On Friday, Thunder assistant Maurice Cheeks will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Here's what some of the most-respected names in basketball had to say about Cheeks:
Bob Ryan, former Boston Globe columnist: “To me he was the perfect point guard. If a point guard is supposed to run a team, facilitate for everybody, score when necessary, defend and lead … and everybody needs him … I want to say in an unobtrusive, personal manner, that was Maurice Cheeks. There was nobody better at it. Nobody.”
Billy Cunningham, former Philadelphia 76ers coach: “As you know, Maurice is very quiet.