Maurice Cheeks 
#13 PG | 6-1, 183lbs | Bulls | Experience: 5 years
Born: 9/8/1956 (27) | College: West Texas State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 39 98 76 19 100 90 5 21 25 78 100 28 90 67 65 91  
 Potential: C A B F A A D D D B A D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $475,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 5                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CHI 82 77 36.3 14.2 0.7 2.9 10.8 2.3 4.68 2.0 0.1 2.1 .515 .821 .045  
 1982 NPSBL BOS 82 82 35.3 15.7 0.6 2.3 10.2 2.6 3.92 2.1 0.2 2.5 .472 .790 .040  
 1981 NPSBL BOS 82 82 37.6 12.1 0.6 2.4 10.7 2.2 4.77 2.2 0.2 2.9 .464 .791 .069  
 1980 NPSBL BOS 78 78 36.5 11.0 0.6 1.9 11.0 1.9 5.69 1.8 0.1 2.5 .513 .818 .100  
 1979 NPSBL PHI 79 0 33.2 11.4 0.9 2.5 7.0 2.7 2.57 2.3 0.4 2.5 .540 .779 .444  
 1978 NPSBL PHI 82 0 29.4 8.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.4 2.23 2.1 0.1 2.4 .510 .721 .000  
 Career     485 319 34.7 12.1 0.7 2.4 9.2 2.4 3.88 2.1 0.2 2.5 .499 .794 .096  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CHI 5.1 9.9 .515 4.0 4.8 .821 2.5 3.8 .669 2.5 5.8 .436 0.0 0.3 .045  
 1982 NPSBL BOS 6.0 12.7 .472 3.6 4.6 .790 2.8 4.4 .626 3.2 8.0 .402 0.0 0.3 .040  
 1981 NPSBL BOS 4.3 9.3 .464 3.5 4.4 .791 2.3 3.5 .661 2.0 5.5 .364 0.0 0.4 .069  
 1980 NPSBL BOS 4.0 7.9 .513 2.9 3.5 .818 2.3 3.2 .714 1.7 4.3 .398 0.0 0.4 .100  
 1979 NPSBL PHI 4.5 8.4 .540 2.3 2.9 .779 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 .444  
 1978 NPSBL PHI 3.6 7.0 .510 1.2 1.7 .721 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.6 9.2 .499 2.9 3.7 .794 1.7 2.5 .664 1.6 3.9 .401 0.0 0.2 .096  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 77 2978 418 812 325 396 1 22 1162 57 298 884 162 189 162 12 170 492 
 1982 82 82 2894 493 1045 297 376 1 25 1284 51 243 834 173 213 173 16 205 -201 
 1981 82 82 3083 354 763 284 359 2 29 994 47 242 877 181 184 181 13 236 -23 
 1980 78 78 2848 315 614 224 274 3 30 857 45 197 859 141 151 141 11 196 392 
 1979 79 0 2623 357 661 180 231 4 9 898 75 274 556 183 216 183 32 197 0 
 1978 82 0 2409 292 572 101 140 0 0 685 63 254 431 174 193 174 12 198 0 
 Career 485 319 16835 2229 4467 1411 1776 11 115 5880 338 1508 4441 1014 1146 1014 96 1202 660 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL CHI .589 1.43 42.9 9.2 19.8 2.2 8.5 5.5 20.8 433.4 14.4 6.0 109.0 101.6  
 1982 NPSBL BOS .531 1.23 37.0 9.4 24.0 1.9 7.1 4.6 21.2 442.3 14.7 -2.5 100.8 103.7  
 1981 NPSBL BOS .540 1.30 44.2 9.3 18.2 1.8 7.4 4.6 17.9 319.3 10.6 -0.3 105.0 105.4  
