Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke
Personal information
Born (1982-04-29) April 29, 1982 (age 42)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school
NBA draft2002: undrafted
Playing career2002–2006
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2003Brooklyn Kings
2003–2004Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
2003–2004Shanghai Sharks
2004Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
2005–2006Rockford Lightning
2006Minot Skyrockets
Career highlights and awards
  • All-USBL Second Team (2003)
  • USBL Rookie of the Year (2003)
  • USBL scoring champion (2003)

Leonard Cooke (born April 29, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player.

Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey,[1] he is known primarily for having been ranked higher than LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in 2001. He averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks per game in his junior year of high school. Following his junior year in high school, he averaged 31.5 points for the first eight games of his senior year. When he turned 19 in 2001, he was academically ineligible to play according to high school athletics' rules in his home county in New Jersey.

Cooke is the subject of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival selected documentary film Lenny Cooke by the Safdie Brothers.

  1. ^ Araton, Harvey (December 16, 2001). "Sports of The Times; Resisting the Scouts Isn't Easy". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2021.