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Daequan Cook Cook with the Thunder No. 14 Oklahoma City Thunder Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth April 28, 1987 Place of birth Dayton, Ohio Nationality American High school Dunbar HS (Dayton, Ohio) Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Career information College Ohio State NBA Draft 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers Pro career 2007–present Career history 2007–2010 Miami Heat 2010–present Oklahoma City Thunder Career highlights and awards Stats at NBA.com Daequan Cook (born April 28, 1987 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.
On June 28, 2007, Cook was taken 21st overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but summarily traded to the Heat along with cash considerations in exchange for Jason Smith.
In June 2010, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, along with the 18th overall pick (Kentucky guard Eric Bledsoe) for the 32nd overall pick (Texas center Dexter Pittman).
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High school career
Daequan Cook attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio. As a junior, he led Dunbar to the Ohio Division II state semifinals where they lost to eventual champion Upper Sandusky High School. As a senior, he averaged 24.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game and led Dunbar to a Division II state championship. He was named onto the 2006 McDonald's All-American Team. Playing for the West, Cook scored 17 points in the 112–94 win.[1]
Cook also played with Greg Oden and Mike Conley, Jr. on the SPIECE Indy Heat high school AAU team. Cook was the team's leading scorer in the 2004 Big Time event in Las Vegas. The team was undefeated and won the championship.
College career
One of Ohio State University Coach Thad Matta's famed "Thad Five", Cook averaged 10.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.7 steals in 20.4 minutes per game. On April 20, 2007, Cook announced his intentions to enter the 2007 NBA Draft, along with fellow freshmen teammates Greg Oden and Mike Conley, Jr.
NBA career
Daequan Cook was averaging 8.2 points per game in his rookie season with the Miami Heat before being sent to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League in late February 2008.[2] He returned to the Heat on March 8[3] and in his second game back on March 10 he scored a career high 23 points in a one-point loss to the L.A. Clippers.[4] He scored a new career-high of 27 against the Phoenix Suns on March 4, 2009, going 6–8 from 3-point range. [5]
Cook won the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout in Phoenix, ending Jason Kapono's two-year winning streak.[6]
On June 23, 2010, Cook was traded with the 18th pick in the 2010 Draft to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 32nd pick in the 2010 Draft.[7]
NBA career statistics
Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2007–08 Miami 59 19 24.4 .381 .332 .825 3.0 1.3 .4 .2 8.8 2008–09 Miami 75 4 24.4 .375 .387 .875 2.5 .9 .5 .1 9.1 2009-10 Miami 45 3 15.4 .320 .317 .840 1.8 1.0 .3 .2 5.0 2010-11 Oklahoma City 43 0 13.9 .436 .422 .800 1.7 .5 .3 .0 5.6 Career 222 26 20.6 .375 .369 .842 2.3 .9 .4 .1 7.5 Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2009 Miami 7 0 23.0 .310 .300 1.000 2.4 .6 .3 .0 5.3 2011 Oklahoma City 17 0 11.5 .393 .348 1.000 1.6 .1 .2 .0 3.8 Career 24 0 14.8 .357 .329 1.000 1.8 .2 .2 .0 4.2 See also
- 2006 high school boys basketball All-Americans
Notes
- ^ NBA.com: Daequan Cook Draft 2007 Profile
- ^ Daequan Cook and Joel Anthony Assigned to Iowa Energy
- ^ HEAT Recall Daequan Cook and Joel Anthony From NBA D-League
- ^ Heat fall short to Clippers in first game without banged-up Wade
- ^ Wade has 35 points, 16 assists in Heat victory
- ^ Robinson, Cook, Rose shine in Phoenix
- ^ "Thunder Acquires 18th Pick and Daequan Cook from Heat". NBA.com. 2010-06-23. http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/trade_release100623.html. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
External links
- Daequan Cook at NBA.com
- Daequan Cook Fan Forum
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