Lucious Jackson

This article is about a basketball player. For the alternative rock band, see Luscious Jackson.

Template:Infobox basketball biography 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.

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.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
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
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

External links

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• College stats