Lonnie Shelton FC

Height: 6-8 (203cm)

Weight: 240 lbs (109kg)

Born: Oct 19, 1955 (70 years old)

Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1976 Round 2, Pick 8, New York Knicks

Pre-Draft Team: Oregon State (Jr)

High School: Foothill High School (Sacramento, California)

NBA Champion, All-NBA Defensive 2nd, All-Star

Lonnie Shelton Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL
4/6/1986	Wizards	0	1	0	0
3/17/1986	Sixers	0	0	0	0
3/14/1986	Sixers	2	1	0	1
3/12/1986	Wizards	0	3	1	0
3/8/1986	Warriors	2	2	0	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

10 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	21	NYK	82	25.7	11.6	7.7	1.8	1.5	1.2	-	.476	-	.707
1977-78	21	NYK	82	28.3	14.9	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	.514	-	.736
1978-79	22	SEA	76	28.4	13.5	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	.519	-	.693
1979-80	23	SEA	76	29.5	13.6	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	.530	.200	.763
1980-81	24	SEA	14	31.4	13.0	5.6	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.9	.420	.000	.655
1981-82 ☆	26	SEA	81	32.9	14.9	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.5	2.5	.486	.000	.783
1982-83	27	SEA	82	31.4	12.4	6.0	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.1	.478	.167	.754
1983-84	28	CLE	79	26.6	10.8	4.8	2.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	.476	.200	.764
1984-85	29	CLE	57	21.8	6.4	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	.435	.000	.662
1985-86	30	CLE	44	15.5	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	.489	.000	.875
CAREER			673	27.5	12.0	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.8	2.2	.492	.094	.738

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	21	NYK	82	-	25.7	11.6	4.9	10.2	.476	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.707	2.7	5.0	7.7	1.8	1.5	1.2	-	4.4
1977-78	21	NYK	82	-	28.3	14.9	6.2	12.0	.514	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.736	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3
1978-79	22	SEA	76	-	28.4	13.5	5.9	11.3	.519	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.693	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5
1979-80	23	SEA	76	-	29.5	13.6	5.6	10.6	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.2	.763	2.6	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	3.8
1980-81	24	SEA	14	-	31.4	13.0	5.2	12.4	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.9	.655	2.2	3.4	5.6	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.9	3.4
1981-82 ☆	26	SEA	81	81	32.9	14.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.783	2.0	4.3	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.9
1982-83	27	SEA	82	79	31.4	12.4	5.3	11.2	.478	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.754	1.9	4.1	6.0	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.1	3.8
1983-84	28	CLE	79	78	26.6	10.8	4.7	9.9	.476	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.8	.764	1.8	3.1	4.8	2.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.5
1984-85	29	CLE	57	14	21.8	6.4	2.8	6.4	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.662	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.3
1985-86	30	CLE	44	1	15.5	4.5	2.1	4.3	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.875	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.9
CAREER			673	253	27.5	12.0	5.1	10.3	.492	0.0	0.1	.094	1.8	2.4	.738	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.8	2.2	3.8

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	21	NYK	82	-	2,104	955	398	836	.476	-	-	-	159	225	.707	220	413	633	149	125	98	-	363
1977-78	21	NYK	82	-	2,319	1,219	508	988	.514	-	-	-	203	276	.736	204	376	580	195	109	112	228	350
1978-79	22	SEA	76	-	2,158	1,023	446	859	.519	-	-	-	131	189	.693	182	286	468	110	76	75	188	266
1979-80	23	SEA	76	-	2,243	1,035	425	802	.530	1	5	.200	184	241	.763	199	383	582	145	92	79	169	292
1980-81	24	SEA	14	-	440	182	73	174	.420	0	0	.000	36	55	.655	31	47	78	35	22	3	41	48
1981-82 ☆	26	SEA	81	81	2,667	1,204	508	1,046	.486	0	8	.000	188	240	.783	161	348	509	252	99	43	199	317
1982-83	27	SEA	82	79	2,572	1,016	437	915	.478	1	6	.167	141	187	.754	158	337	495	237	75	72	172	310
1983-84	28	CLE	79	78	2,101	850	371	779	.476	1	5	.200	107	140	.764	140	241	381	179	76	55	165	279
1984-85	29	CLE	57	14	1,244	367	158	363	.435	0	5	.000	51	77	.662	82	185	267	96	44	18	74	187
1985-86	30	CLE	44	1	682	198	92	188	.489	0	3	.000	14	16	.875	38	106	144	61	21	4	48	128
CAREER			673	253	18,530	8,049	3,416	6,950	.492	3	32	.094	1,214	1,646	.738	1,415	2,722	4,137	1,459	739	559	1,284	2,540