 1980 NPSBL BOS .582 1.40 49.2 8.7 16.9 1.9 6.1 4.1 20.1 384.8 12.8 5.0 107.0 100.6  
 1979 NPSBL PHI .588 1.36 36.2 14.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL PHI .539 1.20 34.3 15.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .560 1.32 41.0 10.6 13.8 2.0 7.3 4.7 20.2 1579.8 52.7 1.4 105.5 102.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CHI 8 8 40.0 13.4 0.8 1.9 13.1 2.5 5.25 2.3 0.0 2.3 .456 .846 .500  
 1982 NPSBL BOS 8 8 37.3 15.1 0.6 2.9 10.0 3.5 2.86 2.3 0.1 2.6 .495 .795 .000  
 1980 NPSBL BOS 7 7 40.0 7.9 0.6 1.4 10.9 1.4 7.60 2.0 0.0 2.7 .420 .800 .333  
 Career     23 23 39.0 12.3 0.7 2.1 11.3 2.5 4.50 2.2 0.0 2.5 .463 .806 .250  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CHI 5.9 12.9 .456 1.4 1.6 .846 2.4 4.8 .500 3.3 7.6 .426 0.3 0.5 .500  
 1982 NPSBL BOS 5.6 11.4 .495 3.9 4.9 .795 2.6 3.9 .677 3.0 6.9 .436 0.0 0.6 .000  
 1980 NPSBL BOS 3.0 7.1 .420 1.7 2.1 .800 1.1 2.3 .500 1.7 4.4 .387 0.1 0.4 .333  
 Career     4.9 10.6 .463 2.3 2.9 .806 2.1 3.7 .565 2.7 6.4 .422 0.1 0.5 .250  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 8 8 320 47 103 11 13 2 4 107 6 21 105 18 20 18 0 18 29 
 1982 8 8 298 45 91 31 39 0 5 121 5 28 80 18 28 18 1 21 -17 
 1980 7 7 280 21 50 12 15 1 3 55 4 14 76 14 10 14 0 19 -18 
 Career 23 23 898 113 244 54 67 3 12 283 15 63 261 50 58 50 1 58 -6 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL CHI .495 1.04 44.9 8.5 19.8 2.0 5.1 3.5 12.4 6.8 0.2 3.6 106.1 102.1  
 1982 NPSBL BOS .556 1.33 37.0 13.0 22.4 1.7 8.3 4.9 14.2 14.4 0.5 -2.1 100.1 102.2  
 1980 NPSBL BOS .491 1.10 53.1 7.0 14.7 1.7 4.0 2.9 10.3 -2.9 -0.1 -2.6 101.3 104.3  
 Career     .520 1.16 44.1 9.8 12.0 1.8 5.8 3.8 12.4 18.3 0.6 -0.3 102.6 102.8  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 30 3 7 18 6 1 7 12 20 11 13 1 3  
 Playoff 24 2 8 17 5 1 6 10 20 12 14 1 2  
 Career 37 4 9 21 7 2 7 14 24 17 18 1 3  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 HOU W 33 4 8 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 8 0 2 0 3 20
 10/19 GSW L 38 5 10 7 8 0 0 17 0 3 12 3 5 0 4 -16
 10/22 CLE W 38 1 7 3 4 0 0 5 0 2 5 0 4 0 2 20
 10/24 PHI W 36 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 11 1 3 0 0 10
 10/27 MIL L 26 3 5 3 4 1 2 10 0 0 2 3 1 0 3 -18
 10/28 IND W 41 5 12 3 4 0 1 13 2 4 11 3 3 0 4 11
 11/2 IND W 34 8 11 4 5 0 1 20 0 3 10 2 1 0 1 21
 11/3 WAS W 38 11 18 4 5 0 0 26 0 1 18 3 2 0 3 15
 11/6 DET L 40 5 10 10 12 0 0 20 0 5 6 7 4 0 3 -5
 11/7 NYK W 35 4 5 2 2 0 0 10 1 6 10 2 1 0 2 14
 11/9 MIL L 35 4 7 4 6 0 0 12 1 3 11 3 2 0 1 -18
 11/11 NYK W 32 4 7 2 2 0 0 10 0 3 8 3 2 0 2 20
