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Darwin Cook

Darwin Louis Cook (Sparkplug)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 184 lbs.
Born: August 6, 1958 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Crenshaw in Los Angeles, California
College: University of Portland

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 4th round (1st pick, 70th overall) of the 1980 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 81 1980 383 819 .468 6 25 .240 132 180 .733 96 140 236 297 141 36 176 197 904
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 82 17 2090 387 803 .482 7 31 .226 118 162 .728 52 103 155 319 146 24 175 196 899
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 82 47 2625 443 986 .449 8 38 .211 186 242 .769 73 167 240 448 194 48 238 213 1080
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 82 31 1870 304 687 .443 11 46 .239 95 126 .754 51 105 156 356 164 36 142 184 714
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 58 9 1063 212 453 .468 2 23 .087 47 54 .870 21 71 92 160 74 10 75 96 473
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 79 33 1965 267 627 .426 11 53 .208 84 111 .757 51 126 177 390 156 22 132 172 629
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 82 2 1420 265 622 .426 2 23 .087 82 103 .796 46 99 145 151 98 17 96 136 614
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 66 4 1143 218 478 .456 8 41 .195 63 78 .808 34 73 107 127 71 10 88 121 507
1988-89 30 SAS NBA 36 0 757 147 315 .467 6 31 .194 46 56 .821 21 38 59 84 43 4 62 77 346
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 30 4 386 71 163 .436 2 10 .200 17 22 .773 13 35 48 43 28 6 26 44 161
Career NBA 612 143 14156 2479 5475 .453 55 280 .196 807 1056 .764 424 884 1308 2248 1044 203 1122 1315 5820

