The Miami Heat signed guard Charles Cooke to a 10-day contract Friday afternoon. Most recently, Cooke played for the Heat’s G-League team in Sioux Falls.
The Miami Heat signed 6’5″ guard Charles Cooke to a 10-day contract on Friday afternoon, per Shams Charania. Cooke most recently played for the Heat’s G-League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
The 24-year-old Cooke has played 37 games with Sioux Falls this season. He started 22 of them and averaged 31 minutes per outing. Cooke scored 14.2 points per game and added four rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steal for the Skyforce.
Cooke was undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft and played sparingly in 13 games with the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2017-18 season after signing with that organization as an undrafted free agent. He played a total of 38 minutes and played six minutes in his New Orleans tenure.
He was also on the Heat roster this past preseason, appearing in one game and playing 10 minutes.
On a 10-day contract, Cooke will be asked to provide back-of-the-roster depth. Barring health disasters to primary rotational guards, it’s unlikely he’ll see meaningful action, but it’s a great opportunity for the team to have him around the facilities and to get a look at what he can do in workouts and practice, and it’s an opportunity for Cooke to display just what he can do for coach Erik Spoelstra and team president Pat Riley.
If there’s ever a time to get the chance to spend a little extra time around your parent club and get some experience under your belt, it’s certainly in the middle of a playoff race like the one the Miami Heat find themselves in the middle of right now.