Former NBA player Quinn Cook thinks Kevin Durant would be on the Dallas Mavericks instead of the Houston Rockets if Kyrie Irving didn’t tear his ACL. Durant got traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Rockets in July.
Quinn Cook’s basketball journey is layered — a national champion at Duke, an NBA champion with both the Warriors and Lakers, and one of the most respected voices among players for his professionalism, leadership, and perspective.
Two-time NBA champion Quinn Cook was an often relied upon rotation player in his two seasons with the Golden State Warriors. Appearing in 107 regular games and 34 postseason games for Golden State, Cook had his best run of his NBA career with the Warriors.
Dwight Howard’s blanket recruiting is finally paying off. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Tuesday that the former NBA All-Star has successfully recruited two of his former teammates to join him in Taiwan.
Free agent NBA point guard Quinn Cook has agreed to a contract with Puerto Rican club Cangrejeros de Santurce, per the Real GM transactions log. Cook, 31, is 6-foot-1 and last made a run in the NBA this past fall, when he was waived by the Sacramento Kings in training camp.
Basketball originated as a distinctly American game. It had international roots, though, as the game's inventor, James Naismith, was Canadian. In the years since, the NBA has been flooded with league-defining international talent.
Quinn Cook most recently played in the NBA during the 2020-21 season when he was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers. That season, he averaged 3.3 points per contest while shooting 42.6% from the field and 42.3% from the three-point range in 23 games.
Cook was a part of the Lakers' championship roster last year but has failed to earn a regular spot in the team's rotation this season, averaging less than four minutes per game.
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