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 81 24.4 4.7 10.1 .468 0.1 0.3 .240 1.6 2.2 .733 1.2 1.7 2.9 3.7 1.7 0.4 2.2 2.4 11.2
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 82 17 25.5 4.7 9.8 .482 0.1 0.4 .226 1.4 2.0 .728 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.9 1.8 0.3 2.1 2.4 11.0
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 82 47 32.0 5.4 12.0 .449 0.1 0.5 .211 2.3 3.0 .769 0.9 2.0 2.9 5.5 2.4 0.6 2.9 2.6 13.2
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 82 31 22.8 3.7 8.4 .443 0.1 0.6 .239 1.2 1.5 .754 0.6 1.3 1.9 4.3 2.0 0.4 1.7 2.2 8.7
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 58 9 18.3 3.7 7.8 .468 0.0 0.4 .087 0.8 0.9 .870 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.8 1.3 0.2 1.3 1.7 8.2
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 79 33 24.9 3.4 7.9 .426 0.1 0.7 .208 1.1 1.4 .757 0.6 1.6 2.2 4.9 2.0 0.3 1.7 2.2 8.0
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 82 2 17.3 3.2 7.6 .426 0.0 0.3 .087 1.0 1.3 .796 0.6 1.2 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.2 1.2 1.7 7.5
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 66 4 17.3 3.3 7.2 .456 0.1 0.6 .195 1.0 1.2 .808 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.3 1.8 7.7
1988-89 30 SAS NBA 36 0 21.0 4.1 8.8 .467 0.2 0.9 .194 1.3 1.6 .821 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.3 1.2 0.1 1.7 2.1 9.6
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 30 4 12.9 2.4 5.4 .436 0.1 0.3 .200 0.6 0.7 .773 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.9 1.5 5.4
Career NBA 612 143 23.1 4.1 8.9 .453 0.1 0.5 .196 1.3 1.7 .764 0.7 1.4 2.1 3.7 1.7 0.3 1.8 2.1 9.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 81 1980 7.0 14.9 .468 0.1 0.5 .240 2.4 3.3 .733 1.7 2.5 4.3 5.4 2.6 0.7 3.2 3.6 16.4
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 82 17 2090 6.7 13.8 .482 0.1 0.5 .226 2.0 2.8 .728 0.9 1.8 2.7 5.5 2.5 0.4 3.0 3.4 15.5
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 82 47 2625 6.1 13.5 .449 0.1 0.5 .211 2.6 3.3 .769 1.0 2.3 3.3 6.1 2.7 0.7 3.3 2.9 14.8
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 82 31 1870 5.9 13.2 .443 0.2 0.9 .239 1.8 2.4 .754 1.0 2.0 3.0 6.9 3.2 0.7 2.7 3.5 13.7
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 58 9 1063 7.2 15.3 .468 0.1 0.8 .087 1.6 1.8 .870 0.7 2.4 3.1 5.4 2.5 0.3 2.5 3.3 16.0
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 79 33 1965 4.9 11.5 .426 0.2 1.0 .208 1.5 2.0 .757 0.9 2.3 3.2 7.1 2.9 0.4 2.4 3.2 11.5
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 82 2 1420 6.7 15.8 .426 0.1 0.6 .087 2.1 2.6 .796 1.2 2.5 3.7 3.8 2.5 0.4 2.4 3.4 15.6
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 66 4 1143 6.9 15.1 .456 0.3 1.3 .195 2.0 2.5 .808 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.0 2.2 0.3 2.8 3.8 16.0
1988-89 30 SAS NBA 36 0 757 7.0 15.0 .467 0.3 1.5 .194 2.2 2.7 .821 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.0 2.0 0.2 2.9 3.7 16.5
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 30 4 386 6.6 15.2 .436 0.2 0.9 .200 1.6 2.1 .773 1.2 3.3 4.5 4.0 2.6 0.6 2.4 4.1 15.0
Career NBA 612 143 14156 6.3 13.9 .453 0.1 0.7 .196 2.1 2.7 .764 1.1 2.2 3.3 5.7 2.7 0.5 2.9 3.3 14.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 81 1980 15.0 .503 .471 5.3 8.2 6.7 21.9 3.2 1.0 16.4 21.4 99 105 0.6 2.1 2.7 0.065
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 82 2090 13.7 .514 .486 2.8 5.6 4.2 21.8 3.3 0.7 16.7 20.0 101 103 0.7 3.2 3.9 0.089
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 82 2625 14.3 .494 .453 3.2 7.1 5.2 23.6 3.4 1.1 17.9 19.9 100 99 1.3 4.7 6.0 0.110
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 82 1870 14.5 .481 .451 3.1 6.5 4.8 25.4 4.1 1.1 16.1 18.8 102 103 0.6 3.0 3.6 0.092
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 58 1063 14.3 .496 .470 2.1 7.7 4.9 20.8 3.3 0.5 13.6 21.0 102 107 0.3 1.2 1.6 0.071
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 79 1965 13.1 .465 .435 2.9 7.2 5.0 26.1 3.7 0.7 16.3 16.4 101 105 0.5 2.6 3.0 0.074
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 82 1420 12.5 .460 .428 3.4 7.5 5.4 16.0 3.3 0.7 12.6 21.6 97 107 -0.5 1.7 1.2 0.040
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 66 1143 11.8 .495 .464 3.0 7.2 5.0 15.6 2.8 0.5 14.7 20.3 98 108 -0.1 1.1 0.9 0.039
1988-89 30 SAS NBA 36 757 11.8 .509 .476 2.9 5.8 4.3 16.2 2.6 0.3 15.4 20.6 100 110 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.039
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 30 386 11.7 .466 .442 3.3 9.9 6.4 14.4 3.2 0.9 13.1 19.7 95 105 -0.2 0.5 0.3 0.039
Career NBA 612 14156 13.8 .490 .458 3.3 7.1 5.2 22.1 3.4 0.8 15.9 19.8 100 104 3.3 19.7 22.9 0.078

