Aaron Lucas (born December 14, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player, who played for various clubs in Europe.

High school

After getting an opportunity to play varsity late into his freshman year, Lucas went on to garner several All Region Team selections, All State selection, Beach Ball and Hooters Holiday Tournament MVP's, North/South All Star, McDonald's All American (game nominee) and Nike All American as well as 1998 South Carolina Player of the Year.

Aaron Lucas

College career

Lucas college basketball played for NCAA Division I's South Carolina's Gamecocks, along with future Lietuvos Rytas stars Marijonas Petravičius and Chuck Eidson. He averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 3.9 apg during his senior year.

Aaron Lucas

Professional playing career

After graduating University of South Carolina, Lucas briefly played for Columbia Range, a basketball team in Columbia. Lucas left the club and came to Lietuvos Rytas, where he instantly became its leader. Having an impressive vertical jump and dunking ability, he won the 2003 LKL "Oro Karalius", a competition similar to the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. In 2004, he was loaned to Bnei HaSharon, but returned to his former team in spring of 2005. In May 2005, he terminated his contract and signed with JSF Nanterre. He last played for BC Kyiv in 2007.

Aaron Lucas

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

Living people

1979 births

American expatriate basketball people in France

American expatriate basketball people in Israel

American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania

American expatriate basketball people in Turkey

American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine

BC Kyiv players

BC Rytas players

Bnei HaSharon players

Nanterre 92 players

Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players

Sportspeople from Greenville, South Carolina

South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball players

American men's basketball players

Point guards