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Maurice Cheeks
	; Cheeks in 2011;
Oklahoma City Thunder
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	; (1956-09-08) September 8, 1956 (age 62); Chicago, Illinois;
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	; DuSable (Chicago, Illinois)
College	; West Texas A&M (1974–1978)
NBA draft	; 1978 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers;
Playing career	1978–1993
Position	Point guard
Number	10, 1
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As player:
; 1978–1989;	Philadelphia 76ers
1989–1990	San Antonio Spurs
; 1990–1991;	New York Knicks
1991–1992	Atlanta Hawks
1993	New Jersey Nets
As coach:
1994–2001	; Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
; 2001–2005;	Portland Trail Blazers
; 2005–2008;	Philadelphia 76ers
; 2009–2013;	; Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2013–2014	Detroit Pistons
; 2015–present	Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
;
Career highlights and awards
	; ; NBA champion (1983); ; 4× NBA All-Star (1983, 1986–1988); ; 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983–1986); ; ; NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1987); ; No. 10 retired by Philadelphia 76ers; ; ;
;
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,195 (11.1 ppg)
Assists	7,392 (6.7 apg)
Steals	2,310 (2.1 spg)
;
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	;

Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeks (born September 8, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player and is currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder 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.

Early life

Cheeks was born in Chicago, and attended DuSable High School. He attended West Texas State University from 1974 to 1978. Cheeks was an all-Missouri Valley Conference player for three straight seasons, as he averaged 16.8 points per game and shot nearly 57% for his collegiate career. He is the third leading scorer in WTSU/WTAM history.

Playing career

After college, Cheeks was selected as the 36th pick in the second round of the 1978 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Cheeks played 15 years as a point guard in the NBA, including 11 with the Philadelphia 76ers, He earned four trips to the NBA All-Star Game, and he helped the 76ers to three trips to the NBA Finals in a four-year span in the early 1980s (1980, 1982, and 1983), including an NBA championship in 1983. While starting at point guard for a Sixers team that at times included stars Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Andrew Toney, and Charles Barkley, Cheeks was well regarded for his team play and defensive skills. He was named to four straight NBA All-Defensive squads from 1983 to 1986, and earned a spot on the second team in 1987.

In NBA history, Cheeks ranks fifth in steals and eleventh in assists. Upon his retirement from the NBA in 1993, Cheeks was the NBA all-time leader in steals and fifth in assists.^[1] He averaged 11.7 points and over 2 steals per game for his career. In his rookie year, Cheeks averaged 4.1 steals per game in the 1979 NBA Playoffs, an NBA record for one playoff run^[2].

Coaching career

After retirement, Cheeks spent one year coaching in the Continental Basketball Association, before becoming the 76ers assistant head coach in 1994. He coached under head coaches John Lucas (1994–96), Johnny Davis (1996–97), and Larry Brown, and he was an instrumental part of the Philadelphia team that reached the 2001 NBA Finals. In 2001, he was hired as Portland Trail Blazers head coach. He led the team to two playoff berths in four years as coach, but could not get past the first round. He was fired after a poor start to the 2004–05 campaign.

On April 25, 2003, during a game between the Trail Blazers and the Dallas Mavericks, Cheeks aided 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert in singing the American national anthem. After Gilbert forgot the words at "At the twilight's last gleaming", Cheeks rushed over to help her and they finished it together, as the entire Rose Garden Arena crowd sang with them. Cheeks and Gilbert received a standing ovation after the song was over.^[3]

In 2005, Cheeks was named as head coach of the 76ers. Cheeks was popular among Sixers fans because of his eleven-year tenure with the Sixers, during which he helped guide the Sixers to the 1983 NBA championship. The move was also praised by Sixers star Allen Iverson, who worked with Cheeks during his run as Sixers' Assistant Head Coach.^[4]

However, he missed the playoffs in each of his first two seasons. Frustrations began to grow with Sixers veterans Allen Iverson and Chris Webber, who were not happy with the team's direction. During the 2006–07 season, Iverson would be traded to the Nuggets and Webber would be released, leaving Cheeks with one of the youngest teams in the NBA. On February 20, 2007, the 76ers extended Cheeks' contract one year despite his losing record as coach.

At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, expectations were low and the 76ers were picked to finish last in the Conference by many prognosticators.^[5] However, the Sixers clinched a playoff berth with a win over the Atlanta Hawks on April 4, 2008.^[6] It was their first postseason appearance since 2005, as well as the first in the post-Iverson era. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Pistons, 4–2. Even with this elimination, many fans considered this to be a successful season, considering that the Sixers were 12 games under .500 in early February and went on to have a 21–7 run that led them to the playoffs.^[7]

The Sixers started out the 2008–09 NBA season 9–14, despite their signing of Elton Brand and re-signing of Andre Iguodala during the offseason. Due to their slow start, the 76ers fired Cheeks on December 13, 2008.^[8] In a 2015 interview with Sports Illustrated, former Sixers forward Matt Barnes referred to Cheeks as "a dick".^[9]

On August 14, 2009, he was hired as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder.^[10]

On June 10, 2013, Cheeks agreed to become the head coach of the Detroit Pistons.^[11] On February 9, 2014, the Detroit Pistons relieved Cheeks of his head coaching duties and replaced him with John Loyer on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.^[12]

On June 29, 2015, Cheeks returned to the Thunder as an assistant coach.^[13]

