Joe Meriweather 
#40 PF | 6-10, 224lbs | Cavaliers | Experience: 7 years
Born: 10/26/1953 (29) | College: Southern Illinois

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 45 42 61 0 30 21 68 64 50 31 25 74 39 67 66 77  
 Potential: C C B F D D B B C D D B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989 
 Value: $105,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 82 28 20.2 7.3 1.4 3.6 1.0 1.7 0.60 0.2 1.2 2.9 .491 .680 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CLE 82 68 29.3 9.5 2.0 4.1 1.8 2.0 0.90 0.3 1.2 4.0 .469 .669 .000  
 1980 NPSBL CLE 82 82 31.0 10.5 2.5 4.5 2.1 2.1 0.99 0.3 1.0 3.9 .476 .720 .000  
 1979 NPSBL NYK 65 0 24.1 9.0 1.9 3.5 1.0 1.7 0.59 0.6 1.8 3.7 .528 .645 .000  
 1978 NPSBL NYK 77 0 22.0 7.9 1.9 3.5 1.0 1.7 0.61 0.5 1.2 3.7 .484 .674 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ 54 0 23.6 8.8 2.5 4.4 1.1 1.7 0.62 0.3 2.2 3.5 .472 .654 .000  
 1976 NPSBL ATL 73 0 28.3 11.2 3.0 5.2 1.1 0.0 82.00 0.6 1.1 4.4 .526 .714 .000  
 1975 NPSBL HOU 81 0 25.2 10.2 2.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 82.00 0.4 1.5 2.7 .494 .644 .000  
 Career     596 178 25.6 9.3 2.1 4.1 1.3 1.4 0.95 0.4 1.4 3.6 .492 .680 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 2.8 5.8 .491 1.6 2.4 .680 2.0 3.1 .643 0.8 2.6 .310 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CLE 3.8 8.0 .469 2.0 3.0 .669 2.6 4.2 .615 1.2 3.8 .309 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL CLE 4.0 8.5 .476 2.4 3.4 .720 2.6 4.4 .601 1.4 4.1 .345 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL NYK 3.9 7.3 .528 1.2 1.9 .645 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NPSBL NYK 3.1 6.5 .484 1.6 2.4 .674 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ 3.6 7.6 .472 1.6 2.5 .654 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL ATL 4.4 8.3 .526 2.5 3.5 .714 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NPSBL HOU 4.2 8.4 .494 1.9 3.0 .644 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.7 7.6 .492 1.9 2.8 .680 1.0 1.6 .617 0.5 1.5 .323 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 82 28 1660 233 475 134 197 0 1 600 117 413 84 13 141 13 100 241 -27 
 1981 82 68 2399 308 657 162 242 0 0 778 168 503 146 26 162 26 98 328 386 
 1980 82 82 2544 332 697 198 275 0 0 862 204 572 169 27 170 27 80 318 348 
 1979 65 0 1565 252 477 78 121 0 1 582 122 350 66 37 112 37 120 239 0 
 1978 77 0 1693 242 500 126 187 0 0 610 143 409 79 40 130 40 94 283 0 
 1977 54 0 1277 194 411 87 133 0 0 475 135 372 58 18 94 18 118 188 0 
 1976 73 0 2068 319 607 182 255 0 0 820 216 596 82 41 0 41 82 324 0 
 1975 81 0 2042 338 684 154 239 0 0 830 163 516 82 36 0 36 120 219 0 
 Career 596 178 15248 2218 4508 1121 1649 0 2 5557 1268 3731 766 238 809 238 812 2140 707 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL CLE .534 1.26 10.7 17.9 17.4 7.7 18.8 13.3 11.4 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 99.5 100.4  
 1981 NPSBL CLE .510 1.18 13.6 15.1 16.1 8.2 16.2 12.2 10.6 -31.4 -1.0 4.7 107.7 99.7  
 1980 NPSBL CLE .527 1.24 14.6 14.7 15.9 9.4 16.7 13.1 12.1 23.8 0.8 4.2 108.0 101.1  
 1979 NPSBL NYK .549 1.22 9.3 15.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL NYK .524 1.22 10.0 16.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ .506 1.16 9.3 15.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL ATL .570 1.35 10.2 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPSBL HOU .526 1.21 9.4 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .531 1.23 11.2 11.9 7.1 8.5 17.1 12.8 11.4 -10.5 -0.3 1.2 105.7 100.4  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 4 0 15.5 6.3 0.5 3.5 0.3 1.0 0.25 0.0 1.3 1.5 .471 .750 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CLE 5 5 24.8 10.2 2.0 4.4 0.8 1.4 0.57 0.0 2.4 3.8 .567 .850 .000  
 1980 NPSBL CLE 12 12 31.6 9.7 2.7 5.5 1.7 1.4 1.18 0.1 0.8 3.6 .505 .621 .000  
