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SG Daequan Cook (Ironi Hai Motors Nes-Ziona - Israel)

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Miami is a good fit for Cook and should compliment Wade and Shaq well. Congrats to Daequan for being selected in the first round! It's a good day to be a Buckeye when three basketball players get taken in the first round, even if they were all freshman.

And I just noticed... more basketball players were taken in the first round this year than football players. That almost has to be a first for Ohio State.
 
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how much longer do you see shaq in miami... the team will be achangin soon.

also the comments on a fast break team with coook, cook is decent on the fast break, its the slow break where he is best... no questions asked. also i wonder what considerations riley had moving up for cook, specifically his time playing with another big man and how that has to effect your on court style and performance. coaching a dominate big man is very difficult, playing with one is nearly as hard...
 
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jimotis4heisman;874112; said:
how much longer do you see shaq in miami... the team will be achangin soon.

also the comments on a fast break team with coook, cook is decent on the fast break, its the slow break where he is best... no questions asked. also i wonder what considerations riley had moving up for cook, specifically his time playing with another big man and how that has to effect your on court style and performance. coaching a dominate big man is very difficult, playing with one is nearly as hard...
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good ?'s . I'm happy for Cook but, I still can't believe a great athlete like him missing 3 dunks by himself in OSU games. Ya, he had showed his Kobe bryant attitude giving the ball to Oden a few times and I found that funny as heck. Oden hardly got the ball down low.
 
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jimotis4heisman;874112; said:
how much longer do you see shaq in miami... the team will be achangin soon.
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I'm not going to pretend to follow the NBA because I really don't... I'm one of those guys that lost interest when the 80's stars started to retire. I do know Shaq is getting up there in age (for a center) and it wouldn't surprise me if he isn't in Miami, and the NBA, for too many more years.

I guess the comment I made was more on the angle of IF Cook gets some significant playing time this year he won't be the focus of defenses with Shaq and Wade on the floor and that may help him develop a little quicker.
 
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ohio State guard Daequan Cook a puzzling pick for Heat[/FONT]


The Heat stirs the pot by trading its first pick to the Sixers, getting Ohio St. guard Daequan Cook and cashTrade also brings second-round pick in 2009 draft

MIAMI -- The Heat's identity crisis continued at Thursday's NBA Draft.

A team caught between a veteran-driven, win-now approach and a decided lack of youth, the Heat opted for one of the rawest players in the first round.
And even that move came amid confusion.

Moments after the selection of Jason Smith drew applause from fans at AmericanAirlines Arena, it was announced the Heat had swapped its draft rights to the Colorado State power forward to Philadelphia for Ohio State freshman shooting guard Daequan Cook, who was taken at No. 21 by the 76ers.

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This article is pretty rough on Cook.....

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Cook comes with many questions
By ISRAEL GUTIERREZ
[email protected]

Signs the Heat made a questionable decision by acquiring Daequan Cook on NBA Draft night Thursday:
He couldn't crack the starting lineup of a college team -- he started one game as a freshman last season at Ohio State -- and yet thought enough of himself to declare for the draft.
Some of the comments made about him from analysts around the country include: ''needs to be more coachable,'' ''no clue how to play the game,'' ''weak work ethic and massive ego,'' ''pretty lackadaisical,'' and, topping them all was ESPN's Fran Frashcilla saying on the radio that he wouldn't draft Cook in the first round if he had a ``gun to his head.''
He had eight turnovers in a game in the Orlando predraft camp, which included exactly four other players drafted in Thursday's first round.
He hosted a draft party at a Holiday Inn in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio, and charged $20 a head, which either means he's an entrepreneur already figuring out how to earn a few extra bucks, or he's anticipating being out of the league pretty soon and is scraping up every penny he can right now.
Truth is, though, Cook is exactly what the Heat should have gotten with a pick in the bottom third of the first round: a risk.

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Imagine that. Miami media questioning the first round pick of an Ohio State player. Where have i seen this before? Methinks that Miami may still be keeping their grudge from 2002...or maybe I'm just reading into this a little too much...who knows?
 
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I agree that he is a shooter but great?.....he won't be shy about taking shots that is a given.

Heat addresses need at guard by getting Cook

By Chris Perkins
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Friday, June 29, 2007

MIAMI ? The Heat addressed its need for a backup shooting guard when it acquired Ohio State's Daequan Cook via a trade with Philadelphia in Thursday's NBA Draft.
But there's some question as to whether Cook will be ready to contribute this season as a rotation player. His performance tailed off in the second half of the Buckeyes' season and he wasn't outstanding in the Orlando pre-draft camp earlier this month, save for a 22-point game on the final day.
Heat General Manager Randy Pfund, who called Cook a "big-time shooter," said Tuesday the team wants immediate production from its first-round selection.
Cook, who apparently doesn't lack confidence, said he's up to the task.
"I'm a great shooter, a great rebounder and will be a great defender going there," Cook said.
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bkochmc said:
I'm not going to pretend to follow the NBA because I really don't... I'm one of those guys that lost interest when the 80's stars started to retire. I do know Shaq is getting up there in age (for a center) and it wouldn't surprise me if he isn't in Miami, and the NBA, for too many more years.

I guess the comment I made was more on the angle of IF Cook gets some significant playing time this year he won't be the focus of defenses with Shaq and Wade on the floor and that may help him develop a little quicker.
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the answer is hes 35, not long... hes been injury plagued the last two seasons. id say two more year max as a full time player.
 
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I agree that he is a shooter but great?.....he won't be shy about taking shots that is a given.
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he led the b10 from 3land, he made a handful of big shots down the stretch of games. the 3 in overtime made ron lewis' shot in the tourney one that you will never forget, without cooks dagger in ot youd never remember it the same...

.415 from 3 land
.445 from the field

will be interesting with him possibly lining up next to d wade a few years down the road.

congrats cook. but as an nhl friend of mine says "its not what you do before the draft that matters, its what you do after your name is called that matters" (granted nhl doesnt have guaranteed money like the nba)
 
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