Brian Cook

Full Name: Brian Joshua Cook	Current Team: Orlando Magic
Height/Weight: 6'9"/250	Number: 34
Birthdate: December 4, 1980	Entry Draft: 1st round (24th) in 2003
Birthplace: Lincoln, Illinois	Drafted By: Los Angeles Lakers
Position: PF	College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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1 Biography
- 1.1 University of Illinois
- 1.2 Professional basketball
2 Transactions
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Totals
- 3.2 Per Game
4 Awards and Accomplishments
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Brian Joshua Cook (born December 4, 1980 in Lincoln, Illinois) is a power forward for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Cook was drafted out of the University of Illinois with the 24th pick of the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft. He led his high school team, the Lincoln Community High School Railsplitters, to the quarterfinals of the Illinois High School Association class AA state boys basketball tournament.

[edit] University of Illinois

Cook played four seasons at the University of Illinois, beginning with the 1999-2000 season, and led the Fighting Illini in rebounding in each season. As a senior in the 2002-2003 season, Cook led the Fighting Illini in scoring with 20.0 points per game, and was received the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball as the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference. That same season, Cook was named Second-Team All-American by The Sporting News, and Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and The Basketball Times, as well as Big Ten Player of the Year and First-Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media. Cook left Illinois as the school's third all-time leading scorer with 1748 total points, at an average of 13.2 points per game.

[edit] Professional basketball

In college, Cook was a scorer from both the inside and the outside, utilizing his height to score in the post and attempting three-point shots when left open. As a professional, Cook has become a player who predominantly shoot from the perimeter, away from the basket. In Cook's rookie season (2003-04), he had only five three-point attempts out of 141 total field goal attempts. As a second-year player (2004-05) under former Lakers head coach Rudy Tomjanovich he was mainly three-point specialist, in fact 199 of 422 (or 47.2%) of Cook's field goal attempts were from behind the three-point arc. However since Phil Jackson return to coaching the Lakers in 2005-06, Cook shoots from the perimeter less often and now looks for midrange opportunities. Only 59 of 442 (or 13.3%) of Cook's field goal attempts are three-point attempts. This has resulted in Cook improving his overall field-goal percentage from .417 in 2004-05 to .520 in 2005-06, and has also resulted in an improvement in his three-point field-goal percentage, from .392 in 2004-05 to .441 in 2005-06. In fact, Cook's field-goal percentage would rank 10th in the NBA if he was qualified (through the Lakers 69 games in 2005-06, Cook would need to have made 252 field goals to qualify, however he has made only 230.) His improved play presumably has also kept Cook on the playing floor more and on the bench less, as his minutes played per game has risen from 15.1 in 2004-05 to 19.4 in 2005-06.

His lack of a back-to-the-basket game and his tendency to shy away from the physical play has earned some criticism from fans and coaches alike. During the off-season, Cook decided to bulk up and work on his back-to-the-basket game, post moves, and rebounding. However, his defense is still a huge weakness and he has recently vowed to lose weight in order to gain more mobility.

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Totals

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004	LAL	35	2	442	67	141	.475	0	5	.000	21	28	.750	31	70	101	20	16	16	17	64	155
2005	LAL	72	0	1087	176	422	.417	78	199	.392	28	37	.757	63	153	216	35	23	26	29	139	458
2006	LAL	81	46	1535	261	511	.511	36	84	.429	84	101	.832	88	186	274	74	37	32	61	205	642
2007	LAL	65	24	1018	185	408	.453	46	115	.400	34	47	.723	61	154	215	65	25	27	51	134	450
2008	LAL	6	2	70	4	21	.190	2	10	.200	4	4	1.000	4	6	10	3	2	0	4	6	14
2008	ORL	45	0	559	84	213	.394	41	105	.390	15	17	.882	24	75	99	24	11	12	35	87	224
2008	Total	51	2	629	88	234	.376	43	115	.374	19	21	.905	28	81	109	27	13	12	39	93	238
2009	ORL
Career

[edit] Per Game

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004	LAL	35	2	12.6	1.9	4.0	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.750	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.8	4.4
2005	LAL	72	0	15.1	2.4	5.9	.417	1.1	2.8	.392	0.4	0.5	.757	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.9	6.4
2006	LAL	81	46	19.0	3.2	6.3	.511	0.4	1.0	.429	1.0	1.2	.832	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.5	7.9
2007	LAL	65	24	15.7	2.8	6.3	.453	0.7	1.8	.400	0.5	0.7	.723	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	6.9
2008	LAL	6	2	11.7	0.7	3.5	.190	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.3
2008	ORL	45	0	12.4	1.9	4.7	.394	0.9	2.3	.390	0.3	0.4	.882	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.9	5.0
2009	ORL
Career

[edit] Awards and Accomplishments

[edit] Video Gallery

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