Jerry Lucas vs. Tree Rollins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tree Rollins 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 7 less than Tree Rollins, who played 18. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Tree Rollins had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jerry Lucas	11	8	1963-64 to 1973-74
Tree Rollins	18	15	1977-78 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Hawks 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	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Tree Rollins	80	22.4	7.6	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	6.5	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.703

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
Tree Rollins	2	25.5	8.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	6.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	4.0	.250


Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1964-65	1978-79
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks 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	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Tree Rollins	81	23.5	8.4	2.7	4.6	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	1.1	4.0	3.7	6.9	.535	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.631

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
Tree Rollins	9	23.6	5.7	2.1	5.8	7.9	0.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	3.2	2.3	5.7	.412	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.692


Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1965-66	1979-80
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks 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	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Tree Rollins	82	25.9	8.9	3.5	6.0	9.4	0.9	0.7	3.0	1.2	3.9	3.5	6.3	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.714

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
Tree Rollins	5	26.8	8.4	3.6	4.0	7.6	0.6	0.4	2.8	1.2	5.0	3.6	6.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600


Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1966-67	1980-81
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Tree Rollins	40	26.1	7.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.9	0.7	2.9	1.4	3.8	2.9	5.3	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.4	.807

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
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Tree Rollins	79	25.5	6.1	2.1	5.6	7.7	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.0	3.6	2.6	4.4	.584	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	2	32.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	4.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Tree Rollins	80	30.9	7.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	1.2	3.7	3.3	6.4	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	3	39.3	9.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.0	4.0	4.3	9.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333


Season 7
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	67	36.1	15.1	-	-	14.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	11.9	.507	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.784
Tree Rollins	77	30.5	8.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	1.3	3.9	3.6	6.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	5	30.4	5.0	2.0	4.8	6.8	0.2	0.4	2.0	2.2	4.6	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.625


Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Tree Rollins	70	25.0	6.3	1.6	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.5	2.4	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.720

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
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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	77	38.0	16.7	-	-	13.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	13.8	.512	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.791
Tree Rollins	74	24.1	5.6	1.8	4.4	6.2	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.2	3.2	2.3	4.7	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	16	46.1	18.6	-	-	10.8	5.3	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	14.9	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.831
Tree Rollins	9	27.6	6.6	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.3	3.6	2.9	5.2	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.636


Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Tree Rollins	75	23.5	5.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	0.8	3.2	2.3	4.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.724

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
Tree Rollins	9	24.6	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.8	3.7	1.7	3.1	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.714


Season 11
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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	73	22.3	6.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	-	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.698
Tree Rollins	76	23.2	4.4	1.9	4.2	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.7	3.0	1.8	3.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	11	10.5	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.9	.238	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tree Rollins	12	27.8	4.4	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	0.4	3.8	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.867


Season 12
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	60	9.7	2.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.0	2.3	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	5	14.8	3.0	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 13
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	48	14.0	2.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.7	1.2	2.6	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	3	12.7	2.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 14
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	37	5.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	6	5.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	59	11.8	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.5	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	42	5.9	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.0	.268	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	6	2.7	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	45	8.5	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.2	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	3	9.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 18
	Jerry Lucas	Tree Rollins
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	51	9.4	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.4	0.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	14	5.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.250

Jerry Lucas vs. Tree Rollins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tree Rollins 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18