As a 5’10” point guard in the Houston suburb of Bellaire, Lucas was a McDonald's All American and was rated 20th by ESPN in the high school class of 2007.

Lucas's pro career lasted from 2011 and 2013 and included one season with BK Valmiera, then stints in the G League with the Idaho Stampede,[4] the Sioux Falls Skyforce,[5] and the Canton Charge.

[6] In August 2013, almost immediately after leaving his last pro team, the Texas Longhorns hired Lucas as an assistant coach on the staff of Rick Barnes.

Lucas was hired by John Calipari in 2020 to be a special assistant and lead recruiter at the University of Kentucky.

[8] During the 2021–22 season at Kentucky, Lucas was rated the second best recruiter in the country, behind only Jon Scheyer, who was the associate head coach at Duke .