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Maurice Cheeks

Guard  at Philadelphia 76ers
Age69
NationalityUSA
Height185 cm (6'1")
Weight82 kg
BornSep 8, 1956
CollegeWest Texas A&M
Career
11.0PPG
2.8RPG
6.6APG
1,182 games · 15 seasons

Career snapshot

15seasons
1,182games
12,978career pts
16.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Philadelphia 76ers · 853 games · 1978-79–1988-89

Position rank · 1991-92

#75PPG rank
#51PER rank
#47WS rank
Among 99 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.6 1986-87 · PHI
RPG 3.5 1979-80 · PHI
APG 9.2 1985-86 · PHI
PER 18.6 1982-83 · PHI
WS 10.6 1985-86 · PHI

Draft

1978
Round 2 · Pick 36
from West Texas A&M

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1987, 1986, 1985, 1982
5×
All-Defense Team
1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
1992-93 – 1992-93 · 1 seasons
3.6 PPG 1.2 RPG 3.1 APG
35 games
Atlanta Hawks
1991-92 – 1991-92 · 1 seasons
4.6 PPG 1.7 RPG 3.3 APG
56 games
New York Knicks
1989-90 – 1990-91 · 2 seasons
7.8 PPG 2.3 RPG 5.5 APG
107 games
San Antonio Spurs
1989-90 – 1989-90 · 1 seasons
10.9 PPG 3.3 RPG 6.0 APG
50 games
Philadelphia 76ers
1978-79 – 1988-89 · 11 seasons
12.2 PPG 3.0 RPG 7.3 APG
853 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1978-79 PHI 82 82 29.4 8.4 3.1 5.3 2.1 0.1 51.0 0.0 72.1 12.6 4.9
1979-80 PHI 79 79 33.2 11.4 3.5 7.0 2.3 0.4 54.0 44.4 77.9 15.9 7.9
1980-81 PHI 81 81 29.8 9.4 3.0 6.9 2.4 0.5 53.4 37.5 78.7 16.4 8.5
1981-82 PHI 79 79 31.6 11.2 3.1 8.4 2.6 0.4 52.1 27.3 77.7 18.3 8.6
1982-83 PHI 79 79 31.2 12.5 2.6 6.9 2.3 0.4 54.2 16.7 75.4 18.6 9.4
1983-84 PHI 75 75 33.3 12.7 2.7 6.4 2.3 0.3 55.0 40.0 73.3 16.4 7.3
1984-85 PHI 78 78 33.5 13.1 2.8 6.4 2.2 0.3 57.0 23.1 87.9 17.6 9.0
1985-86 PHI 82 82 39.9 15.4 2.9 9.2 2.5 0.3 53.7 23.5 84.2 17.9 10.6
1986-87 PHI 68 68 38.6 15.6 3.2 7.9 2.6 0.2 52.7 23.5 77.7 18.3 7.9
1987-88 PHI 79 79 36.3 13.7 3.2 8.0 2.1 0.3 49.5 13.6 82.5 18.0 8.3
1988-89 PHI 71 70 32.4 11.6 2.6 7.8 1.5 0.2 48.3 7.7 77.4 16.5 5.3
1989-90 NBA 81 62 31.1 9.7 3.0 5.6 1.5 0.1 50.4 25.0 84.7 — —
1989-90 NYK 31 13 24.3 7.9 2.4 4.9 1.4 0.2 57.9 42.9 87.7 17.1 2.7
1989-90 SAS 50 49 35.3 10.9 3.3 6.0 1.6 0.1 47.8 11.1 83.2 13.9 4.4
1990-91 NYK 76 64 28.3 7.8 2.3 5.7 1.7 0.1 49.9 25.0 81.4 14.2 5.2
1991-92 ATL 56 0 19.4 4.6 1.7 3.3 1.5 0.0 46.2 50.0 60.5 12.6 2.1
1992-93 BKN 35 0 14.6 3.6 1.2 3.1 0.9 0.1 54.8 0.0 88.9 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1992 Atlanta Hawks Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 1991 New York Knicks Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1990 San Antonio Spurs New York Knicks season change
Oct 1989 New York Knicks San Antonio Spurs mid season trade From 1989-90 to 1989-90
Jul 1989 Philadelphia 76ers San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 1989 Philadelphia 76ers New York Knicks season change

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About Maurice Cheeks

Maurice Edward Cheeks is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Detroit Pistons. Cheeks was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. He was the first player with 2,000 steals solely in the NBA.