Maurice Cheeks

Maurice Edward Cheeks , "Mo"
Born: September 8, 1956
Chicago, IL USA
Position: G
High School: DuSable
College: West Texas State
Drafted: 1978, Round 2 Pick 14, #36 Overall
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
Career: 1978-79-1992-93
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Coaching Career

Maurice Cheeks averaged 11.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game in his 1101-game career with the Atlanta Hawks, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and San Antonio Spurs. He began playing during the 1978-79 season and last took the court during the 1992-93 campaign. Cheeks was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

Philadelphia 76ers

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	82	82	2409	572	292	0	0	140	101	63	191	254	431	174	12	193	198	685
1979-80	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	2623	661	357	9	4	231	180	75	199	274	556	183	32	216	197	898
1980-81	Philadelphia 76ers	81	81	2415	581	310	8	3	178	140	67	178	245	560	193	39	174	231	763
1981-82	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	2498	676	352	22	6	220	171	51	197	248	667	209	33	184	247	881
1982-83	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	2465	745	404	6	1	240	181	53	156	209	543	184	31	179	182	990
1983-84	Philadelphia 76ers	75	75	2494	702	386	20	8	232	170	44	161	205	478	171	20	182	196	950
1984-85	Philadelphia 76ers	78	78	2616	741	422	26	6	199	175	54	163	217	497	169	24	155	184	1025
1985-86	Philadelphia 76ers	82	82	3270	913	490	17	4	335	282	55	180	235	753	207	28	238	160	1266
1986-87	Philadelphia 76ers	68	68	2624	788	415	17	4	292	227	47	168	215	538	180	15	173	109	1061
1987-88	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	2871	865	428	22	3	275	227	59	194	253	635	167	22	160	116	1086
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	71	70	2298	696	336	13	1	195	151	39	144	183	554	105	17	116	114	824
1989-90	New York Knicks	31	13	753	159	92	7	3	65	57	11	62	73	151	42	5	36	32	244
1989-90	San Antonio Spurs	50	49	1766	450	215	9	1	137	114	39	128	167	302	82	5	85	46	545
1990-91	New York Knicks	76	64	2147	483	241	20	5	129	105	22	151	173	435	128	10	108	138	592
1991-92	Atlanta Hawks	56	0	1086	249	115	6	3	43	26	29	66	95	185	83	0	36	73	259
1992-93	New Jersey Nets	35	0	510	93	51	2	0	27	24	5	37	42	107	33	2	33	35	126
Totals		1101	978	34845	9374	4906	204	52	2938	2331	713	2375	3088	7392	2310	295	2268	2258	12195

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	82	82	29.4	51.0		72.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	8.4
1979-80	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	33.2	54.0	44.4	77.9	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	11.4
1980-81	Philadelphia 76ers	81	81	29.8	53.4	37.5	78.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	9.4
1981-82	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	31.6	52.1	27.3	77.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	11.2
1982-83	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	31.2	54.2	16.7	75.4	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	12.5
1983-84	Philadelphia 76ers	75	75	33.3	55.0	40.0	73.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	12.7
1984-85	Philadelphia 76ers	78	78	33.5	57.0	23.1	87.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	13.1
1985-86	Philadelphia 76ers	82	82	39.9	53.7	23.5	84.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	15.4
1986-87	Philadelphia 76ers	68	68	38.6	52.7	23.5	77.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	15.6
1987-88	Philadelphia 76ers	79	79	36.3	49.5	13.6	82.5	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	13.7
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	71	70	32.4	48.3	7.7	77.4	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	11.6
1989-90	New York Knicks	31	13	24.3	57.9	42.9	87.7	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.9	1.4	0.2	1.2	1.0	7.9
1989-90	San Antonio Spurs	50	49	35.3	47.8	11.1	83.2	0.8	2.6	3.3	6.0	1.6	0.1	1.7	0.9	10.9
1990-91	New York Knicks	76	64	28.3	49.9	25.0	81.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	7.8
1991-92	Atlanta Hawks	56	0	19.4	46.2	50.0	60.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	4.6
1992-93	New Jersey Nets	35	0	14.6	54.8	0.0	88.9	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	3.6
Averages		1101	978	31.6	52.3	25.5	79.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	2.1	2.1	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	9	330	121	66	0	0	56	37	13	22	35	63	37	4	29	29	169
1979-80	Philadelphia 76ers	18	675	174	89	5	1	41	29	22	52	74	111	45	4	45	43	208
1980-81	Philadelphia 76ers	16	513	125	68	3	0	42	32	4	47	51	116	40	12	36	55	168
1981-82	Philadelphia 76ers	21	765	265	125	9	1	65	50	15	47	62	172	48	6	49	58	301
1982-83	Philadelphia 76ers	13	483	165	83	2	1	64	45	11	28	39	91	26	2	34	23	212
1983-84	Philadelphia 76ers	5	171	67	35	1	0	15	13	2	10	12	19	13	0	10	18	83
1984-85	Philadelphia 76ers	13	483	153	81	5	0	42	36	12	34	46	67	31	5	34	29	198
1985-86	Philadelphia 76ers	12	519	182	94	7	0	73	62	13	43	56	85	13	3	32	18	250
1986-87	Philadelphia 76ers	5	210	66	35	1	0	21	18	1	12	13	44	9	4	12	14	88
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	3	128	41	21	1	0	13	11	3	8	11	39	7	1	3	4	53
1989-90	New York Knicks	10	388	104	50	4	0	31	28	12	27	39	85	17	2	19	21	128
1990-91	New York Knicks	3	101	23	14	3	1	2	1	3	6	9	16	3	1	8	9	30
1992-93	New Jersey Nets	5	82	23	11	0	0	1	0	3	3	6	14	6	1	7	3	22
Totals		133	4848	1509	772	41	4	466	362	114	339	453	922	295	45	318	324	1910

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	9	36.7	54.5		66.1	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	18.8
1979-80	Philadelphia 76ers	18	37.5	51.1	20.0	70.7	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	11.6
1980-81	Philadelphia 76ers	16	32.1	54.4	0.0	76.2	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	10.5
1981-82	Philadelphia 76ers	21	36.4	47.2	11.1	76.9	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	14.3
1982-83	Philadelphia 76ers	13	37.2	50.3	50.0	70.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	16.3
1983-84	Philadelphia 76ers	5	34.2	52.2	0.0	86.7	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	16.6
1984-85	Philadelphia 76ers	13	37.2	52.9	0.0	85.7	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	15.2
1985-86	Philadelphia 76ers	12	43.3	51.6	0.0	84.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	20.8
1986-87	Philadelphia 76ers	5	42.0	53.0	0.0	85.7	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	17.6
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	3	42.7	51.2	0.0	84.6	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	17.7
1989-90	New York Knicks	10	38.8	48.1	0.0	90.3	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	12.8
1990-91	New York Knicks	3	33.7	60.9	33.3	50.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	10.0
1992-93	New Jersey Nets	5	16.4	47.8		0.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	4.4
Averages		1101	36.5	51.2	9.8	77.7	0.9	2.5	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.4	14.4

Awards

1982 - NBA All-Defensive First Team tie
1983 - NBA All-Defensive First Team
1984 - NBA All-Defensive First Team
1985 - NBA All-Defensive First Team
1986 - NBA All-Defensive Second Team