Maurice Lucas: Always in a State of War, 1986

[This week we’ve had the Portland and Pittsburgh perspectives on Maurice Lucas’ NBA career. In our third-and-final post on Lucas, we finish with the Milwaukee perspective. Steve Aschburner of the Milwaukee Journal checks in on Lucas late in his pro career to see how the former Marquette University star fared with the Los Angeles Lakers. Aschburner’s story appeared in the May 1986 issue of Basketball Digest. Or roughly five months before the Lakers released Big Luke as part of the franchise’s youth movement. Lucas forged on for two more seasons, coming off the bench for Seattle then Portland. In 1988, at 35, Lucas retired after a stellar 14-season pro run in which he served as the prototype for the mean NBA power forward. Last but not least, hats off to Aschburner. He’s had a phenomenal, award-winning journalistic career and continues to shine these days with NBA.com] **** The rich get richer, the strong get stronger. And the mean get . . . Maurice Lucas. That’s at least one good…