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Brian Cook

LAL · Big · 2005-06 · Illinois · Year 3 · age 25 · born Dec 4, 1980

7.9 PPG3.4 RPG0.9 APG0.8 TPG19.0 MPG

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Height
6'9"
Weight
258

Brian Cook, 2005-06 with LAL: 7.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 19.0 minutes a game. Against the 281 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Effective FG% (90th percentile), Turnover % (88th) and 2-point % (87th); his lowest are FT attempts / g (14th percentile) and Assist % (28th). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 9 are in the table below.

Bars rank him against all 281 qualified players in 2005-06; the second number is his rank among the 74 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Minutes / game162019.0
Minutes share374338.7%
Availability878598.8%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Shooting
True shooting %8686.578
Effective FG%9083.546
Points per shot65501.26
3-point %959742.9%
3-point attempts / g44861.0
3PA rate (of FGA)498916.4%
2-point %877452.7%
Free throw %839783.2%
FT attempts / g14191.2
FT rate (of FGA)16919.8%
% points from 3579216.8%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75607516.1
Assist %28687.9%
Assists / 7531711.9
Assist / turnover43801.21
Usage %446118.1%
Turnover %88939.9%
Turnovers / 7585781.5
Offensive rebound %63115.8%

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 755756.9
Def. rebound %56713.0%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7533660.9
Blocks / 7567140.8
Stocks / 7549221.7
Steal %37701.3%
Block %68161.6%
Physical ingredients
Height6696'9"
Strength (weight)9066258

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Overall value
PER687115.6
Win Shares / 488180.142
Box Plus/Minus5670−0.1
Offensive BPM6074+0.2
Defensive BPM4336−0.3
VORP51660.7
Game Score / g35435.8

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2003-04LAL233512.54.42.90.6.505−1.139
2004-05LAL247215.06.43.00.5.522−0.551
2005-06★LAL258119.07.93.40.9.578−0.156
2006-07LAL266515.76.93.31.0.525−1.236
2007-08ORL275112.34.72.10.5.489−3.88
2008-09HOU28305.72.51.10.2.470−6.21
2009-10LAL29153.01.40.60.1.403−11.31
2010-11LAC304011.24.82.40.4.534−1.923
2011-12WAS31328.62.52.00.3.396−7.61

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.