Daequan Cook
Cook with the Thunder in 2011
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| No. 15 – Chemidor Tehran | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | Iranian Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 28, 1987 Dayton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio) |
| College | Ohio State (2006–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall |
| Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2010 | Miami Heat |
| 2008 | →Iowa Energy |
| 2010–2012 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2012–2013 | Houston Rockets |
| 2013 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2013–2014 | Budivelnyk Kyiv |
| 2014 | Walter Tigers Tübingen |
| 2014–2015 | SPO Rouen Basket |
| 2015–2016 | Benfica |
| 2016–present | Chemidor Tehran |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
Daequan Cook (born April 28, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Chemidor Tehran of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He was taken 21st overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers then subsequently traded to the Miami Heat.
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. He was also named a third-team Parade All-American.
Cook was a high school teammate of Norris Cole. (The two later faced each other in the 2012 NBA Finals.) 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.
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.
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