Jeff Cook (basketball)

Jeffrey James Cook (born October 21, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Jeff Cook

Cook in 1987
Personal information
Born	(1956-10-21) October 21, 1956 (age 68) West Covina, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Edgewood (West Covina, California)
College	Idaho State (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 3rd round, 49th overall
Drafted by	Kansas City Kings
Playing career	1978–1991
Position	Power forward / center
Number	45, 44, 12
Career history
1978–1979	Washington Lumberjacks
1979–1983	Phoenix Suns
1983–1984	Cleveland Cavaliers
1983–1986	San Antonio Spurs
1986	Utah Jazz
1986–1987	Boston Livorno
1987–1988	Phoenix Suns
1989–1990	Panathinaikos
1990–1991	AS Monaco
Career highlights
First-team All-Big Sky (1978) Second-team All-Big Sky (1977)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,734 (5.3 ppg)
Rebounds	2,334 (4.5 rpg)
Assists	707 (1.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

A 6'10" center from Idaho State University, Cook played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1988 as a member of the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, and Utah Jazz. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in his NBA career.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Source^[1]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1979–80	Phoenix	66		13.7	.469	.000	.806	3.7	1.3	.4	.3	5.5
1980–81	Phoenix	79		27.7	.464	.000	.645	5.9	2.5	1.0	.7	8.5
1981–82	Phoenix	76	22	17.1	.422	.000	.664	4.0	1.3	.5	.3	5.1
1982–83	Phoenix	45	2	12.2	.430	.000	.759	2.9	1.3	.3	.3	3.6
	Cleveland	30	20	26.1	.537	.000	.760	6.9	1.5	.9	.6	7.1
1983–84	Cleveland	81	21	24.1	.486	.500	.723	6.0	1.5	.8	.6	5.8
1984–85	Cleveland	18	3	24.4	.438	.000	.630	5.8	1.3	.3	.5	6.1
	San Antonio	54	2	15.7	.529	–	.811	3.9	.7	.5	.3	4.0
1985–86	San Antonio	34	0	10.5	.418	.000	.634	2.4	.6	.4	.3	2.4
	Utah	2	0	8.5	.500	–	1.000	2.5	.0	.0	.0	3.5
1987–88	Phoenix	33	0	10.9	.237	.000	.821	3.2	.4	.3	.2	1.5
Career		518	70	18.7	.462	.056	.716	4.5	1.4	.6	.4	5.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1980	Phoenix	7		14.0	.667	–	.846	3.0	1.0	.6	.3	7.7
1981	Phoenix	7		29.4	.463	1.000	.737	6.7	1.6	.1	.0	9.3
1982	Phoenix	7		6.4	.500	–	–	1.3	1.0	.3	.3	1.1
1985	San Antonio	5	0	19.6	.500	.000	.680	5.8	.8	1.0	1.2	7.0
1986	Utah	4	0	5.3	.250	–	.750	1.3	.5	.0	.0	1.3
Career		30	0	15.6	.509	.500	.757	3.7	1.0	.4	.3	5.6