Aaron Lucas

Aaron Lucas
Personal information
Born December 14, 1979
Greenville, South Carolina
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Richland Northeast
(Columbia, South Carolina)
College South Carolina (1998–2002)
NBA draft 2002 / Undrafted
Pro career 2002–2007
Position Point guard
Number 7, 14
Career history
2002–2004 Lietuvos rytas (Lithuania)
2004–2005 Bnei HaSharon (Israel)
2005 Lietuvos rytas (Lithuania)
2005–2006 JSF Nanterre (France)
2006 Mersin BB (Turkey)
2006–2007 BC Kyiv (Ukraine)

Aaron Lucas (born December 14, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player that made a brief stint playing for various clubs in Europe.

Amateur career

Lucas played for NCAA's South Carolina's Gamecocks, along with future Lietuvos Rytas stars Marijonas Petravičius and Chuck Eidson. He averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 3.9 apg during his senior year.[1]

Pro career

After graduating University of South Carolina, Lucas briefly played for Columbia Range, a basketball team in Columbia. Lucas left the club and came to Lietuvos Rytas,[2] where he instantly became its leader. Having an impressive vertical jump and dunking ability, he won the 2003 LKL "Oro Karalius", a competition similar to the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. In 2004, he was loaned to Bnei HaSharon, but returned to his former team in spring of 2005. In May 2005, he terminated his contract and signed with JSF Nanterre.[3] He last played for BC Kiyv in 2007.[4] He currently works in the athletic department of University of South Carolina.

References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Lucas College stats". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nurse in raptures after Bears' outstanding cup win". The Times. 14 January 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Lucas libère Nanterre". Le Parisien. 14 November 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Eurobasket.com Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.