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1976-77	21	NYK	82	-	.511	.476	11.2	20.2	15.8	9.6	-	2.7	2.4	-	118.3	-	1.1	-	95.1	16.7
1977-78	21	NYK	82	-	.549	.514	9.3	16.5	12.9	11.4	17.0	2.1	2.5	21.8	125.0	-4.1	1.2	102.6	99.8	17.2
1978-79	22	SEA	76	-	.543	.519	8.9	14.0	11.4	7.5	16.6	1.6	1.8	20.5	121.2	-5.4	1.2	101.9	99.7	15.3
1979-80	23	SEA	76	-	.570	.531	9.3	18.0	13.6	9.1	15.7	1.9	1.9	18.9	149.3	-3.3	1.3	110.3	99.1	17.4
1980-81	24	SEA	14	-	.459	.420	7.9	11.5	9.7	11.7	17.1	2.4	0.4	22.1	107.4	-4.1	1.0	90.9	104.5	11.0
1981-82 ☆	26	SEA	81	81	.523	.486	6.8	13.7	10.4	13.6	14.7	1.8	0.9	21.0	126.9	-1.2	1.2	103.0	102.4	14.8
1982-83	27	SEA	82	79	.509	.478	6.9	13.4	10.3	12.5	14.7	1.4	1.5	18.2	139.8	-0.5	1.1	102.1	103.3	12.9
1983-84	28	CLE	79	78	.506	.477	7.3	13.5	10.3	12.7	16.4	1.8	1.5	20.0	144.1	-2.3	1.1	99.0	107.8	12.6
1984-85	29	CLE	57	14	.462	.435	7.1	16.1	11.6	10.3	15.7	1.7	0.8	15.2	109.8	-0.8	1.0	95.9	107.7	9.1
1985-86	30	CLE	44	1	.508	.489	6.2	17.4	11.7	11.8	19.7	1.4	0.3	14.5	136.4	-1.1	1.1	96.6	109.3	8.3
CAREER			673	253	.524	.492	8.3	15.6	12.0	11.1	16.0	1.9	1.6	19.6	132.3	-2.5	1.2	102.1	102.3	14.3

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77	21	NYK	82	-	0	0	.149	-	-	0.3	40	42	.488	1.2	3.4	4.6
1977-78	21	NYK	82	-	0	1	.184	0.9	0.5	0.3	43	39	.524	3.2	2.7	5.9
1978-79	22	SEA	76	-	0	0	.159	0.6	0.4	0.2	51	25	.671	1.7	3.4	5.1
1979-80	23	SEA	76	-	0	0	.160	0.9	0.5	0.3	52	24	.684	3.5	4.1	7.5
1980-81	24	SEA	14	-	0	0	.032	0.9	0.5	0.3	6	8	.429	-0.4	0.5	0.1
1981-82 ☆	26	SEA	81	81	2	0	.217	1.3	0.5	0.2	52	29	.642	1.6	4.3	5.8
1982-83	27	SEA	82	79	3	0	.187	1.4	0.4	0.2	48	34	.585	1.6	3.2	4.8
1983-84	28	CLE	79	78	2	0	.164	1.1	0.5	0.2	27	52	.342	-	2.1	2.1
1984-85	29	CLE	57	14	1	0	.073	1.3	0.6	0.2	28	29	.491	-0.4	1.3	0.9
1985-86	30	CLE	44	1	0	0	.080	1.3	0.4	0.1	14	30	.318	-0.1	0.6	0.4
CAREER			673	253	8	1	.145	1.0	0.5	0.2	361	312	.536	11.9	25.6	37.2

☆ All-Star Season

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977-78	21	NYK	6	25.2	11.0	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	.536	-	.750
1978-79	22	SEA	17	33.3	12.9	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	.483	-	.692
1979-80	23	SEA	15	31.3	12.0	8.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	2.5	.507	.000	.627
1981-82	26	SEA	8	33.3	12.8	7.4	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.5	.471	.000	.688
1982-83	27	SEA	2	26.5	5.0	10.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.174	.000	.400
1984-85	29	CLE	4	26.5	11.5	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	.559	.000	.800
CAREER			52	31.0	12.0	7.9	1.9	1.0	0.8	2.1	.485	.000	.667

