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Forward · Oklahoma City Thunder

Lonnie Shelton

Age 70 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 109 kg · Born Oct 19, 1955 · Oregon State

12.0 PPG 5.9 RPG 2.2 APG 591 games 9 seasons
Lonnie Shelton

Career snapshot

9seasons
591games
7,103career pts
11.9PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Oklahoma City Thunder · 329 games · 1978-79–1982-83

Position rank · 1985-86

#69PPG rank
#57PER rank
#55WS rank
Among 79 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 14.9 1977-78 · NYK
RPG 7.7 1979-80 · OKC
APG 3.1 1981-82 · OKC
PER 17.4 1977-78 · NYK
WS 5.9 1977-78 · NYK

Draft

1976
Round 2 · Pick 25
from Oregon State

Honors & awards

1×
All-Defense Team
1981
1×
All-Star Selection
1981

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1983-84 – 1985-86 · 3 seasons
7.9 PPG 4.4 RPG 1.9 APG
180 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1978-79 – 1982-83 · 5 seasons
13.6 PPG 6.5 RPG 2.4 APG
329 games
New York Knicks
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
14.9 PPG 7.1 RPG 2.4 APG
82 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 NYK 82 0 28.3 14.9 7.1 2.4 1.3 1.4 51.4 0.0 73.6 17.4 5.9
1978-79 OKC 76 0 28.4 13.5 6.2 1.4 1.0 1.0 51.9 0.0 69.3 — —
1979-80 OKC 76 0 29.5 13.6 7.7 1.9 1.2 1.0 53.0 20.0 76.3 — —
1980-81 OKC 14 0 31.4 13.0 5.6 2.5 1.6 0.2 42.0 0.0 65.5 — —
1981-82 OKC 81 81 32.9 14.9 6.3 3.1 1.2 0.5 48.6 0.0 78.3 — —
1982-83 OKC 82 79 31.4 12.4 6.0 2.9 0.9 0.9 47.8 16.7 75.4 — —
1983-84 CLE 79 78 26.6 10.8 4.8 2.3 1.0 0.7 47.6 20.0 76.4 12.6 2.1
1984-85 CLE 57 14 21.8 6.4 4.7 1.7 0.8 0.3 43.5 0.0 66.2 9.0 0.9
1985-86 CLE 44 1 15.5 4.5 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 48.9 0.0 87.5 8.5 0.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1983 Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers
Jul 1978 New York Knicks Oklahoma City Thunder

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 19

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About Lonnie Shelton

Lonnie Jewel Shelton was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who played from 1976 to 1985.