Upon retiring in 1993, Cheeks held the following NBA regular season honors:
· 1st in career steals (2310)
· 1st player with 2000+ career steals
· 8th in steals per game (2.1)
· 5th in career assists (7392)
· 6th player with 7000+ career assists
· 24th in assists per game (6.7)
· 10th in games played (1101)
· 19th in minutes played (34,845)
· 2nd in career field goal percentage (.523) for a player 6’4” or shorter.
· 3rd highest single-season field goal percentage (.570 in 1985) for a player 6’4” or shorter.
Upon retiring in 1993, Cheeks held the following NBA playoff honors:
· 3rd in steals (295)
· 7th in assists (922)
· 15th in minutes played (4848)
· 21st in games played (133)
Now how do all those individual stats plus his oft-unquantifiable play translate into victories? From the 1978-79 season through the 1990-91 campaign, Maurice was a full-time starting guard in the NBA. Looking at the games he played in during that dozen-year stretch reveals the following:
· 633-377 win-loss record
· That .627 win percentage averages out to 51 wins per 82-game season
· Seven consecutive seasons of 50+ wins with the 76ers
· 72-56 win-loss record in the playoffs
· Advanced to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals eight times
· Advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals five times
· Advanced to the NBA Finals three times
· Missed the playoffs only once as a starting point guard
