Heat rookie Daequan Cook’s offense adds to Pat Riley’s recipe
"He doesn't have to be dominate for 48, 40 minutes. He takes half the game, Wade takes half, and they've got a great team."
It's Pat Riley and Heat guard Daequan Cook is a rookie, so there's a chance a productive stretch for Cook could be followed by a seemingly mysterious stretch on the bench.
But it looks like Cook has at least temporarily overcome Riley's usual reluctance to play rookies in large roles.
Cook acquitted himself well in the two games before the Heat's six-game road trip that started Sunday. He was the first guard off the bench Sunday at Denver, tasked with trying to slow Nuggets guard Allen Iverson. Read more