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Lonnie Shelton
Forward ·Oklahoma City Thunder ·NBA ·#8

Lonnie Shelton

Age70 BornOct 19, 1955 FromUSA Height203 cm (6'8") Weight109 kg CollegeOregon State Draft1976 · #25
Career averages
12.0PPG
5.9RPG
2.2APG
591 games · 9 seasons

At a glance

OKC hub
Career snapshot
9Seasons
591Games
7,103Career points
11.9PER average
Most-played franchise: Oklahoma City Thunder · 329 games · 1978-79 to 1982-83
Honors and awards2 total
1×
All-Defense Team1981
1×
All-Star Selection1981
All awards
Career highsSingle season
14.9PPG · 1977-78 · NYK
7.7RPG · 1979-80 · OKC
3.1APG · 1981-82 · OKC
17.4PER · 1977-78 · NYK
5.9Win shares · 1977-78 · NYK
Draft1976
2Round
25Overall pick
From Oregon State
Position rank1985-86
#69PPG rank
#57PER rank
#55Win shares rank
ForwardPosition
Among 79 Forward players with 41+ games

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.