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Lonnie Shelton

Forward at Oklahoma City Thunder

Age70

NationalityUSA

Height203 cm (6'8")

Weight109 kg

BornOct 19, 1955

CollegeOregon State

Career

12.0PPG

5.9RPG

2.2APG

591 games · 9 seasons

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

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PER	WS
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