Detroit Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks was known to drop a few dimes in his day.
A point guard himself, Cheeks was a four-time All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers and a key member of the Sixers’ 1983 NBA Championship squad. He averaged 11.1 points and 6.7 assists per game for his career, and a banner with his No. 10 uniform still hangs in the rafters of Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center today.
Now, in his ninth season as an NBA head coach and 20th as either a head or assistant coach, Cheeks has yet another rising superstar point guard on his roster.
Detroit’s Brandon Jennings is averaging 17 points and a career-high 7.8 assists in his first season with the Pistons. The former Milwaukee Buck is only 24 years old and is under direction of perhaps one of the most accomplished point guard coaches in the NBA.
Having coached the likes of Russell Westbrook and Allen Iverson, Cheeks is well-experienced when it comes to coaching strong-minded players with a high performance ceiling.
With that being said, here are three key ways Cheeks can help Jennings realize his potential as an e ...
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Detroit Pistons: How Maurice Cheeks Can Make Brandon Jennings a Real Point Guard
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