Trail Blazers To Waive Javonte Cooke

Cooke, 26, has spent the entire 2025/26 season with Portland. The 6’6″ shooting guard has made 19 appearances for the Blazers, averaging 1.2 points and 1.0 rebounds in just 4.9 minutes per game.

While Cooke has played a limited role in the NBA, he has put up big numbers in the G League for the Rip City Remix, Scotto notes. In 15 appearances (33.1 MPG) for the Remix this season, Cooke has averaged 22.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.9 SPG and 0.9 BPG on .458/.358/.750 shooting.

Cooke, who played for three different Division II colleges, went undrafted in 2022. He primarily played in the NBAGL in the three seasons leading up to ’25/26, but he also had a stint with the Brampton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League in 2024.

As our tracker shows, the Blazers already had a two-way opening, and now they’ll have two once they officially waive Cooke. Wednesday is the deadline for NBA teams to fill out their two-way spots.