 11/12 IND W 42 8 16 3 4 0 1 19 2 2 15 1 2 0 1 12
 11/14 BOS W 35 5 9 2 2 0 0 12 0 4 10 1 3 0 3 23
 11/16 GSW L 35 9 14 2 2 0 1 20 1 3 12 2 3 0 1 -15
 11/17 CLE L 34 4 8 2 4 0 0 10 0 1 5 2 4 0 2 -32
 11/21 SEA L 41 2 6 4 4 0 1 8 2 4 10 2 5 0 3 -4
 11/22 IND L 38 8 13 3 4 0 0 19 0 1 6 3 2 0 3 2
 11/25 PHX L 30 5 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 15 2 0 0 1 -9
 11/27 NYK W 25 4 7 2 3 0 0 10 0 3 9 1 0 0 3 8
 11/29 LAL L 40 7 12 2 2 0 0 16 1 5 5 3 1 0 4 -1
 11/30 GSW L 40 2 5 2 2 0 1 6 0 2 12 2 0 0 3 -7
 12/3 DET W 41 7 17 9 10 0 1 23 2 5 14 1 3 0 4 3
 12/4 BOS W 40 8 15 0 0 0 0 16 1 4 10 2 6 0 0 7
 12/7 IND W 33 3 7 6 6 0 0 12 2 3 4 0 2 0 3 7
 12/9 ATL W 40 6 8 5 6 0 0 17 0 5 14 3 2 1 1 9
 12/10 POR W 37 8 15 11 12 0 0 27 1 3 15 0 0 0 2 26
 12/14 WAS W 34 6 9 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 10 4 1 1 3 0
 12/15 SAS W 40 5 17 3 4 0 2 13 1 4 14 3 1 0 1 5
 12/17 DEN W 39 6 10 6 8 0 0 18 0 1 15 0 3 0 3 8
 12/19 MIL W 38 7 13 2 2 0 0 16 0 5 11 1 5 0 2 7
 12/21 NJN W 38 5 9 2 4 0 0 12 1 2 12 2 2 0 4 13
 12/22 ATL W 41 3 4 4 6 0 0 10 1 4 16 5 1 1 3 6
 12/24 PHI L 42 8 16 4 4 0 1 20 1 3 11 3 1 1 3 -12
 12/26 BOS W 30 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 16
 12/29 KCK W 40 3 7 5 5 0 0 11 2 6 7 6 2 1 0 1
 12/30 DAL L 41 5 9 5 6 0 0 15 2 4 9 2 4 0 3 -16
 1/3 MIL L 37 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 10 4 1 0 4 -18
 1/4 PHI L 40 4 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 2 10 2 2 0 3 -9
 1/8 WAS W 39 10 15 2 3 0 0 22 0 2 14 2 1 0 3 10
 1/10 PHI W 39 5 6 6 8 0 0 16 0 4 14 3 4 0 2 6
 1/12 WAS W 37 5 13 0 0 0 0 10 2 4 13 1 3 0 4 -6
 1/14 ATL W 40 4 13 4 6 0 0 12 0 5 8 1 1 0 3 10
 1/16 SAS W 39 2 7 6 6 0 1 10 1 5 13 0 2 0 2 14
 1/17 HOU L 38 6 10 5 6 1 2 18 1 3 7 1 2 0 3 0
 1/19 PHI L 39 6 12 2 2 0 0 14 1 6 10 2 3 0 1 -11
 1/22 KCK W 35 4 5 9 10 0 0 17 1 3 13 0 0 0 2 23
 1/23 PHX W 39 4 12 5 6 0 0 13 1 6 11 1 3 0 2 20
 1/27 UTA W 36 12 20 6 7 0 0 30 0 6 14 1 6 0 1 25
 1/28 ATL W 38 7 12 9 10 0 0 23 0 4 10 3 1 0 0 17
 1/30 DET W 40 9 13 3 5 0 0 21 1 2 14 1 1 0 3 7
 1/31 ATL W 40 7 16 2 2 0 0 16 0 5 10 2 4 0 2 11
 2/4 SEA L 39 3 10 3 4 0 1 9 0 1 11 1 6 1 2 -16
 2/5 BOS W 38 3 9 11 12 0 0 17 0 5 4 3 2 0 0 -3
 2/7 LAL W 39 10 12 8 10 0 0 28 0 5 6 3 1 0 0 15
 2/9 POR L 41 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 13 3 2 1 1 -15
 2/12 WES L 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 1 0 0 3 4
 2/14 CLE W 40 8 11 5 6 0 0 21 1 4 11 4 2 0 2 16
 2/15 SDC W 28 4 6 5 6 0 0 13 1 3 3 2 5 0 0 22
 2/19 BOS W 36 2 7 4 6 0 0 8 1 3 9 1 0 0 2 16
 2/20 CLE W 40 6 9 5 7 0 0 17 0 4 17 4 0 0 4 3
