Jerry Lucas vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts and Jerry Lucas, 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.

Jerry Lucas played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Fred Roberts, who played 13. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Fred Roberts had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
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Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	Cincinnati Royals	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Fred Roberts	79	19.4	7.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	5.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.2	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	Cincinnati Royals	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Fred Roberts	74	15.9	7.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	2.8	5.6	.498	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773
Fred Roberts	10	13.0	5.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	4.3	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Fred Roberts	58	8.1	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.5	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771
Fred Roberts	4	7.8	5.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.889

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Fred Roberts	73	14.8	5.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	3.7	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Fred Roberts	20	13.3	4.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.705

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Fred Roberts	74	13.9	6.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	15	6.7	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.636

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1968-69	1988-89
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Fred Roberts	71	17.6	5.9	1.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	1.5	1.8	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	9	38.3	14.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.2	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.4	.850

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1970-71	1990-91
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Fred Roberts	82	25.8	10.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.3	4.4	8.2	.533	0.0	0.3	.160	2.1	2.5	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Fred Roberts	3	34.3	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Fred Roberts
Season	1972-73	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Fred Roberts	79	18.8	7.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.9	5.4	.528	0.2	0.4	.414	1.7	2.1	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Fred Roberts didn't play in 1993-94.