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Why he should be inducted:
NBA champion (1983)
5-time all-defense (1983-87), 4-time 1st team
Ranks #2 in career steals (behind John Stockton) and #4 in career assists
(behind Stockton, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, and Isiah Thomas).
Stats:
Season Ag Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
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1978-79 22 PHI NBA 82 29.4 3.6 7.0 1.2 1.7 0.8 2.3 3.1 5.3 2.1 0.1 2.4 2.4 8.4
1979-80 23 PHI NBA 79 33.2 4.5 8.4 0.1 0.1 2.3 2.9 0.9 2.5 3.5 7.0 2.3 0.4 2.7 2.5 11.4
1980-81 24 PHI NBA 81 29.8 3.8 7.2 0.0 0.1 1.7 2.2 0.8 2.2 3.0 6.9 2.4 0.5 2.1 2.9 9.4
1981-82 25 PHI NBA 79 31.6 4.5 8.6 0.1 0.3 2.2 2.8 0.6 2.5 3.1 8.4 2.6 0.4 2.3 3.1 11.2
1982-83 26 PHI NBA 79 31.2 5.1 9.4 0.0 0.1 2.3 3.0 0.7 2.0 2.6 6.9 2.3 0.4 2.3 2.3 12.5
1983-84 27 PHI NBA 75 33.3 5.1 9.4 0.1 0.3 2.3 3.1 0.6 2.1 2.7 6.4 2.3 0.3 2.4 2.6 12.7
1984-85 28 PHI NBA 78 33.5 5.4 9.5 0.1 0.3 2.2 2.6 0.7 2.1 2.8 6.4 2.2 0.3 2.0 2.4 13.1
1985-86 29 PHI NBA 82 39.9 6.0 11.1 0.0 0.2 3.4 4.1 0.7 2.2 2.9 9.2 2.5 0.3 2.9 2.0 15.4
1986-87 30 PHI NBA 68 38.6 6.1 11.6 0.1 0.3 3.3 4.3 0.7 2.5 3.2 7.9 2.6 0.2 2.5 1.6 15.6
1987-88 31 PHI NBA 79 36.3 5.4 10.9 0.0 0.3 2.9 3.5 0.7 2.5 3.2 8.0 2.1 0.3 2.0 1.5 13.7
1988-89 32 PHI NBA 71 32.4 4.7 9.8 0.0 0.2 2.1 2.7 0.5 2.0 2.6 7.8 1.5 0.2 1.6 1.6 11.6
1989-90 33 SAS NBA 50 35.3 4.3 9.0 0.0 0.2 2.3 2.7 0.8 2.6 3.3 6.0 1.6 0.1 1.7 0.9 10.9
NYK NBA 31 24.3 3.0 5.1 0.1 0.2 1.8 2.1 0.4 2.0 2.4 4.9 1.4 0.2 1.2 1.0 7.9
TOT NBA 81 31.1 3.8 7.5 0.0 0.2 2.1 2.5 0.6 2.3 3.0 5.6 1.5 0.1 1.5 1.0 9.7
1990-91 34 NYK NBA 76 28.3 3.2 6.4 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.7 0.3 2.0 2.3 5.7 1.7 0.1 1.4 1.8 7.8
1991-92 35 ATL NBA 56 19.4 2.1 4.4 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.2 1.7 3.3 1.5 0.0 0.6 1.3 4.6
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 35 14.6 1.5 2.7 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.2 3.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.0 3.6
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
15 Seasons 1101 31.6 4.5 8.5 0.1 0.2 2.1 2.7 0.6 2.2 2.8 6.7 2.1 0.3 2.1 2.1 11.1
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Stats from http://www.basketball-reference.com/
Comment:
Cheeks was the consummate point guard. He made those around him better. He shot over 52% for his career. He shut down his opponets. He scored 15 ppg and dished out 9.2 assists per game playing with Julius Erving, Moses Malane, and Charles Barkley. What is not to like about his game? The worst thing going against him was that his prime was at the same time as Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, so he was often overshadowed. Can you seriously say that Andy Phillip and K.C. Jones - both inducted into the hall - were better point guards or had more complete games?
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