NewsOK.com · Apr 20, 2017
Assistant coach with Rockets has overcome checkered history
John Lucas II, who has been an assistant coach for several NBA teams, has also started his own recovery program. [Photo by Nate Billings/The Oklahoman Archives]HOUSTON — John Lucas II is indelibly linked with Houston and the Rockets. Lucas grew up in Durham, N.C., went to the University of Maryland and played on great Lefty Driesell teams, then was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1976 NBA Draft. Lucas played 14 NBA seasons, including three stints with the Rockets, despite an addiction problem with drugs and alcohol.