(Dayton's own Daequan Cook)- From a late June News-OK article (Link)
"The Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday extended Daequan Cook a qualifying offer, which officially makes the sharpshooting guard a restricted free agent this summer.
The team had until June 30 to exercise the option. By doing so, the Thunder now has the right to match any contract offer Cook might receive from another team this summer.
Cook, entering his fifth season out of Ohio State, on numerous occasions has voiced his desire to return to the Thunder next season. The feeling is believed to be mutual on the part of the organization."
The perseverance of former Buckeye Daequan Cook has to be one of our favorite stories from the 2010/2011 season. Cook started the basketball year out with an honest shooter's slump. He didn't play many rotation minutes in the first half of the season, but Daequan stayed with it and ended up emerging as a key outside threat for the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2011. And now there is a strong possibility that Cook will remain as a key piece for a Thunder team that should be making some big time noise in the NBA for a long time.
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