John Lucas III

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is John Lucas III: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

Basketball royalty by birth — his father, John Lucas II, played and coached in the NBA — Lucas made his own name at Oklahoma State, where his winning shot against Saint Joseph's sent the Cowboys to the 2004 Final Four. Undrafted, he pieced together a career across the Rockets, Bulls, Raptors and Pistons plus stops in Italy, Spain and China, once scoring 25 points to lead a shorthanded Chicago team past Washington. He signed with the Jazz in July 2013 and gave Utah one season.

The game stayed the family business. His brother Jai is head coach at the University of Miami, and Lucas moved to the bench himself, working today as a player development coach for the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed with Utah on July 22, 2013, and a year to the day later the Jazz traded him to Cleveland in the deal for Carrick Felix. He had one more NBA stop, with Detroit in 2015.

Full name

John Harding Lucas III

Utah Jazz tenure

2013–14

Position

Guard

Born

1982, Washington, D.C.

Height

5′11″ (180 cm)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg)

College

Oklahoma State

Drafted

undrafted