CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round (21st overall) of the 2007 NBA Draft…draft rights were acquired by the HEAT along with Philadelphia’s 2009 second-round draft pick and cash considerations for the draft rights of Jason Smith (20th overall selection) on June 28, 2007…signed by the HEAT on July 5, 2007.

2007-08 SEASON:

Started 19 of the 59 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 8.8 points (.381 FG%, .825 FT%), 3.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 24.4 minutes…missed a total of four games due to injury or illness, was a DNP-CD on 14 occasions and missed five games while on assignment to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League (Feb. 28-Mar. 7)…missed a pair of games with the flu (Nov. 24 and Jan. 24) and a pair of games (Mar. 27-30) due to a concussion suffered at New York on Mar. 26…his 79 three-point field goals made and his 238 three-point field goal attempts each set HEAT rookie single-season records and his 33.2 percent accuracy from three-point range was the fourth highest single-season percentage for a HEAT rookie…finished third on the HEAT in both three-point field goals made and attempted…ranked among the NBA rookie leaders in three-point field goals made (2nd), three-point field goals attempted (2nd), three-point field goal percentage (3rd), scoring average (8th), minutes per game (10th), assists per game (tied-10th) and rebounds per game (tied-16th)…in his 19 starts he averaged 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 35.1 minutes while shooting 38.7 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from three-point range and 57.1 percent from the foul line…was Miami’s leading scorer three times and also topped the HEAT in steals six times, in blocks on four occasions and in rebounds and minutes three times each…was the HEAT’s top scorer off the bench on 13 occasions and also led the Miami reserves in minutes and assists 10 times each, in steals seven times, in rebounds on six occasions and in blocks three times…scored in double figures on 26 occasions, including four games with at least 20 points (one off the bench)…scored in double figures a season-high five consecutive games from Mar. 24-Apr. 4…had a pair of double-figure scoring quarters…hit a career-high 20 consecutive free throw attempts from Nov. 27-Dec. 15…went 9-9 from the foul line against Charlotte on Nov. 27, setting career highs in both free throws made and attempted…the nine free throws he made without a miss against Charlotte on Nov. 27 tied the HEAT high for the season for most free throws made in a game without a miss…set career highs in points (23) and three-point field goals made (5) against the Clippers on Mar. 10…recorded a career high in field goal attempts (21) and matched his career high in three-point field goals made (5) at New York on Mar. 26…hit at least one three-point field goal in a season-high eight consecutive games from Mar. 10-22…had 12 dunks…had five multi-steal games and one multi-block game…drew one charge…made his NBA debut at Indiana on Nov. 2 and totaled 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in 28:56 minutes…his 17-point effort in his first game at Indiana was the fourth-highest rookie scoring debut in HEAT history…made his first NBA start at Dallas on Jan. 4 and totaled 15 points, two rebounds and one assist in 35:31 minutes…started all three games for the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League while on assignment from Feb. 28-Mar. 7 and averaged 19.3 points (.368 FG%, .700 FT%), 7.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.33 steals and 39.7 minutes…scored in double figures twice and grabbed double-figure rebounds once…had a pair of 20-point performances, including a 28-point effort at the L.A. Defenders in his final game on Mar. 7...NBA Season Highs: 23 points (vs. L.A. Clippers, Mar. 10), nine rebounds (vs. Atlanta, Apr. 16), five assists (at Washington, Apr. 4), three steals (vs. Detroit, Apr. 6), two blocks (vs. Washington, Mar. 21) and 44:12 minutes (vs. New Orleans, Apr. 2).

COLLEGE:

Played one season at The Ohio State University before becoming an early entry candidate for the 2007 NBA Draft…averaged 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.72 steals in 39 games while shooting 44.5 percent from the floor, 41.5 percent from three-point range and 69.7 percent from the foul line while helping lead OSU to the Big Ten regular season and Tournament championships and to the championship game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament…set an OSU freshman record for three-point field goals made in a season (54) and ranks second all-time in three-point field goal percentage (.415) among OSU freshmen…was named Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year and earned Honorable Mention All Big Ten honors by the media…finished third on the Buckeyes in rebound average and fourth in scoring average…scored in double figures 16 times, including six games with at least 20 points…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and recorded a pair of double-doubles…scored a career-high 23 points in a win over Coppin State on Dec. 30, 2006…made his lone collegiate start at Minnesota on Feb. 18, 2007 and tallied eight points and five rebounds in 20 minutes…registered 22 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block in 25 minutes off the bench in his collegiate debut against VMI on Nov. 10, 2006…was selected to the BCA All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.67 steals and 23.0 minutes and shooting 50 percent from the floor in the three OSU victories…opened the season by hitting at least one three-point field goal in a season-high 15 consecutive games.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Daequan Lee Cook…answers to the nickname “Pooh” which was given to him by his grandmother when he was born because he reminded her of Winnie the Pooh…parents are Renae Cook and Fred Sneed…has two brothers (Tauyonne Cook and Wendall Cook) and a sister (Keishawn Cook)…has a daughter Ja’Kyia Cook…lists his uncle, Clifton Cook, who played college basketball at Texas A&M University, as the person who has made a difference in his life by pushing him in the right direction since day one…lists his family as his most prized possession…would like to pursue the goal of building his own clothing line when his basketball career is over…says something most people don’t know about him is that he is very funny and enjoys watching Ninja Turtles…in his free time he likes to go fishing and spend time with his grandparents…since joining the HEAT has been active in the Miami community, making a couple of visits to the HEAT Summer Basketball Camp and has also made several appearances at HEAT Learn to Swim events where he helped local kids learn to swim and stressed the importance of water safety, a skill that is very important to him because as a young child he almost drowned and had to be rescued by his mother jumping in a pool and saving him…his favorite sports other than basketball are tennis and golf…his favorite TV shows include The Wayans Bros., The Jamie Foxx Show and the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air…selected Love and Basketball and He Got Game as his favorite movies…says his favorite type of music is oldies and slow songs…hosted an NBA Draft Night party for friends and fans in his hometown of Dayton in 2007 with the proceeds going to help his AAU team, the Dayton Airmen…wore number 31 in college…averaged 25 points per game as a senior in high school while leading Dunbar High School to the Ohio Division II state title…was named the Outstanding Player on the 2006 Associated Press Division II All-Tournament team and the Division II Ohio Player of the Year…played for the West in the 2006 McDonald’s All-America game and scored 17 points in a 112-94 victory over the East squad…chose Italy as the best place he has visited and that trip marked his first time out of the United States…his favorite type of food is chicken and chose Smokin Bones as his favorite restaurant…has no special game-day routines other than listening to some music and eating a bag of Skittles…has six tattoos, one of a basketball rim, one with the names of his siblings, one of his mother’s name, one of his grandmother’s name, one of his daughter’s name and one of Jesus Christ…wears a size 13 shoe.