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Maurice Cheeks

1956 - Today

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Maurice Edward Cheeks (born September 8, 1956) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Cheeks is the 84th most popular basketball player (up from 684th in 2019), the 5,429th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,693rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Maurice Cheeks ranks 84 out of 1,757. Before him are Hot Rod Hundley, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Robert Parish, Zoran Slavnić, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing. After him are Allen Iverson, Nate Thurmond, Ettore Messina, Dirk Nowitzki, A. C. Green, and JJ Redick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Maurice Cheeks ranks 207. Before him are Arsenio Hall, Christiana Figueres, Catherine Frot, Keith David, Mae Jemison, and Peter Schilling. After him are Douglas Preston, Matthew Garber, Chris Carter, Choi Soon-sil, John Paul Getty III, and Tim McInnerny.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maurice Cheeks ranks 5,429 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Jewtraw (1900), Anna Faris (1976), James Longstreet (1821), Gloria Foster (1933), Jack Arnold (1916), and Jim Walton (1948). After him are Maude Adams (1872), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), Ishi (1860), Douglas Preston (1956), Elizabeth Perkins (1960), and Jack DeJohnette (1942).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Maurice Cheeks ranks 51. Before him are Red Auerbach (1917), Pete Maravich (1947), Rick Barry (1944), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), Robert Parish (1953), and Charles Barkley (1963). After him are Allen Iverson (1975), Nate Thurmond (1941), A. C. Green (1963), JJ Redick (1984), Bobby Jones (1951), and Charlie Scott (1948).

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