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Joe Meriweather

Age 72 · USA · 208 cm (6'10") · 98 kg · Born Oct 26, 1953 · Southern Illinois

7.4 PPG 5.2 RPG 0.9 APG 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

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
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

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Born on October 26

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About Joe Meriweather

Joe C. Meriweather was an American professional basketball player.