 Career     21 17 26.9 9.1 2.1 4.9 1.2 1.3 0.89 0.0 1.3 3.2 .514 .721 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 2.0 4.3 .471 2.3 3.0 .750 1.5 2.3 .667 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CLE 3.4 6.0 .567 3.4 4.0 .850 2.8 4.2 .667 0.6 1.8 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL CLE 4.1 8.1 .505 1.5 2.4 .621 2.5 4.2 .600 1.6 3.9 .404 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.5 6.9 .514 2.1 2.9 .721 2.4 3.8 .625 1.1 3.0 .375 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 4 0 62 8 17 9 12 0 0 25 2 16 1 0 4 0 5 6 -10 
 1981 5 5 124 17 30 17 20 0 0 51 10 32 4 0 7 0 12 19 32 
 1980 12 12 379 49 97 18 29 0 0 116 32 98 20 1 17 1 10 43 98 
 Career 21 17 565 74 144 44 61 0 0 192 44 146 25 1 28 1 27 68 120 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL CLE .545 1.47 3.7 14.8 17.4 3.4 22.2 13.2 10.6 -0.8 0.0 -2.5 83.6 90.1  
 1981 NPSBL CLE .667 1.70 8.0 14.0 15.7 11.1 22.0 16.8 13.8 3.9 0.1 6.4 114.2 99.3  
 1980 NPSBL CLE .527 1.20 13.6 11.6 13.8 10.0 18.6 14.5 10.2 -7.4 -0.2 8.2 108.7 96.3  
 Career     .561 1.33 11.2 12.5 12.7 9.4 19.7 14.8 11.0 -4.3 -0.1 5.7 106.9 96.2  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 20 7 14 6 2 5 6 8 14 8 9 0 1  
 Playoff 17 4 13 4 1 6 4 8 12 6 8 0 0  
 Career 29 9 16 9 2 6 10 11 19 9 11 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/19 SDC W 30 2 5 1 2 0 0 5 6 11 1 2 1 2 5 -9
 10/24 NYK W 27 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 9 2 1 0 1 4 0
 10/25 LAL W 38 6 12 2 2 0 0 14 4 9 1 3 0 1 4 1
 10/27 PHX L 32 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 3 7 2 4 1 3 2 -14
 10/28 UTA L 42 5 10 2 5 0 0 12 4 13 3 5 0 4 3 4
 10/30 CHI L 30 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 -24
 11/2 DEN L 39 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 4 0 1 5 -4
 11/4 SAS W 34 6 10 1 2 0 0 13 0 5 2 2 0 2 3 5
 11/5 MIL L 34 8 14 0 0 0 0 16 2 5 1 1 0 2 5 -16
 11/8 DET L 26 4 7 3 8 0 0 11 3 5 2 4 0 2 6 7
 11/10 ATL W 43 8 14 0 0 0 0 16 3 11 0 5 0 1 4 4
 11/12 IND W 38 6 13 1 5 0 0 13 2 7 2 4 0 2 5 11
 11/13 BOS W 36 6 11 1 2 0 0 13 4 12 1 1 0 5 3 23
 11/16 PHX L 26 3 9 2 2 0 0 8 3 5 1 2 1 3 3 -26
 11/17 CHI L 29 7 10 2 4 0 0 16 2 6 2 2 0 1 6 7
 11/21 DET L 43 4 11 3 4 0 0 11 2 13 3 1 0 0 3 2
 11/22 SEA W 38 7 12 4 4 0 0 18 2 5 1 3 0 1 4 10
 11/25 DET W 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 0 6 -8
 11/26 IND W 28 2 8 3 4 0 0 7 3 10 2 2 0 1 5 -2
 11/28 LAL W 30 4 4 5 7 0 0 13 3 7 6 3 0 0 3 29
 12/1 CHI W 33 4 9 4 6 0 0 12 1 6 0 1 1 0 5 5
 12/2 DAL W 28 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 2 9 0 5 0 2 3 27
 12/6 DET L 32 4 11 1 1 0 0 9 1 11 0 3 0 4 6 -6
 12/7 NJN W 28 7 13 1 2 0 0 15 3 9 1 0 1 0 4 4
 12/11 NJN L 39 3 11 5 6 0 0 11 4 14 2 4 0 3 4 -10
 12/12 DET L 41 1 8 0 2 0 0 2 7 12 2 4 2 3 5 -12
 12/16 NYK W 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 13
 12/17 GSW L 10 2 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 -8
 12/19 IND L 23 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 3
 12/21 DEN L 33 4 9 1 4 0 0 9 2 8 1 6 0 1 5 -1
 12/23 MIL W 24 1 3 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 4 0 0 4 -1
 12/27 MIL L 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 -10
 12/29 NJN W 35 8 11 4 4 0 0 20 3 7 1 1 1 0 3 30
 12/30 WAS L 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 6 1
 1/2 PHI L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
 1/3 LAL W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
 1/6 WAS L 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 1/7 SDC W 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -3
 1/9 ATL W 13 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
 1/10 SAS W 13 2 3 7 8 0 0 11 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 -1
 1/13 CHI W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 1/14 DAL W 16 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 3 6 2 3 0 3 3 4
