Rockets moving longtime assistant coach John Lucas into front office

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After serving for years as a Rockets assistant coach, John Lucas is moving up to the front office as an assistant to general manager Rafael Stone, per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.

Lucas, 69, was the lead assistant over the previous three years for former Rockets head coach Stephen Silas. He’s not on the newly released list of assistants for new head coach Ime Udoka.

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But that doesn’t mean that the Rockets legend is done with the franchise where he’s been an icon as both a player and coach going back nearly 50 years. Lucas reportedly led Houston’s pre-draft workouts leading up to the 2023 NBA draft — which was during the period in which Udoka was hiring his brand-new staff — and now he’ll be moving into some sort of front-office capacity with Stone.

After his playing days, Lucas was a three-time head coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, and Philadelphia 76ers. As his coaching years progressed through various stints as an assistant, he returned to the Rockets as Mike D’Antoni’s player development coach in 2016-17 and has remained with the team ever since.

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