Education
Saint John"s University.
Saint John"s University.
He is often referred to as a prime example of college basketball players who declared for the National Basketball Association Draft too early. Although, he has said that he has no regrets about his decision in an article profiling his career. He is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 ¼ in) tall.
Cook played high school basketball at Christ The King Regional High School, and then played college basketball at Saint John"s University.
Cook ranked second in the nation and first in the Big East in assists during the one year he spent at Saint John"son He also broke Mark Jackson"s record for the most assists in a game for a Saint John"s player with 17, against Stony Brook University.
Cook was drafted by the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association as the third pick in the second round (31st overall) of the 2001 National Basketball Association Draft. He was immediately traded to the Denver Nuggets, but failed to make the team, reportedly because of his inability to shoot the ball effectively.
From 2001–2004, Cook made some pre-season appearances for teams in the league, also managing 22 regular season games played (17 with the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2003-2004 season and five with the Toronto Raptors in the 2004-2005 season).
In July 2005, he was drafted by the AAPBL, but the league folded less than two weeks after the draft. He also briefly led the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League in steals and assists in the 2004-2005 season, while playing with the Fayetteville Patriots. During the 2005-2006 season, Cook played in the Belgian league with Dexia Mons-Hainaut.
The following year he played with two teams, the French Pro A club Strasbourg IG and the Russian Super League club Samara.
In the 2007-2008 season, he played with the Adriatic League club Crvena zvezda. He had the best season of his career with Crvena zvezda, where he was one of the team leaders.
On June 26, 2008, he joined the Spanish ACB league"s Unicaja Málaga, signing with the club for two seasons. In 2010, he signed a two-year deal with Spanish basketball club Power Electronics Valencia.
In 2011, he signed a two-year deal with Italian team Armani Jeans Milano.
In December 2012, after Milano was eliminated from the Euroleague, Cook signed with Caja Laboral until the end of the season. On August 6, 2013, Cook signed with Lietuvos rytas of Lithuania for the 2013-2014 season. On September 30, 2014, Cook signed a two-month deal with Budućnost Podgorica of Montenegro.
On November 14, 2014, he extended his contract with Budućnost for the rest of the season.
On August 15, 2015, he re-signed with Budućnost for one more season.
He was also member of the Montenegro national basketball team