Derrick Jones Jr. vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Derrick Jones Jr., from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Derrick Jones Jr. played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Derrick Jones Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jerry Lucas had his rookie season in 1963-64. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2016-17	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703

Season 2
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2017-18	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	20	12.3	3.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.7	.396	0.2	0.9	.167	0.8	1.2	.667
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 3
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2018-19	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	60	19.2	7.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.4	.494	0.5	1.5	.308	1.2	2.0	.607
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771

Season 4
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2019-20	1966-67
Team	Miami Heat	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	59	23.3	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.1	5.9	.527	0.6	2.2	.280	1.6	2.1	.772
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	15	6.4	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	.471	0.3	0.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.400
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 5
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2020-21	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	58	22.7	6.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.5	5.2	.484	0.7	2.3	.316	1.0	1.6	.648
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2021-22	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	51	17.6	5.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.1	3.8	.538	0.4	1.2	.328	1.1	1.4	.800
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	5	11.8	3.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	2.2	.273	0.4	0.6	.667
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	2023-24	1970-71
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	76	23.5	8.6	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.1	6.5	.483	1.1	3.1	.343	1.3	1.8	.713
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	11	29.6	9.8	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.0	0.4	1.5	0.9	2.9	3.9	7.9	.494	1.0	3.1	.324	1.0	1.5	.647
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688

Season 10
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jerry Lucas
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870