 2/24 NJN W 42 2 13 6 6 0 1 10 1 6 16 1 1 0 3 4
 2/28 DET W 36 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 6 13 2 1 0 3 16
 3/1 DET W 27 4 10 3 4 0 0 11 2 6 8 3 1 0 3 22
 3/3 CLE W 42 8 16 9 10 0 0 25 1 6 16 3 1 0 1 5
 3/4 BOS W 30 5 11 4 4 0 0 14 2 6 13 0 3 0 0 35
 3/7 PHI W 32 6 13 4 5 0 0 16 0 2 14 2 5 0 2 16
 3/8 DAL W 30 2 4 8 8 0 0 12 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 16
 3/12 SDC W 43 8 13 11 13 0 0 27 2 4 16 5 1 0 4 17
 3/14 IND L 45 5 11 4 6 0 1 14 0 5 13 6 1 0 2 -17
 3/16 HOU W 47 4 10 9 10 0 1 17 0 4 17 0 1 0 3 9
 3/19 NYK W 43 6 6 0 2 0 0 12 0 2 15 4 5 0 2 30
 3/20 NJN W 39 7 12 0 0 0 0 14 3 6 13 2 1 0 2 15
 3/23 PHI W 30 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 7 9 2 0 1 0 15
 3/24 CLE W 32 4 6 1 2 0 0 9 0 1 8 1 2 0 5 25
 3/26 DEN W 36 6 11 2 5 0 0 14 0 3 10 6 3 1 2 15
 3/27 NJN W 40 7 17 5 8 0 0 19 2 5 12 4 5 0 2 15
 3/30 IND W 40 2 7 5 6 0 0 9 0 2 7 3 0 0 2 6
 3/31 NJN L 40 4 14 5 8 0 3 13 0 3 14 2 3 1 2 -9
 4/2 MIL L 41 2 9 2 2 0 1 6 1 4 14 4 2 0 2 -7
 4/4 CLE W 39 7 12 4 4 0 0 18 2 3 9 3 1 0 3 -4
 4/5 WAS L 41 7 11 3 3 0 1 17 2 2 16 1 0 0 3 -17
 4/8 WAS W 40 5 12 2 4 0 0 12 0 5 13 3 2 0 3 14
 4/9 NYK W 39 1 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 5 8 4 2 1 0 10
 4/12 NJN L 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 -7
 4/13 MIL W 18 3 6 10 10 0 0 16 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 1
 4/16 UTA L 11 3 5 2 2 0 1 8 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 3
 4/18 ATL W 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 16
 4/19 DET L 21 6 7 3 4 0 0 15 0 2 10 2 2 1 4 7
 4/21 DET W 33 2 6 3 3 0 0 7 0 5 14 2 1 0 2 35
 4/22 DET W 44 10 15 0 0 1 1 21 2 4 13 4 3 0 4 0
 4/24 DET W 40 6 12 1 2 1 1 14 0 2 15 1 5 0 0 10
 4/25 DET L 46 8 14 2 2 0 0 18 1 4 16 6 2 0 4 -3
 4/27 DET W 37 5 11 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 14 2 2 0 2 13
 5/3 WAS L 41 5 20 1 2 0 0 11 0 1 11 2 3 0 1 -10
 5/4 WAS L 38 5 10 4 4 0 1 14 1 2 10 3 0 0 1 2
 5/13 WAS L 41 6 15 0 0 0 0 12 2 3 12 0 2 0 4 -18

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 31
 Total All-Star Appearances: 3
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 3
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1980 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1981 NPSBL Steals Leader
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL All-League Third Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Boston with pick #21 of round 1 of the creation draft.
 6/29/1983 Traded to the Bulls

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