Editing Maurice Cheeks (section)

==Honors and awards==
On September 7, 2018, Cheeks was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-07|title=Former 76ers star Maurice Cheeks makes tearful entry to basketball hall of fame|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/sixers/maurice-cheeks-philadelphia-76ers-sixers-basketball-hall-of-fame-20180907.html|website=inquirer.com}}</ref> In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stamm |first=Dan |date=2008-11-13 |title=Philly Sports Hall Inducts 5th Class |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/philly-sports-hall-inductions/1844276/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=NBC10 Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1995, the 76ers retired Cheeks No. 10 jersey.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Narducci |first=Mar |date=December 15, 2017 |title=Sixers unveil statue of Maurice Cheeks at Camden training complex |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/sixers/philadelphia-76ers-oklahoma-city-thunder-maurice-cheeks-statue-camden-20171215.html |work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> He was inducted into the West Texas A & M Hall of Champions (1988), and the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame (2021), and was named one of the MVC's 50 greatest players.

In 2022, a group of present and former Philadelphia Inquirer sports writers ranked Cheeks as the seventh greatest Sixer of all-time, only behind fellow hall of fame players [[Wilt Chamberlain]], Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley and [[Hal Greer]].<ref name=":6" /> In one NBA ranking of the greatest backcourt duos in league history, Cheeks and Andrew Toney were ranked eleventh out of seventy pairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking 70 Greatest Backcourt Duos in NBA History |url=https://www.nba.com/magic/gallery/ranking-70-greatest-backcourt-duos-nba-history-20171227 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, the 76ers unveiled a statue of Cheeks outside their training facility in [[Camden, New Jersey]], joining the statues of Hal Greer, [[Billy Cunningham]] (Cheeks' former coach) and Wilt Chamberlain. On the same day, Cheeks, then an assistant coach with the Thunder, was in Philadelphia for the Thunder-Sixers game and was honored with a video montage during the game. He received a standing ovation from the Philadelphia fans, while his team stood and cheered along.<ref name=":7" />