Daequan Cook

Daequan Cook is the kind of journeyman shooter I have a soft spot for. Coming out of Dayton's Dunbar High and Ohio State, then going 21st in the 2007 draft before landing with the Miami Heat, he built a career on a reliable outside stroke rather than highlight-reel flash. What moves me most is that he kept playing all the way to the Israeli league, chasing the game across the world long after the spotlight dimmed. To me that says everything about love for the craft. The numbers may be modest, but the persistence and professionalism behind them are genuinely admirable.

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Name (English)

Daequan Cook

Name (Japanese)

デカン・クック

Reading

でかん・くっく

Born

April 28, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Height

196 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

High school

Dunbar High School

University

Ohio State University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daequan%20Cook
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556674

Tags

• Ohio
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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