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Lonnie Shelton played three years for the Cavaliers as an enforcer. When Lonnie came off the bench you knew there would be a body on the floor within minutes as he was a master at throwing NBA versions of hockey checks.
He was a starter with the Seattle for their 1979 Championship Team under Lenny Wilkins (the last title without a superstar until the 2004 Pistons). A good defensive player who was once voted to the All-Star game as a starter.
Here's an article on Lonnie while he was in Cleveland:
Nov. 29, 1984
CLEVELAND -- There's a holdup suspect in jail who either suffers from poor eyesight or has delusions of grandeur. He made the mistake of trying to rob 6-foot-8, 275-pound Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lonnie Shelton.
Shelton relieved the man of his gun and gave him the beating of his life. He also tried to convert him.
Cavaliers spokesman Harvey Greene said the suspect approached Shelton and his girlfiend, Cathy, outside a downtown hotel Tuesday as they were about to go to dinner. He said the man pulled out a .357-magnum and told Shelton to hand over all of his money.
Instead Shelton grabbed the gun, which fired twice and damaged a parked car, and pulled it out of the man's hand. Greene said Shelton then gave the gun to his girlfriend and began beating the suspect.
'The only really funny thing I can remember is that Cathy was standing there on the sidewalk waiving the gun in the air,' Shelton said. 'She looked like someone from 'Charlie's Angels.''
Greene said Shelton, a born again Christian, got the man on the ground and sat on him until the police arrived, telling him that only God could save him. When the man refused to take the nine-year forward's advice on religion, Shelton took other measures.
'He started squirming around,' Shelton said, 'so I hit him on the head with a rock.'
After the melee, Shelton had to get four stiches in his hand and was unable to practice Thursday. Greene said Shelton is expected to be back in the lineup in time for Saturday's home game against the Boston Celtics.
He was a starter with the Seattle for their 1979 Championship Team under Lenny Wilkins (the last title without a superstar until the 2004 Pistons). A good defensive player who was once voted to the All-Star game as a starter.
Here's an article on Lonnie while he was in Cleveland:
Nov. 29, 1984
CLEVELAND -- There's a holdup suspect in jail who either suffers from poor eyesight or has delusions of grandeur. He made the mistake of trying to rob 6-foot-8, 275-pound Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lonnie Shelton.
Shelton relieved the man of his gun and gave him the beating of his life. He also tried to convert him.
Cavaliers spokesman Harvey Greene said the suspect approached Shelton and his girlfiend, Cathy, outside a downtown hotel Tuesday as they were about to go to dinner. He said the man pulled out a .357-magnum and told Shelton to hand over all of his money.
Instead Shelton grabbed the gun, which fired twice and damaged a parked car, and pulled it out of the man's hand. Greene said Shelton then gave the gun to his girlfriend and began beating the suspect.
'The only really funny thing I can remember is that Cathy was standing there on the sidewalk waiving the gun in the air,' Shelton said. 'She looked like someone from 'Charlie's Angels.''
Greene said Shelton, a born again Christian, got the man on the ground and sat on him until the police arrived, telling him that only God could save him. When the man refused to take the nine-year forward's advice on religion, Shelton took other measures.
'He started squirming around,' Shelton said, 'so I hit him on the head with a rock.'
After the melee, Shelton had to get four stiches in his hand and was unable to practice Thursday. Greene said Shelton is expected to be back in the lineup in time for Saturday's home game against the Boston Celtics.