John Lucas 
#10 PG | 6-3, 189lbs | Pacers | Experience: 10 years
Born: 10/31/1953 (33) | College: Maryland

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 57 61 70 50 98 80 14 23 21 66 80 7 86 24 58 99  
 Potential: C B B C A B F D D B B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $2,316,246  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 12                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL IND 56 56 29.6 9.0 0.6 1.8 8.4 2.2 3.85 1.5 0.1 2.6 .407 .734 .222  
 1985 NPBSL IND 70 65 28.4 8.1 0.7 1.9 7.3 2.4 3.04 1.4 0.1 2.6 .415 .811 .189  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 82 82 32.7 8.3 0.8 2.5 10.1 2.2 4.70 1.6 0.1 2.7 .426 .747 .333  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 82 82 35.1 8.9 0.7 2.0 10.7 2.4 4.41 1.6 0.2 2.3 .410 .746 .325  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     865 534 34.4 10.8 0.7 2.2 9.4 2.2 4.35 1.7 0.1 2.6 .442 .776 .253  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL IND 3.6 8.8 .407 1.6 2.2 .734 1.4 2.7 .503 2.0 5.2 .391 0.2 1.0 .222  
 1985 NPBSL IND 3.0 7.1 .415 2.0 2.5 .811 1.4 2.3 .579 1.5 4.0 .362 0.1 0.8 .189  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 3.2 7.5 .426 1.7 2.3 .747 1.4 2.1 .653 1.6 4.6 .338 0.2 0.7 .333  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 3.3 8.0 .410 2.1 2.8 .746 1.1 1.7 .650 1.9 5.4 .350 0.3 0.9 .325  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     4.2 9.5 .442 2.2 2.8 .776 0.9 1.4 .654 1.2 3.3 .362 0.2 0.6 .253  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 56 56 1660 201 494 91 124 12 54 505 34 133 470 85 122 85 7 144 10 
 1985 70 65 1988 207 499 142 175 10 53 566 47 181 513 98 169 98 4 185 372 
 1984 82 82 2679 261 612 142 190 20 60 684 65 268 832 131 177 131 10 224 556 
 1983 82 82 2878 268 654 170 228 25 77 731 57 223 881 134 200 134 14 192 297 
 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 865 534 29729 3649 8256 1875 2417 135 533 9308 635 2542 8122 1439 1869 1439 108 2215 2464 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL IND .459 1.02 41.2 10.7 20.1 2.2 6.1 4.2 13.6 65.0 2.2 0.2 101.5 100.5  
 1985 NPBSL IND .491 1.13 40.8 13.4 18.4 2.7 6.9 4.9 12.8 54.7 1.8 5.3 107.8 99.8  
 1984 NPBSL WAS .491 1.12 48.8 10.4 16.6 2.7 7.7 5.3 14.6 145.4 4.8 6.8 111.6 102.4  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .485 1.12 48.0 10.9 17.1 2.4 6.4 4.5 14.4 147.3 4.9 3.6 111.0 106.5  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL GSW .528 1.22 34.5 10.6 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL GSW .514 1.16 33.1 11.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPBSL HOU .481 1.07 37.7 10.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPBSL HOU .513 1.12 34.2 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .499 1.13 42.1 9.7 10.9 2.6 7.2 4.9 14.6 1163.0 38.8 2.8 109.3 103.1  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 20 19 32.0 8.4 0.6 1.9 9.7 2.2 4.49 1.9 0.1 3.0 .410 .854 .278  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 12 12 34.8 9.1 0.8 1.8 9.2 1.8 5.00 1.8 0.1 2.7 .481 1.000 .300  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     74 73 35.1 10.0 0.7 2.0 10.9 2.2 5.05 1.7 0.1 2.5 .463 .790 .358  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 3.2 7.8 .410 1.8 2.1 .854 1.4 2.0 .675 1.6 4.9 .327 0.3 0.9 .278  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 4.2 8.7 .481 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.3 2.3 .571 2.6 5.5 .470 0.3 0.8 .300  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     3.9 8.4 .463 1.9 2.4 .790 1.4 2.0 .692 2.2 5.5 .399 0.3 0.9 .358  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 20 19 639 64 156 35 41 5 18 168 12 50 193 38 43 38 1 60 19 
 1983 12 12 418 50 104 6 6 3 10 109 9 30 110 21 22 21 1 32 -19 
 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 74 73 2595 288 622 139 176 24 67 739 53 202 808 125 160 125 5 187 267 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1984 NPBSL WAS .483 1.08 47.1 10.5 16.9 1.9 6.2 4.0 11.8 7.7 0.3 1.0 104.3 102.7  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .505 1.05 46.0 9.2 16.1 2.3 5.1 3.7 10.7 -2.1 -0.1 -1.6 104.3 105.7  
 1982 NPBSL WAS .569 1.27 48.6 12.2 16.5 2.6 4.0 3.4 12.3 4.7 0.2 -1.4 104.2 106.2  
 1981 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     .529 1.19 48.5 9.6 17.1 2.3 6.3 4.3 13.4 91.2 3.0 3.6 108.0 103.1  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 20 3 6 17 7 2 7 9 14 7 10 2 4  
 Playoff 22 4 7 21 6 1 7 11 18 10 12 2 6  
 Career 22 5 9 22 7 3 8 11 20 14 18 2 6  

Game Logs

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

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 17
 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
 7/22/1983 Re-signed with the Bullets for $4,905,468 over 4 years.
 2/13/1986 Traded to the Pacers
 4/9/1986 Team option declined by Pacers
 7/22/1986 Re-signed with the Pacers for $2,316,246 over one year.

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