219 204 580 195 109 228 109 112 350 0 
 1976 82 0 2104 398 836 159 225 0 0 955 220 633 149 125 0 125 98 363 0 
 Career 603 99 14302 2770 5563 1200 1631 1 13 6741 1173 3425 1017 564 903 564 451 2229 -428 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL DEN .535 1.21 14.7 8.3 21.7 7.1 17.1 11.8 15.7 160.7 5.4 0.2 108.7 106.4  
 1982 NPSBL DEN .501 1.15 13.7 11.2 20.6 6.8 15.2 10.8 12.6 28.3 0.9 -3.7 101.5 108.0  
 1981 NPSBL KCK .582 1.42 11.3 7.2 18.9 6.6 17.2 11.9 15.0 12.3 0.4 -0.4 98.9 105.4  
 1980 NPSBL KCK .533 1.24 10.9 12.4 20.1 8.1 20.3 14.1 14.7 66.6 2.2 -1.7 97.8 103.1  
 1979 NPSBL SEA .570 1.29 11.9 13.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL SEA .544 1.19 8.9 15.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL NYK .550 1.23 12.7 14.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL NYK .511 1.14 13.7 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .537 1.21 12.4 11.0 8.0 7.3 17.3 12.0 15.2 267.9 8.9 -0.7 103.3 106.1  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL KCK 3 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 Career     3 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL KCK 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 Career 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL KCK .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.9 0.0 0.0 109.1 100.0  
 Career     .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.9 0.0 0.0 109.1 100.0  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 29 5 12 7 4 2 4 13 23 8 12 0 0  
 Playoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Career 29 6 12 7 4 2 7 13 23 8 12 0 1  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 3

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Kansas City with pick #7 of round 9 of the creation draft.
 7/28/1982 Signed with the Nuggets for $60,000 over one year.
 7/26/1983 Re-signed with the Nuggets for $67,978 over one year.

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