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Lucius Allen
Walt Frazier and Lucius Allen.jpeg
Allen (right) defending Walt Frazier of New York in 1969
Personal information
Born (1947-09-26) September 26, 1947 (age 77)
Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
High school Wyandotte (Kansas City, Kansas)
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College UCLA (1966–1968)
NBA Draft 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career 1969–1979
Career history
1969–1970 Seattle SuperSonics
1970–1974 Milwaukee Bucks
1974–1977 Los Angeles Lakers
1977–1979 Kansas City Kings
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA champion (1971)
  • 2× NCAA champion (1967, 1968)
  • Consensus second-team All-American (1968)
  • First-team All-AAWU (1967)
  • Second-team All-AAWU (1968)
  • Second-team Parade All-American (1965)
Career NBA statistics
Points 9,407 (13.4 ppg)
Rebounds 2,205 (3.1 rpg)
Assists 3,174 (4.5 apg)

Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one high school state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA championship.

Early life

Allen was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, and played basketball for Wyandotte High School. During this time, he was a prep All-American player under head coach Walter Shublom and was named consensus first-team all-state as a junior and senior as he led Wyandotte to back-to-back Class AA state championships in 1964 and 1965.

College career

During his freshman year, Allen scored the very first points ever scored in Pauley Pavilion history during the annual freshman vs varsity game. During that game, the freshmen defeated the varsity 75-60. During his freshman season, the UCLA freshmen team finished the season undefeated and Allen averaged 22.4 points per game. His roommate was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was then known as Lew Alcindor. During his sophomore year, Allen played on the varsity team and averaged 15.5 points per game while helping lead the Bruins to an undefeated 30-0 season and the 1967 National Championship. Allen was named to the NCAA Championship and Regional All-Tournament teams. During his junior year, he averaged 15.1 points per game and helped the Bruins win a second consecutive NCAA Championship while playing alongside Abdul-Jabbar. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and was selected as a second-team All-American.

Professional career

Following his junior year, Allen entered the 1969 NBA draft and was selected 3rd overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. As a member of the 1971 Milwaukee Bucks team, which also featured Alcindor, Allen earned an NBA championship ring. They would both return to the NBA Finals in 1974 before losing to the Boston Celtics in 7 games. This was Allen’s last season in Milwaukee, during which he arguably played his greatest professional game, a 39 point and 6 assist effort during a loss against the Detroit Pistons on January 2. He also played with Alcindor—now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—for two seasons (1975–77) in Los Angeles, but did not win a championship in either of those years. Allen was traded the following season to the Kansas City Kings, winning the division championship in 1979, and retired from basketball after that season.

Allen played 10 years in the NBA for four teams. His highest scoring average was 19.1 points per game, during the 1974–75 season. Part of the way through that season he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers after playing with the Milwaukee Bucks since the 1970–71 season.

Later life

After finishing his basketball career, which included a high school state championship, college national championship, and an NBA championship, Allen turned his attention to coaching aspiring players in the Los Angeles area.

Legacy and awards

In 1999, The Topeka Capital-Journal named Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, as the greatest Kansas high school basketball player of the 20th century. New Arena named Allen as the best basketball player of all-time from the State of Kansas. Allen was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2000. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Hall of Honor on March 16, 2013.

Career statistics

Legend
  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

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 Seattle 81 22.4 .442 .731 2.6 4.2 — — 9.8
1970–71† Milwaukee 61 19.0 .447 .700 2.5 2.6 — — 7.1
1971–72 Milwaukee 80 29.0 .505 .764 3.2 4.2 — — 13.5
1972–73 Milwaukee 80 33.7 .484 .715 3.5 5.3 — — 15.5
1973–74 Milwaukee 72 33.2 .495 .788 4.0 5.2 1.9 0.3 17.6
1974–75 Milwaukee 10 34.2 .415 .838 3.1 5.3 1.4 0.1 16.7
1974–75 L.A. Lakers 56 35.9 .440 .770 4.4 5.7 2.2 0.5 19.5
1975–76 L.A. Lakers 76 31.4 .459 .776 2.8 4.7 1.3 0.3 14.7
1976–77 L.A. Lakers 78 31.8 .456 .774 3.2 5.2 1.5 0.2 14.6
1977–78 Kansas City 77 27.9 .441 .791 3.0 4.7 1.2 0.4 11.9
1978–79 Kansas City 31 13.3 .397 .576 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.2 5.1
Career 702 28.7 .463 .760 3.1 4.5 1.5 0.3 13.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1971† Milwaukee 14 22.3 .506 .714 2.9 3.7 — — 7.3
1972 Milwaukee 11 35.1 .470 .759 3.5 3.8 — — 17.9
1973 Milwaukee 6 33.8 .404 .786 2.7 3.5 — — 15.7
1977 L.A. Lakers 7 26.6 .390 .684 4.6 3.4 1.6 0.4 11.0
1979 Kansas City 5 14.6 .469 1.000 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 7.2
Playoffs 43 27.0 .449 .756 3.1 3.3 1.1 0.3 11.8

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