Landen Allen Lucas (born October 3, 1993) is an American professional

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player for

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of the Cyprus Basketball Division A. Lucas played

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High school career

Began his high school career at Sunset High School in Portland, moved to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada as a junior and was back in Portland at Westview High School for his senior season. At Findlay Prep, Lucas averaged 6.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game. He averaged 21.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a senior at Westview High School. Recorded his best game as a senior when he scored 32 points, pulled down 22 rebounds and blocked 11 shots. Landen was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com.

College career

As a sophomore, Lucas averaged 3.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and made 14 starts. Lucas averaged 5.8 points per game as a junior at Kansas. In the offseason, he worked on his offensive game with former Jayhawk

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. Lucas scored a career-high 18 points to go with 12 rebounds in a 90–88 win against Kansas State on January 4, 2017. As a senior, Lucas was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. He averaged 8.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game on a team that finished 31–5.

Professional career

Alvark Tokyo (2017–2018)

Lucas worked out for several NBA teams prior to the

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but went undrafted. Later Lucas played for the

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in the NBA Summer League. In July 2017, Lucas joined

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of the Japanese

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. Lucas already speaks Japanese, having lived in the country in his youth.

Kalev/Cramo (2018)

On September 3, 2018, Lucas signed a trial contract with Kalev/Cramo of the Estonian league. In November, the team announced that he would not be retained on a permanent contract. On January 14, 2019, Antwerp Giants of the Belgian Pro Basketball League announced that Lucas would be joining the team for the remainder of the season. He did not pass his physical and did not play for the Giants.

APOEL B.C. (2020–2021)

After taking a year off from professional basketball, Lucas signed with

of the Cyprus Basketball Division A on September 30, 2020.

International career

Lucas and the Kansas Jayhawks competed on behalf of the United States in the 2015

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References

External links

Kansas Jayhawks bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Landen 1993 births Living people Alvark Tokyo players American expatriate basketball people in Estonia American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball players Basketball players from Portland, Oregon BC Kalev/Cramo players Centers (basketball) Findlay Prep alumni Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon) alumni FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade