Jeff Cook (basketball)

Jeff Cook
Cook in 1987
Personal information
Born (1956-10-21) October 21, 1956
West Covina, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolEdgewood (West Covina, California)
CollegeIdaho State (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978: 3rd round, 49th overall pick
Drafted byKansas City Kings
Playing career1978–1991
PositionPower forward / center
Number45, 44, 12
Career history
1978–1979Washington Lumberjacks
1979–1983Phoenix Suns
1983–1984Cleveland Cavaliers
1983–1986San Antonio Spurs
1986Utah Jazz
1986–1987Boston Livorno
1987–1988Phoenix Suns
1989–1990Panathinaikos
1990–1991AS Monaco
Career highlights
  • First-team All-Big Sky (1978)
  • Second-team All-Big Sky (1977)
Career NBA statistics
Points2,734 (5.3 ppg)
Rebounds2,334 (4.5 rpg)
Assists707 (1.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Cook NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2025.


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