Lucious Jackson
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Born | San Marcos, Texas | October 31, 1941|||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Morehouse (Bastrop, Louisiana) | |||||||||||||||||||
College |
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NBA draft | 1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall | |||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1964–1972 | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / Center | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
1964–1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||||||||||||||||||
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Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Points | 5,170 (9.9 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 4,613 (8.8 rpg) | |||||||||||||||||||
Assists | 818 (1.6 apg) | |||||||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucious Brown "Luke" Jackson (born October 31, 1941) is a retired American professional basketball player.
Biography[]
Collegiate career[]
Born in San Marcos, Texas, Jackson played college basketball at Pan American College (now known as the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) and was a member the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He also played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship.[1]
NBA career[]
The 76ers drafted Jackson with the 4th overall pick in the NBA draft. He would play eight seasons (1964–1972) with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. A 6-foot, 9-inch (2.06 m) power forward who played center occasionally, he was named to the NBA's 1964–65 All-Rookie Team after averaging 14.8 points and 12.9 rebounds per game. He played in the NBA All-Star Game the same season. A teammate of Wilt Chamberlain, Jackson was a starter on the 1966–67 Philadelphia championship team that scissored the Boston Celtics' string of eight straight NBA championships. After the 1968 season, Chamberlain was dealt to the Lakers, and Jackson (along with Darrall Imhoff, acquired in the Wilt trade), were asked to fill the void. However, Jackson suffered a major injury in 1969 and was never the same player after that, missing a total of 66 games his last three years in the NBA.
Personal life[]
Lucious Jackson's son, also Lucious, played for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse from 1991 to 1995.
References in popular culture[]
The 1990s all-female rock band Luscious Jackson chose their name as inspiration from Lucious Jackson.[2]
NBA career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won an NBA championship |
Regular season[]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1964–65 | Philadelphia | 76 | 34.1 | .414 | .713 | 12.9 | 1.2 | 14.8 |
1965–66 | Philadelphia | 79 | 24.9 | .401 | .738 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
1966–67† | Philadelphia | 81 | 29.3 | .438 | .759 | 8.9 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
1967–68 | Philadelphia | 82 | 31.3 | .433 | .719 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 11.8 |
1968–69 | Philadelphia | 25 | 33.6 | .437 | .711 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 14.4 |
1969–70 | Philadelphia | 37 | 15.8 | .392 | .741 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
1970–71 | Philadelphia | 79 | 22.5 | .376 | .693 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
1971–72 | Philadelphia | 63 | 17.2 | .396 | .692 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 5.8 |
Career | 522 | 26.4 | .415 | .722 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
Playoffs[]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1965 | Philadelphia | 11 | 29.2 | .338 | .781 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
1966 | Philadelphia | 5 | 32.6 | .429 | .818 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
1967† | Philadelphia | 15 | 36.2 | .398 | .725 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
1968 | Philadelphia | 13 | 33.2 | .392 | .686 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
1970 | Philadelphia | 5 | 14.6 | .474 | 1.000 | 6.6 | .6 | 4.0 |
1971 | Philadelphia | 7 | 22.9 | .421 | .700 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
Career | 56 | 30.2 | .389 | .743 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
References[]
- ^ 1963 USA Basketball Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Luscious Jackson Loses Trimble[dead link]
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- basketpedya.com
- College stats
- 1941 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Texas
- Centers (basketball)
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- National Basketball Association All-Stars
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- People from San Marcos, Texas
- Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Texas–Pan American Broncs men's basketball players
- Texas Southern Tigers men's basketball players
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people