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	21	NYK	6	-	25.2	11.0	5.0	9.3	.536	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.8
1978-79	22	SEA	17	-	33.3	12.9	5.9	12.3	.483	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.692	3.6	4.8	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.7
1979-80	23	SEA	15	-	31.3	12.0	4.9	9.7	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.4	.627	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.6
1981-82	26	SEA	8	0	33.3	12.8	5.0	10.6	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.0	.688	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.8
1982-83	27	SEA	2	0	26.5	5.0	2.0	11.5	.174	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	2.5	.400	6.5	4.0	10.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.5
1984-85	29	CLE	4	0	26.5	11.5	4.8	8.5	.559	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.800	1.5	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	5.0
CAREER			52	0	31.0	12.0	5.2	10.6	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.5	.667	3.0	4.9	7.9	1.9	1.0	0.8	2.1	4.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	21	NYK	6	-	151	66	30	56	.536	-	-	-	6	8	.750	18	26	44	17	2	5	14	29
1978-79	22	SEA	17	-	566	220	101	209	.483	-	-	-	18	26	.692	61	81	142	34	19	18	31	80
1979-80	23	SEA	15	-	469	180	74	146	.507	0	1	.000	32	51	.627	35	90	125	25	23	12	37	54
1981-82	26	SEA	8	0	266	102	40	85	.471	0	0	.000	22	32	.688	24	35	59	16	5	7	20	38
1982-83	27	SEA	2	0	53	10	4	23	.174	0	3	.000	2	5	.400	13	8	21	5	1	0	2	7
1984-85	29	CLE	4	0	106	46	19	34	.559	0	0	.000	8	10	.800	6	16	22	4	2	1	6	20
CAREER			52	0	1,611	624	268	553	.485	0	4	.000	88	132	.667	157	256	413	101	52	43	110	228

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1977-78	21	NYK	6	-	.554	.536	11.2	18.9	14.8	14.5	19.0	0.6	1.7	18.3	128.6	-1.7	1.2	104.4	108.6	15.1
1978-79	22	SEA	17	-	.499	.483	11.7	15.9	13.8	8.8	12.3	1.6	1.7	17.8	117.6	-1.6	1.1	107.0	100.0	15.4
1979-80	23	SEA	15	-	.534	.507	8.1	21.3	14.6	7.9	18.0	2.4	1.4	18.0	113.4	-4.6	1.2	100.2	99.2	14.7
1981-82	26	SEA	8	0	.515	.471	9.6	13.4	11.6	9.3	16.8	1.0	1.5	18.9	115.8	-3.7	1.2	99.9	103.7	12.5
1982-83	27	SEA	2	0	.198	.174	20.8	16.3	18.8	12.6	7.4	0.9	-	20.5	57.4	2.7	0.4	72.1	110.6	5.6
1984-85	29	CLE	4	0	.599	.559	7.0	17.8	12.5	4.9	13.5	0.9	0.5	17.1	135.9	-3.2	1.4	113.6	111.9	12.4
CAREER			52	0	.511	.485	10.3	17.5	13.8	9.0	15.3	1.6	1.5	18.1	115.1	-2.8	1.1	102.7	102.6	14.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1977-78	21	NYK	6	-	.167	1.2	0.1	0.1	2	4	.333	0.2	-	0.2
1978-79	22	SEA	17	-	.188	1.1	0.6	0.1	12	5	.706	0.8	0.8	1.6
1979-80	23	SEA	15	-	.162	0.7	0.6	0.3	7	8	.467	0.2	0.8	1.0
1981-82	26	SEA	8	0	.183	0.8	0.2	0.4	3	5	.375	0.1	0.4	0.4
1982-83	27	SEA	2	0	.114	2.5	0.5	0.2	0	2	.000	-0.2	-	-0.2
1984-85	29	CLE	4	0	.126	0.7	0.3	0.3	1	3	.250	0.1	0.1	0.2
CAREER			52	0	.169	0.9	0.5	0.2	25	27	.481	1.2	2.1	3.2

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 8, 1976	The New York Knicks selected Lonnie Shelton in Round 2 with Pick 8 in the 1976 NBA Draft.
Aug 18, 1976	Lonnie Shelton signed a multi-year contract with the New York Knicks.
Oct 4, 1978	Lonnie Shelton was acquired by the Seattle SuperSonics from the New York Knicks in a trade.
Jun 28, 1979	Lonnie Shelton signed a veteran extension with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jun 27, 1983	Lonnie Shelton was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Seattle SuperSonics in a trade.
Jul 1, 1986	Lonnie Shelton, previously with the Cleveland Cavaliers, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1986	The Cleveland Cavaliers renounced their free-agent exception rights to Lonnie Shelton.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NBA Champion	1979
1x All-NBA Defensive Second Team	1982
1x All-Star	1982
1x Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1982

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1982	26	West	1	20.0	7.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.000	.000	.500
CAREER			1	20.0	7.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.000	.000	.500

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982	26	West	1	1	20	7	3	3	1.000	0	0	.000	1	2	.500	4	5	9	1	1	0	2	4
CAREER			1	1	20	7	3	3	1.000	0	0	.000	1	2	.500	4	5	9	1	1	0	2	4

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College: Oregon State (1976)

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
12.0	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.8

FG%	3P%	FT%
49.2%	9.4%	73.8%