Cook with Duke in 2011
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No. 22 – New Orleans Pelicans | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Washington, D.C. |
March 23, 1993 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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High school |
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) |
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College | Duke (2011–2015) | ||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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2015–2017 | Canton Charge | ||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | New Orleans Pelicans | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quinn Alexander Cook (born March 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Duke University and was one of the top rated basketball recruits in the class of 2011.
Cook started his high school career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. Cook played his freshman, sophomore, and junior, seasons at DeMatha. During Cook's career at DeMatha, the Stags had an 85-18 record and finished as the number one ranked team in the state of Maryland during Cook's junior season.
During the summer prior to his senior season, Cook announced that he would be transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. Cook followed in the footsteps of Oak Hill Academy's great tradition of point guards, which includes William Avery, Steve Blake, Brandon Jennings, Ty Lawson, Rajon Rondo, Nolan Smith, Rod Strickland, and Marcus Williams.
During Quinn Cook's senior season at Oak Hill Academy he led the Warriors to a 31-4 record, averaging 19.1 ppg, 10.9 apg and 2.5 steals.
Following his junior season, Cook was named the Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year, becoming the first junior in 30 years to receive the award and was the only junior to be named 2010 All-Met first team. Cook was also named to the Washington Post 2009 All-Met third team, the only sophomore to be listed among the ‘09 All-Met teams.