With this in mind, the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Maurice Lucas in 1976. While the then-borderline ABA All-Star was indeed a great player, there were concerns about the other mentioned aspects.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 ...

Maurice Baker Jr., 6, and Jayden Howard, 9, were fatally shot in November 2023, prompting murder charges against their mother Tiffanie Lucas Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's ...

The first of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Maurice Lucas. After ending his college career at Marquette, Lucas was picked up with the 14th overall selection of the ...