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Conley and Cook: Trading places
While we still wait and wonder what can happen to Brian Roberts in tomorrow night’s draft, let’s turn to the potential fate of Daequan Cook on draft night.
An ESPN.com Insider report says that he could be leaving the Heat in a trade involving — you guessed it — Mike Conley Jr.
One source told Insider that the Heat are revisiting trade talks with the Grizzlies. Insider reported several weeks ago that there was talk that Memphis would give up Mike Miller, Kyle Lowry and the No. 5 pick as part of a package for the No. 2 pick. The same source said the Heat are asking the Grizzlies to sweeten the deal by substituting Mike Conley for Lowry. The deal would be Conley and the No. 5 pick to Miami for the No. 2 pick and Daequan Cook.
These two just can’t get away from each other, whether they were AAU teammates, college teammates and now NBA draft rumor mates. Some could wonder why a team would want Cook at all, considering he started fast but faded in his rookie season and even spent some time in the NDA’s developmental league.
But, he did play in 59 games with the Heat and averaged 8.8 points and 3 rebounds.
One of the things that got Cook into the league, though, involved shooting lights out in pre-draft exhibitions and private workouts. During his rookie season, Cook made just 33.2 percent from 3-point range.
Although more celebrated, Conley actually wasn’t much better, averaging 9.4 points in 56 games (although he did give out 4.2 assists per game).
A trade would just be one more way their names would remain linked.
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