Lucius Allen

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Lucius Allen
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Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1947-09-26) September 26, 1947 Kansas City, Kansas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Wyandotte (Kansas City, Kansas)
College	UCLA (1966–1969)
NBA draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro playing 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)
Career NBA statistics
Points	9,407 (13.4 ppg)
Rebounds	2,205 (3.1 rpg)
Assists	3,174 (4.5 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. Prior to his NBA career, he became an All-American as part of two of legendary coach John Wooden's UCLA NCAA Championship teams, in 1967 and 1968. The 1968 team, featuring three consensus All-Americans, Allen, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Mike Warren, is considered by many to be the greatest team in men's college basketball history. After being suspended for his senior year at UCLA for receiving a second citation for possessing a small quantity marijuana, Allen was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1969 NBA Draft and retired in 1979. As a member of the 1971 Milwaukee Bucks team, which also featured UCLA teammate Alcindor, Allen earned an NBA championship ring. He also played with Abdul-Jabbar for two seasons, from 1975-1977, in Los Angeles, but not winning a championship in either of those years. Allen was traded the following season to cross-town, Missouri-based 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 different teams. His highest scoring average was 19.1 points per game, during the 1974-1975 campaign.^[1] Part of the way through that season he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers after playing with the Milwaukee Bucks since the 1970-1971 season.

References

↑ Lucius Allen. NBA.com.

v t e UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1966–67 NCAA Champions

22 Kenny Heitz 33 Lew Alcindor (MOP) 42 Lucius Allen 44 Mike Warren 53 Lynn Shackelford Head Coach John Wooden

v t e UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1967–68 NCAA Champions

22 Kenny Heitz 33 Lew Alcindor (MOP) 35 Mike Lynn 42 Lucius Allen 44 Mike Warren 53 Lynn Shackelford 54 Edgar Lacey Head Coach John Wooden

v t e 1968 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Lew Alcindor Elvin Hayes Pete Maravich Larry Miller Wes Unseld

Second Team	Lucius Allen Bob Lanier Don May Calvin Murphy Jo Jo White

v t e 1969 NBA Draft

First round	Lew Alcindor Neal Walk Lucius Allen Terry Driscoll Larry Cannon Bingo Smith Bob Portman Herm Gilliam Jo Jo White Butch Beard John Warren Willie McCarter Bud Ogden Mike Davis Rick Roberson

Second round	Simmie Hill Bob Greacen Ron Taylor Willie Norwood Ken Spain Bernie Williams Ed Siudut Johnny Baum Gene Williams Wally Anderzunas Bill Bunting Dick Garrett Willie Taylor Willie Scott

v t e Milwaukee Bucks 1970–71 NBA Champions

1 Oscar Robertson 4 Greg Smith 5 Marv Winkler 7 Lucius Allen 8 Jeff Webb 10 Bob Dandridge 14 Jon McGlocklin 18 Bob Greacen 19 Dick Cunningham 20 Bob Boozer 33 Lew Alcindor (Finals MVP) 35 McCoy McLemore Head coach Larry Costello

Regular season • Playoffs

Persondata
Name	Allen, Lucius
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	September 26, 1947
Place of birth	Kansas City, Kansas
Date of death
Place of death

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