 1/16 CHI W 28 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 2 6 1 3 1 1 4 16
 1/18 HOU L 31 6 10 2 4 0 0 14 3 5 1 4 0 4 3 -34
 1/20 WAS L 21 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 5
 1/22 ATL W 22 3 10 4 8 0 0 10 2 4 2 1 0 3 3 -13
 1/23 NYK W 7 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 11
 1/26 WAS W 18 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 2 4 1
 1/28 BOS L 12 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 3 6 0 1 0 0 2 -4
 1/29 CHI W 22 4 5 5 6 0 0 13 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 5
 2/2 SEA W 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2
 2/3 PHI W 10 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
 2/6 BOS W 16 2 4 3 5 0 0 7 1 5 0 1 1 1 3 -6
 2/7 NYK L 7 0 4 5 6 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
 2/9 IND W 16 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 3 7 1 3 0 3 4 -4
 2/15 PHI W 20 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 2 3 7
 2/16 UTA W 13 2 3 1 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 3 0 0 4 -3
 2/20 WAS L 20 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 2 3 0 1 2 -18
 2/21 POR L 20 2 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 6 2 0 2 3 -12
 2/23 ATL W 11 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2
 2/25 BOS L 26 7 8 1 2 0 0 15 1 5 1 2 1 0 5 -10
 2/27 UTA W 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 -7
 3/1 WAS L 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 -4
 3/2 BOS L 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 -4
 3/5 PHI W 29 5 7 2 2 0 1 12 1 7 1 1 0 3 2 -4
 3/7 ATL W 14 2 2 5 6 0 0 9 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 -10
 3/9 MIL L 19 6 7 5 5 0 0 17 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 -6
 3/10 PHI L 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 -3
 3/14 PHX W 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
 3/15 NJN W 23 3 8 8 9 0 0 14 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 -4
 3/17 IND L 27 2 5 2 4 0 0 6 2 8 2 4 0 2 3 -21
 3/18 BOS W 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
 3/21 KCK L 16 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 7 2 3 0 2 2 3
 3/22 MIL W 23 4 7 2 2 0 0 10 2 6 0 3 0 1 1 12
 3/26 NJN W 30 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 4 -8
 3/27 GSW L 19 7 9 4 6 0 0 18 1 6 0 2 0 2 2 -1
 3/31 DET W 10 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 -3
 4/1 IND L 24 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 2 2 0 3 4 -10
 4/5 NYK W 19 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 7 1 1 0 2 1 7
 4/7 POR L 22 3 7 5 6 0 0 11 3 7 2 3 0 2 6 6
 4/9 NJN W 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 2
 4/10 NYK L 9 1 3 2 4 0 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0
 4/12 NYK W 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 7
 4/14 KCK L 22 2 4 5 6 0 0 9 2 8 0 1 0 2 4 -4
 4/16 CHI W 12 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3
 4/17 SDC W 20 1 8 3 6 0 0 5 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 -2
 4/20 HOU W 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 1
 4/21 PHI L 12 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 -5
 4/23 BOS L 16 3 5 4 4 0 0 10 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 -2
 4/24 BOS L 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 4
 4/26 BOS L 18 1 6 5 6 0 0 7 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 -13
 4/27 BOS L 17 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 2

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Cleveland with pick #8 of round 5 of the creation draft.
 7/27/1982 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $217,875 over 2 years.
 4/11/1983 Team option declined by Cavaliers

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