David Cooper

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 15/10/76
Place of Birth: Toowoomba (QLD)
Position: F/C
Height (CM): 206
Weight (KG): 95
Junior Assoc: QLD - Brisbane
College: n/a

NBL DEBUT: 4/11/00
AGE AT DEBUT: 24
LAST NBL GAME: 13/02/10
AGE AT LAST GAME: 33
NBL History: Brisbane 2001-02 | Victoria 2003 | Cairns 2004 | Adelaide 2005-10
Championships: 0
None

BIO: David Cooper was born in Toowoomba (QLD) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Brisbane basketball program.

NBL EXPERIENCE

David Cooper made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 24 years of age. He scored 12 points in his first game.

Following the 2002/03 season, Cooper moved to New Zealand where he joined the Manawatu Jets for the 2003 New Zealand NBL season.

He went on to earn league MVP honours that year, while also garnering Most Outstanding Forward and All-Star Five honours.

David Cooper played ten seasons across four NBL teams. This included the Brisbane Bullets, Victoria Giants, Cairns Taipans and Adelaide 36ers. He averaged 5.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1 assists in 293 NBL games.

CAREER RANKINGS:
– 20th in total blocks

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2009-10	33	Adelaide	10-18 (8)	28	315.6	101	69	10	19	50	6	13	17	51	39	67	58%	0	0	0.0%	23	39	59%	59%	58%	10
2008-09	32	Adelaide	15-15 (5)	31	408.3	69	97	16	30	67	9	20	13	57	24	68	35%	0	2	0.0%	21	36	58%	41%	35%	8
2007-08	31	Adelaide	14-16 (9)	30	822.1	211	190	49	55	135	13	47	35	97	73	148	49%	0	3	0.0%	65	98	66%	54%	49%	18
2006-07	30	Adelaide	11-22 (11)	33	986.9	247	248	72	94	154	17	56	39	102	96	219	44%	1	5	20.0%	54	84	64%	48%	44%	17
2005-06	29	Adelaide	19-13 (4)	33	777.0	193	173	47	63	110	16	41	46	107	63	168	38%	0	3	0.0%	67	96	70%	45%	38%	13
2004-05	28	Adelaide	19-13 (4)	33	879.2	255	232	56	99	133	22	55	38	103	94	203	46%	0	0	0.0%	67	121	55%	49%	46%	17
2003-04	27	Cairns	16-17 (6)	35	594.2	193	145	26	54	91	16	34	48	77	64	130	49%	0	1	0.0%	65	114	57%	52%	49%	13
2002-03	26	Victoria	9-21 (10)	30	512.4	107	119	13	56	63	7	25	28	61	44	93	47%	0	1	0.0%	19	49	39%	46%	47%	12
2001-02	25	Brisbane	14-16 (7)	15	132.3	13	33	2	8	25	0	15	4	21	4	14	29%	0	0	0.0%	5	10	50%	35%	29%	4
2000-01	24	Brisbane	4-24 (10)	25	491.7	128	136	13	56	80	13	24	31	60	55	110	50%	0	0	0.0%	18	38	47%	50%	50%	12
Totals				293	5920	1517	1442	304	534	908	119	330	299	736	556	1220	45.6%	1	15	6.7%	404	685	59.0%	50%	46%	18

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2009-10	33	Adelaide	10-18 (8)	28	11.3	3.6	2.5	0.4	0.7	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.4	58%	0.0	0.0%	0.8	1.4	59%	59%	58%	10
2008-09	32	Adelaide	15-15 (5)	31	13.2	2.2	3.1	0.5	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.8	0.8	2.2	35%	0.1	0.0%	0.7	1.2	58%	41%	35%	8
2007-08	31	Adelaide	14-16 (9)	30	27.4	7.0	6.3	1.6	1.8	4.5	0.4	1.6	1.2	3.2	2.4	4.9	49%	0.1	0.0%	2.2	3.3	66%	54%	49%	18
2006-07	30	Adelaide	11-22 (11)	33	29.9	7.5	7.5	2.2	2.8	4.7	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.9	6.6	44%	0.2	20.0%	1.6	2.5	64%	48%	44%	17
2005-06	29	Adelaide	19-13 (4)	33	23.5	5.8	5.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	1.9	5.1	38%	0.1	0.0%	2.0	2.9	70%	45%	38%	13
2004-05	28	Adelaide	19-13 (4)	33	26.6	7.7	7.0	1.7	3.0	4.0	0.7	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.2	46%	0.0	0.0%	2.0	3.7	55%	49%	46%	17
2003-04	27	Cairns	16-17 (6)	35	17.0	5.5	4.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	1.8	3.7	49%	0.0	0.0%	1.9	3.3	57%	52%	49%	13
2002-03	26	Victoria	9-21 (10)	30	17.1	3.6	4.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.0	1.5	3.1	47%	0.0	0.0%	0.6	1.6	39%	46%	47%	12
2001-02	25	Brisbane	14-16 (7)	15	8.8	0.9	2.2	0.1	0.5	1.7	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.4	0.3	0.9	29%	0.0	0.0%	0.3	0.7	50%	35%	29%	4
2000-01	24	Brisbane	4-24 (10)	25	19.7	5.1	5.4	0.5	2.2	3.2	0.5	1.0	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	50%	0.0	0.0%	0.7	1.5	47%	50%	50%	12
Total				293	20.2	5.2	4.9	1.0	1.8	3.1	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.5	1.9	4.2	45.6%	0.0	6.7%	0.0	0.1	59.0%	50%	46%	18

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
18	16	5	3	8	5	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Brisbane 1996-98, 2000 | Dandenong 2002 | Norwood 2006-14

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

New Zealand - Manawatu Jets (2004-2005)

AWARDS

- NZNBL MVP (2003)

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