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Joe Meriweather

Center at Sacramento Kings

Age72

NationalityUSA

Height208 cm (6'10")

Weight98 kg

BornOct 26, 1953

CollegeSouthern Illinois

Career

7.4PPG

5.2RPG

0.9APG

592 games · 8 seasons

Career snapshot

8seasons

592games

4,404career pts

11.7PER (avg)

Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 319 games · 1980-81–1984-85

Position rank · 1984-85

#50PPG rank

#64PER rank

#61WS rank

Among 69 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 9.5 1978-79 · NYK

RPG 6.9 1977-78 · UTA

APG 1.2 1978-79 · NYK

PER 12.2 1979-80 · NYK

WS 2.2 1979-80 · NYK

Draft

1975

Round 1 · Pick 11

from Southern Illinois

Honors & awards

1×

All-Rookie Team

1975

Career by team

Sacramento Kings

1980-81 – 1984-85 · 5 seasons

6.7 PPG 4.8 RPG 0.7 APG

319 games

New York Knicks

1978-79 – 1979-80 · 2 seasons

9.2 PPG 5.4 RPG 1.1 APG

106 games

Utah Jazz

1977-78 – 1978-79 · 2 seasons

7.7 PPG 6.2 RPG 1.0 APG

90 games

Stats by season

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PER	WS
1977-78	UTA	54	0	23.6	8.8	6.9	1.1	0.3	2.2	47.2	0.0	65.4	—	—
1978-79	NBA	77	0	22.0	7.9	5.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	48.4	0.0	67.4	—	—
1978-79	NYK	41	0	25.7	9.5	5.5	1.2	0.6	1.3	50.5	0.0	68.8	11.2	1.4
1978-79	UTA	36	0	17.8	6.1	5.1	0.9	0.5	1.1	44.9	0.0	65.4	—	—
1979-80	NYK	65	0	24.1	9.0	5.4	1.0	0.6	1.8	52.8	0.0	64.5	12.2	2.2
1980-81	SAC	74	0	20.5	7.6	5.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	49.6	0.0	69.5	—	—
1981-82	SAC	18	10	21.1	6.9	4.9	0.9	0.7	1.2	51.6	0.0	77.5	—	—
1982-83	SAC	78	74	21.9	7.9	5.4	0.8	0.6	1.1	57.0	0.0	62.6	—	—
1983-84	SAC	73	31	20.6	6.6	4.8	0.7	0.5	0.8	53.2	0.0	76.4	—	—
1984-85	SAC	76	4	14.0	4.5	3.5	0.4	0.2	0.4	49.8	50.0	77.4	—	—

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date	Move			Type	Notes
Jul 1980	New York Knicks	→	Sacramento Kings	season change
Oct 1978	New York Knicks	→	Utah Jazz	mid season trade	From 1978-79 to 1978-79
Jul 1978	Utah Jazz	→	New York Knicks	season change