Maurice Lucas Basketball player

Maurice Lucas (February 18, 1952 – October 31, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. The first two years of his postcollegiate career were spent in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels. He then played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knickerbockers, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle SuperSonics. The starting power forward on the Trail Blazers' 1976–77 NBA Championship team, he was nicknamed The Enforcer because of his primary role on the court which was best exemplified in Game 2 of the NBA Finals that season.

Personal facts

Maurice Lucas
Birth dateFebruary 18, 1952
Birth place
Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh
Date of deathOctober 31, 2010
Place of death
Portland Oregon
Height (meters)2.0574
Weight (Kilograms)97.524

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Career start1974
career end1988
college
Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
draft team
Chicago Bulls
draft year1974
position
Power forward (basketball)

Maurice Lucas on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lucasma01.html
  2. http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/Learn_More_About_Maurice_Lucas-64030-41.html
  3. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10306/1099897-275.stm
  4. http://www.remembertheaba.com/TributeMaterial/Lucas.html
  5. https://twitter.com/KATUNews/status/29335085298