John Lucas III
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| John Lucas III | |
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 Lucas III playing for the Bulls. | |
| No. 15 - Chicago Bulls | |
| Point guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: November 21, 1982 Washington, D.C. | |
| Height: 6 ft 0 in | Weight: 180 lbs |
| Professional debut | |
| 2005 for the Tulsa 66ers | |
| Career information | |
| College: Oklahoma State | |
| NBA Draft: 2005; Undrafted | |
| Career history | |
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| John Lucas III at NBA.com | |
John Harding Lucas III, often referred to as just John Lucas (born November 21, 1982 in Washington, D.C.), is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Lucas originally played collegiately at Baylor University, but transferred from there to Oklahoma State University in the wake of the 2003 Baylor basketball scandal. Lucas is noted for his winning shot against Saint Joseph's University that sent the 2004 Oklahoma State Cowboys to the NCAA Final Four. In 2005, after failing to get drafted by an NBA team, he signed a contract to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves' Summer League team. The Timberwolves also signed Lucas to their training camp roster. He is the son of former NBA player and coach John Lucas and his wife DeEdgra; his younger brother Jai will play basketball with two-time defending NCAA champions Florida starting in 2007-08.
Now hailing from Houston, Texas, Lucas once lived in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and played for the same school as current NBA player Kobe Bryant, though 3 years after Bryant left and only on the junior high school team. Lucas was the starting point guard on the same high school team (Bellaire High School) in Texas with current Charlotte Bobcats star Emeka Okafor.
Lucas was a member of the Houston Rockets for two games before being waived. He was successfully signed after the NBA granted permission to Rockets management to add to their depleted roster due to an overflow of injuries. Lucas's call-up made him the first Tulsa 66ers player to be called up from the NBA Development League. He averaged 16.6 points in 33.2 mins per game with the 66ers.
On May 10, 2006 Lucas signed with Snaidero of the Italian League in Udine to fill the gap left by Jerome Allen, who was out for the season due to injury.
On July 28, 2006, Lucas signed with the Rockets to a three-year contract. In the 2006-2007 season Lucas and the Houston Rockets made it to the playoffs where they lost to the Utah Jazz in game 7 of the first round.
His NBA career highs consisted of 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, and he subsequently returned to Italian basketball, joining Benetton Treviso. He was then later released by Treviso during that same 2007-08 season. Lucas was signed by the Oklahoma City Thunder in September 2008, and he was released by them in November before playing in any NBA games for them. He then played the 2008-09 NBA D-League season with the Colorado 14ers, whom he helped lead to the D-League championship. On April 27, 2009, Lucas signed with TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB League for the remainder of the season.
On September 2, 2009, Lucas was drafted by the Maine Red Claws in the NBA Development League expansion draft.
Lucas played in the 2009 NBA preseason for the Miami Heat. He played four games and averaged 7.0 points, 2.3 assists and 1.3 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per game.
On October 23, 2009, Lucas was waived by the Miami Heat.
