Lonnie Shelton

Retired

Seattle SuperSonics · F-C · 1× NBA All-Star · 1× All-Defensive · 10 NBA seasons

Lonnie Shelton recorded 725 NBA appearances across 10 seasons with Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks.

Best highlights

12.0

career pts/gm

6.1

career reb/gm

2.2

career ast/gm

673

career games

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Lonnie Shelton's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1973-74–1984-85

Lonnie Shelton

Bernard King

Bill Cartwright

A scoring masterpiece bridges eras

New York Knicks · From the champions to Bernard King

The title core aged out before King's spectacular 1984 postseason briefly returned the Garden to center stage.

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Franchise era

1982-83–1992-93

Lonnie Shelton

Mark Price

Brad Daugherty

Precision offense meets the Jordan obstacle

Cleveland Cavaliers · Price, Daugherty and Nance

A smart, balanced contender won 57 games but repeatedly found Michael Jordan and Chicago in its postseason path.

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Career accomplishments

1× All-Defensive1× NBA All-Star10 NBA seasons725 career appearances8,671 career points52 playoff appearances1 triple-doublesCareer high: 41 pointsCareer high: 19 reboundsCareer high: 10 assists

Career honors stored from Basketball Reference

Lonnie Shelton

Franchise eras

New York Knicks · From the champions to Bernard King

Cleveland Cavaliers · Price, Daugherty and Nance

Career accomplishments

Team history

NBA appearances

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Career-high games

Franchise eras

New York Knicks · From the champions to Bernard King

Cleveland Cavaliers · Price, Daugherty and Nance

Career accomplishments

Team history

NBA appearances

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Career-high games