Honors and awards

On September 7, 2018, Cheeks was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Cheeks' team won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1978–79	Philadelphia	82	–	29.4	.510	–	.721	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	8.4
1979–80	Philadelphia	79	–	33.2	.540	.444	.779	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	11.4
1980–81	Philadelphia	81	–	29.8	.534	.375	.787	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	9.4
1981–82	Philadelphia	79	79	31.6	.521	.273	.777	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	11.2
1982–83†	Philadelphia	79	79	31.2	.542	.167	.754	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	12.5
1983–84	Philadelphia	75	75	33.3	.550	.400	.733	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	12.7
1984–85	Philadelphia	78	78	33.5	.570	.231	.879	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	13.1
1985–86	Philadelphia	82	82	39.9	.537	.235	.842	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	15.4
1986–87	Philadelphia	68	68	38.6	.527	.235	.777	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	15.6
1987–88	Philadelphia	79	79	36.3	.495	.136	.825	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	13.7
1988–89	Philadelphia	71	70	32.4	.483	.077	.774	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	11.6
1989–90	San Antonio	50	49	35.3	.478	.111	.832	3.3	6.0	1.6	0.1	10.9
1989–90	New York	31	13	24.3	.579	.429	.877	2.4	4.9	1.4	0.2	7.9
1990–91	New York	76	64	28.3	.499	.250	.814	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	7.8
1991–92	Atlanta	56	0	19.4	.462	.500	.605	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	4.6
1992–93	New Jersey	35	0	14.6	.548	.000	.889	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	3.6
Career		1101	736	31.6	.523	.255	.793	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	11.1
All-Star		4	1	11.0	.438	–	1.000	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	4.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1979	Philadelphia	9	–	36.7	.545	–	.661	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	18.8
1980	Philadelphia	18	–	37.5	.511	.200	.707	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	11.6
1981	Philadelphia	16	–	32.1	.544	.000	.762	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	10.5
1982	Philadelphia	21	–	36.4	.472	.111	.769	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	14.3
1983†	Philadelphia	13	–	37.2	.503	.500	.703	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	16.3
1984	Philadelphia	5	–	34.2	.522	.000	.867	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	16.6
1985	Philadelphia	13	13	37.2	.529	.000	.857	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	15.2
1986	Philadelphia	12	12	43.3	.516	.000	.849	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	20.8
1987	Philadelphia	5	5	42.0	.530	.000	.857	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	17.6
1989	Philadelphia	3	3	42.7	.512	.000	.846	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	17.7
1990	New York	10	10	38.8	.481	.000	.903	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	12.8
1991	New York	3	3	33.7	.609	.333	.500	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	10.0
1993	New Jersey	5	0	16.4	.478	–	.000	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	4.4
Career		133	46	36.5	.512	.098	.777	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	14.4

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Portland	2001–02	82	49	33	.598	3rd in Pacific	3	0	3	.000	Lost in First round
Portland	2002–03	82	50	32	.610	3rd in Pacific	7	3	4	.429	Lost in First round
Portland	2003–04	82	41	41	.500	3rd in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Portland	2004–05	55	22	33	.400	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Philadelphia	2005–06	82	38	44	.463	2nd in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia	2006–07	82	35	47	.427	3rd in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia	2007–08	82	40	42	.488	3rd in Atlantic	6	2	4	.333	Lost in First round
Philadelphia	2008–09	23	9	14	.391	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Detroit	2013–14	50	21	29	.420	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Career		620	305	315	.492		16	5	11	.313

References

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^ "Player Season Finder". Retrieved 27 June 2018.

^ Shining moment for Cheeks and 13-year-old girl made us proud.. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved on June 20, 2009

^ [1]^{[dead link]}

^ "NBA.com - 2007-08 Season Preview: Philadelphia 76ers". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

^ "Philadelphia 76ers News Headlines". Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

^ "NBA.com Sixers Hold Off Hawks, Clinch Playoff Spot". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

^ "Sixers fire Cheeks after 9-14 start". December 14, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

^ Ballard, Chris. "Matt Barnes: The Clippers' polarizing pariah". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

^ Maurice Cheeks Coming To OKC | Thunder Rumblings Archived July 10, 2012, at Archive.is

^ "Detroit Pistons Name Maurice Cheeks Head Coach". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.

^ "Detroit Pistons Relieve Maurice Cheeks of Head Coaching Duties". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

^ "Thunder Announces Coaching Staff". NBA.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com

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[2] "Player Season Finder". Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[3] Shining moment for Cheeks and 13-year-old girl made us proud.. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved on June 20, 2009

[4] [1]^{[dead link]}

[5] "NBA.com - 2007-08 Season Preview: Philadelphia 76ers". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[6] "Philadelphia 76ers News Headlines". Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[7] "NBA.com Sixers Hold Off Hawks, Clinch Playoff Spot". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[8] "Sixers fire Cheeks after 9-14 start". December 14, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[9] Ballard, Chris. "Matt Barnes: The Clippers' polarizing pariah". Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[10] Maurice Cheeks Coming To OKC | Thunder Rumblings Archived July 10, 2012, at Archive.is

[11] "Detroit Pistons Name Maurice Cheeks Head Coach". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.

[pistons-12] "Detroit Pistons Relieve Maurice Cheeks of Head Coaching Duties". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

[13] "Thunder Announces Coaching Staff". NBA.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

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