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Joe Meriweather
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Birthdate: 10/26/1953    
Height / Weight: 6' 10"  /  215 lbs. Position: C
College: Southern Illinois

Basketball Historian Biography

The big 6-ft 10-inch Joe Meriweather made Southern Illinois University a legitimate contender during the mid-1970s. A very accurate shooter, in 1974-1975 with Southern Illinois , the hoops star finished with the third highest field goal percentage among all NCAA college basketball players, making 178-of-287 attemts, for a .619 pct.

Joe Meriweather was selected by the Houston Rockets and was the 11th overall college player chosen in the 1975 NBA draft. As a rookie he averaged 10.2 points per game.

A well-traveled NBA player, Joe Meriweather played for 6 teams during his 11-year NBA career. Oddly and to much disappointment of Joe M himself, he played in 670 regular season games but only 10 NBA playoff games - a poor ratio indeed. All 10 games came in one playoff - in 1980-81 with the Kansas City Kings.

Basketball HIstory compiled by staff of sportshistorian.com  

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
75-76 HOU (NBA) 81 25.21 4.2-8.44 .494 0.0-0.0 .000 1.9-3.0 .644 0.4 1.5 0.0 6.4 1.0 10.25
76-77 ATL (NBA) 73 28.33 4.4-8.32 .526 0.0-0.0 .000 2.5-3.5 .714 0.6 1.1 0.0 8.2 1.1 11.23
77-78 NOJ (NBA) 54 23.65 3.6-7.61 .472 0.0-0.0 .000 1.6-2.5 .654 0.3 2.2 1.7 6.9 1.1 8.80
78-79 NOJ (NBA) 36 17.78 2.3-5.19 .449 0.0-0.0 .000 1.4-2.2 .654 0.5 1.1 1.3 5.1 0.9 6.08
78-79 NYK (NBA) 41 25.68 3.9-7.63 .505 0.0-0.0 .000 1.8-2.7 .688 0.6 1.3 2.1 5.5 1.2 9.54
78-79 total (NBA) 77 21.99 3.1-6.49 .484 0.0-0.0 .000 1.6-2.4 .674 0.5 1.2 1.7 5.3 1.0 7.92
79-80 NYK (NBA) 65 24.08 3.9-7.34 .528 0.0-0.0 .000 1.2-1.9 .645 0.6 1.8 1.7 5.4 1.0 8.95
80-81 KCK (NBA) 74 20.46 2.8-5.61 .496 0.0-0.0 .000 2.0-2.9 .695 0.4 1.1 1.7 5.3 1.0 7.57
81-82 KCK (NBA) 18 21.11 2.6-5.06 .516 0.0-0.0 .000 1.7-2.2 .775 0.7 1.2 1.4 4.9 0.9 6.94
82-83 KCK (NBA) 78 21.87 3.3-5.81 .570 0.0-0.0 .000 1.3-2.1 .626 0.6 1.1 1.5 5.4 0.8 7.92
83-84 KCK (NBA) 73 20.56 2.6-4.97 .532 0.0-0.0 .000 1.3-1.7 .764 0.5 0.8 1.1 4.8 0.7 6.58
84-85 KCK (NBA) 76 13.96 1.6-3.20 .498 0.0-0.0 .500 1.3-1.6 .774 0.2 0.4 0.7 3.5 0.4 4.46
12 years   669 22.13 3.2-6.3 .511 0.0-0.0 .333 1.6-2.4 .687 0.5 1.2 1.1 5.6 0.9 8.13



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