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Joe Meriweather

Career (regular season)

GP
669
PTS
8.1
REB
5.6
AST
0.9

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) · 98 kg (216 lb)
Born
October 26, 1953
Died
† October 13, 2013 (aged 59)
Birthplace
Phenix City, Estados Unidos
School / club
Southern Illinois
Draft
1975: round 1, pick 11
NBA career
1975-1984 · 10 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1975-76 HOU 81 830 516 82 2,042 36 120 — 49.4 — 64.4
1976-77 ATL 73 820 596 82 2,068 41 82 — 52.6 — 71.4
1977-78 NOJ 54 475 372 58 1,277 18 118 94 47.2 — 65.4
1978-79 NOJ 36 219 184 31 640 17 41 45 44.9 — 65.4
1978-79 NYK 41 391 225 48 1,053 23 53 85 50.5 — 68.8
1978-79 TOT 77 610 409 79 1,693 40 94 130 48.4 — 67.4
1979-80 NYK 65 582 350 66 1,565 37 120 112 52.8 0.0 64.5
1980-81 KCK 74 560 393 77 1,514 27 80 125 49.6 — 69.5
1981-82 KCK 18 125 88 17 380 13 21 25 51.6 — 77.5
1982-83 KCK 78 618 424 64 1,706 47 86 118 57.0 — 62.6
1983-84 KCK 73 480 353 51 1,501 35 61 83 53.2 — 76.4
1984-85 KCK 76 339 263 27 1,061 17 28 50 49.8 50.0 77.4
Career 669 5,439 3,764 603 14,807 311 810 737 51.1 33.3 68.7

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1980-81 KCK 10 56 31 5 199 5 7 9 49.0 — 57.1
Career 10 56 31 5 199 5 7 9 49.0 — 57.1

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • All-Rookie First Team: 1975-76

Medals

  • Bronze · 1974 World Cup (United States)

Draft

In the ACB (Spain)

Jugó en el RAM Joventut en la temporada 87-88

Original text in Spanish.

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Dwight Jones and a 1976 1st round draft pick (John Lucas was later selected) to the Houston Rockets for Gus Bailey, Joe Meriweather and a 1976 1st round draft pick (Armond Hill was later selected).

  2. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Joe Meriweather to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Jack Givens was later selected).

  3. · Trade

    The New Orleans Jazz traded Joe Meriweather to the New York Knicks for Spencer Haywood.

  4. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Campy Russell to the New York Knicks; the Kansas City Kings traded Bill Robinzine to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the New York Knicks traded Joe Meriweather and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson was later selected) to the Kansas City Kings.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 KCK $0.2M
Career total $0.2M

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