No. 11–Aquila Basket Trento | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | LBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | August 23, 1991
Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Friendly (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
2015–2017 | Bakersfield Jam / Northern Arizona Suns |
2017–2018 | Perth Wildcats |
2018–2019 | Northern Arizona Suns |
2019 | Raptors 905 |
2019 | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
2019–2020 | Trieste |
2020 | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
2021 | Tsmoki-Minsk |
2021 | Brose Bamberg |
2021–2022 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
2022–2023 | Treviso Basket |
2023 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
2023–present | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Derek Cooke Jr. (born August 23, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played three years of Division I college basketball for Wyoming.
Cooke attended Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland, where he was a wide receiver on the football team and did not play basketball. An NCAA qualifier after graduating, he decided to take a year off from school and also hit a growth spurt, before enrolling at Cloud County Community College to play basketball. [1]
Cooke spent one year at Cloud County CC. During his freshman season, he helped the Thunderbirds to a 25–8 overall record. Cloud County went 11–5 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and advanced to the semifinals of the NJCAA Division I Region VI Tournament. Cooke notched team highs of 8.4 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 55 percent from the floor to go with 6.0 points and nearly one steal per game. [1]
In 2012, Cooke transferred to Wyoming. During his senior season, Cooke averaged 8.1 points and 5.8 rebounds while helping the Cowboys reach the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002. [1] [2]
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, on June 25, 2015, Cooke signed with the Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. [2] [3] However, he parted ways with the club in late October after appearing in just three games.
On November 2, 2015, he was acquired by the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League. [4]
In July 2016, Cooke joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On September 25, 2016, he signed with the Suns, [5] but was waived on October 10. [6] On October 31, 2016, he was acquired by the Northern Arizona Suns as an affiliate player of Phoenix. [7]
On July 27, 2017, Cooke signed with the Perth Wildcats for the 2017–18 NBL season. [8] He appeared in all 30 games for the Wildcats in 2017–18, averaging 5.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
Cooke re-joined the Northern Arizona Suns in October 2018. [9]
On January 15, 2019, the Raptors 905 acquired Cooke from the Northern Arizona Suns for Khadeem Lattin and the returning rights to Yanick Moreira. [10]
After the conclusion of the 2018–19 NBA G League season, Cooke was drafted into the startup Canadian Elite Basketball League's Hamilton Honey Badgers, [11] where he would reunite with former Raptors 905 teammates, MiKyle McIntosh and Duane Notice.
On July 14, 2019, he has signed with Pallacanestro Trieste of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [12]
In July 2020, Cooke joined the Hamilton Honey Badgers for the 2020 CEBL season. [13]
On January 2, 2021, he signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League. [14]
On July 30, 2021, he signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). [15]
On October 25, 2021, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Premier League. [16]
On July 21, 2022, he has signed with Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [17]
On February 28, 2023, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. [18]
On August 5, 2023, he signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [19]
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