Maurice Cheeks will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018, league source tells ESPN. He will join Nash, Hill and Kidd as part of starry group.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 29, 2018Long overdue.
I’m a millennial (begrudgingly), so I didn’t have the pleasure of watching Mo Cheeks as a player. I only knew Mo Cheeks as the coach in the late 2000’s. But his impact was undeniable as a ferocious defender and someone who played the game “the right way.”
His career numbers are 12,195 points, 3088 rebounds, 7392 assists and 2310 steals (2.