Derek Cooke Jr
F/ Hamilton Honey Badgers
University of Wyoming '15
6-9 / 220 lbs
Born: 1991-08-23
Drafted: 2019
Hometown: Washington, DC
County: United States
Acquired: Selected in the 2019 CEBL Draft
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Career averages of 6.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 21.5 minutes, while shooting .541 from the field in 174 games as a pro … 2018-19: (As of March 16) Averaging 8.7 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 24.8 minutes in 42 games split between Raptors 905 and North Arizona of the NBA G League … Enjoying career highs of 10.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 26.9 minutes since joining Raptors 905 on Jan. 17 … Has registered 18 double-doubles this season …. Registered 10 or more rebounds in eight consecutive games from Feb. 24 to March 14 (seven of those games were double doubles) … Scored a season-best 19 points March 2 vs. Capital City … Grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds, including 14 defensive boards March 6 vs. Rio Grande … Recorded a career-best five steals Dec. 16 vs. Memphis … Averaged 6.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 20 games with Northern Arizona to start the NBA G League season … 2017-18: Played the entire season for Perth Wildcats of the NBL Australia where he averaged 5.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and shot .563 from the field in 30 games … Recorded two double-doubles … Finished third in the regular season and lost in the league semifinals to the Adelaide 36ers … Scored a season-high 19 points Dec. 10 vs. Illawarra … Grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds Nov. 11 vs. Melbourne United … 2016-17: Signed with the Phoenix Suns on Sept. 25, 2016 but was waived Oct. 10 … Three weeks later he was acquired by the Northern Arizona Suns (NAS) as an affiliate player … Averaged 7.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 21.4 minutes in 50 games for NAS … Registered 15 or more rebounds three times and a career-best nine offensive rebounds Nov. 23 vs. LA … Scored in double figures on 12 occasions … Scored a season-high 22 points Feb. 7 vs. Delaware … Made four blocked shots March 25 vs. Iowa … 2015-16: … Played 47 games for Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League after five games with AGOR of the Greek Basketball League … Averaged 4.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 23.4 minutes for Bakersfield … Recorded five double-doubles and registered nine games with 10 or more rebounds, including five straight games Jan. 21-29 … Scored a season-best 14 points twice and a season-high 15 rebounds twice.

PERSONAL
The son of Derek Sr. and stepson of Tyrone and Debbie Slade … Attended Friendly High School in
Washington, D.C., where he was a 6-2 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 hit a growth spurt, before enrolling at Cloud County to play his first organized basketball.
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