JesseDark wrote:Jerry is a name you don't hear very often. Of course I knew he was. I suspect he is not familiar with younger fans. I was surprised that he made the top 50 list back in '96.
Jerrys stat line and career was awesome in the NBA.
Dude has a national chip with Ohio state, gold metal (back when it really meant more) and an NBA chip that his contribution was far more than him riding the knick bandwagon!
Dude was filling up 10-12,000 areanas in highschool. In 1957 and 1958 Lucas was named Mr. Basketball USA. As of 2012, only LeBron James and Lew Alcindor have also been listed twice.
Two time NCAA national player of the year! Oscar Robertson beat him out one year. DOn't forget, freshman did not play varsity back then!!
Any accolade you hear of him is well deserved.
• Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1980)
• NBA champion (1973)
• All-NBA First Team (1965, '66, '68)
• All-NBA Second Team 1964, '67)
• All-Rookie team (1964)
• Seven-time All-Star (1964-69, 1971)
• All-Star MVP (1965)
• One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)
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Check this out: PRE ABA!!!
Cleveland Pipers[edit source | edit]"I never had any special desire to be a professional basketball player", Lucas later said about his pro career. Lucas turned down the Royals to pursue his doctorate in business marketing. But George Steinbrenner, then the owner of the newly formed American Basketball League's Cleveland Pipers, interested the young star with a contract unlike any in sports. The ABL, formed in 1961, played fewer games. They would even delay the start of the season for Lucas to finish his semester. Along with more pay, he also got stock options. Lucas was part of the team ownership before ever playing a pro game. The ABL signing of Lucas shocked the NBA. Soon, commissioner Maury Podoloff had talked Steinbrenner's Pipers into jumping to the NBA. ABL head Abe Saperstein sued. Then the NBA piled entry fees on Steinbrenner. The whole deal collapsed in August, 1962 and soon the whole ABL went down as well.[10] Lucas, contracted to Steinbrenner in business deals, would miss the 1962-63 NBA season.
One of the more interesting players in league history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lucas