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 2 86 13 33 0 3 2 6 0 3 9 2 2 9 7 28 .394 .000 .333 43.0 14.0 1.5 4.5
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 2 63 9 27 0 1 2 2 3 6 10 1 0 4 8 20 .333 .000 1.000 31.5 10.0 3.0 5.0
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 11 185 30 82 4 13 17 24 8 18 31 15 0 21 26 81 .366 .308 .708 16.8 7.4 1.6 2.8
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 .750 7.0 6.0 0.0 1.0
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 3 77 13 29 0 4 2 6 3 7 17 5 2 6 11 28 .448 .000 .333 25.7 9.3 2.3 5.7
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 3 41 6 24 1 2 1 2 4 7 3 4 0 0 4 14 .250 .500 .500 13.7 4.7 2.3 1.0
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 3 66 12 24 1 2 6 6 2 13 11 3 0 4 12 31 .500 .500 1.000 22.0 10.3 4.3 3.7
Career NBA 25 525 86 223 6 25 30 46 20 54 82 30 4 46 70 208 .386 .240 .652 21.0 8.3 2.2 3.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 2 86 4.3 .393 .394 0.0 4.3 2.1 16.9 1.2 1.4 20.2 22.2 74 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.109
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 2 63 6.0 .359 .333 5.3 5.8 5.5 21.7 0.8 0.0 12.5 20.7 89 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.075
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 11 185 11.0 .438 .390 4.5 6.7 5.5 27.0 3.9 0.0 18.5 25.0 90 101 -0.3 0.4 0.1 0.023
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 1 7 12.5 .750 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.1 0.0 0.0 33.3 34.6 90 123 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.126
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 3 77 12.5 .442 .448 4.3 6.7 5.4 33.9 3.2 1.6 15.9 20.0 97 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.009
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 3 41 8.3 .281 .271 9.4 8.2 8.9 12.4 4.7 0.0 0.0 25.4 77 108 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.100
1988-89 30 DEN NBA 3 66 15.9 .582 .521 2.8 17.5 9.7 23.1 2.0 0.0 13.1 18.2 116 112 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.117
Career NBA 25 525 9.9 .428 .399 4.0 7.6 5.7 24.1 2.8 0.5 15.9 22.6 90 109 -0.7 0.6 -0.2 -0.015

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1976-77 18 PORTLAND 26 790 146 303 50 78 71 342 .482 .641 30.4 13.2 2.7
1977-78 19 PORTLAND 27 146 300 66 85 81 358 .487 .776 13.3 3.0
1978-79 20 PORTLAND 28 985 201 429 91 127 121 493 .469 .717 35.2 17.6 4.3
1979-80 21 PORTLAND 28 1001 204 394 77 99 113 485 .518 .778 35.8 17.3 4.0
Career 109 2776 697 1426 284 389 386 1678 .489 .730 33.9 15.4 3.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 82 (1)

Steals

1982-83 NBA 194 (3)
1983-84 NBA 164 (6)

Steals Per Game

1982-83 NBA 2.4 (5)
1983-84 NBA 2.0 (8)
1985-86 NBA 2.0 (10)

Steal Pct

1980-81 NBA 3.2 (8)
1981-82 NBA 3.3 (7)
1982-83 NBA 3.4 (6)
1983-84 NBA 4.1 (2)
1985-86 NBA 3.7 (3)

Defensive Win Shares

1982-83 NBA 4.7 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (643)
    

Transactions

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 4th round (70th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

July 3, 1980: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

July 17, 1980: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

August 8, 1986: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Washington Bullets for cash. Washington also agreed not to select Pearl Washington in the 1986 draft.

July 1, 1987: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

October 6, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

October 25, 1988: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

November 11, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

January 26, 1989: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Dave Greenwood to the Denver Nuggets for Calvin Natt and Jay Vincent.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 New Jersey Nets NBA $275,000
1988-89 San Antonio Spurs NBA $400,000
Career (may be incomplete) $675,000

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