Jerry Lucas vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. 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, 8 more than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Scotty Pippen Jr. had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1963-64	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Lakers
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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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+73	+36.1	+15.4			+16.7	+2.3				-3.3	+6.2	+11.1	+.194				+3.1	+3.5	+.223
Scotty Pippen Jr.	6	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	2.0	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	1.5	.556
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
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1964-65	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+45	+18.3	+8.5			+16.8	+2.3				-0.3	+3.7	+7.3	+.005				+2.5	+2.9	+.069
Scotty Pippen Jr.	21	25.1	12.9	1.0	2.1	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	2.7	2.9	4.8	9.7	.493	1.4	3.4	.417	2.0	2.6	.745
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
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1965-66	2024-25
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:		+23.2	+11.6			+17.8	+1.7				-0.9	+5.1	+11.8	+.027				+2.5	+2.9	+.074
Scotty Pippen Jr.	79	21.3	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	4.4	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.6	3.6	7.5	.480	1.1	2.8	.397	1.5	2.2	.713
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
difference:	+1	+13.9	+3.1			+14.7	+0.7				-2.0	+2.5	+2.5	+.092				+0.6	+2.2	+.229
Scotty Pippen Jr.	4	32.3	18.3	1.0	4.5	5.5	3.5	1.0	0.3	3.5	4.8	5.5	14.5	.379	2.5	7.0	.357	4.8	4.8	1.000

Additional Years
* Jerry Lucas played 8 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 1967 to 1974—Jerry Lucas played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Jerry Lucas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game