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Daequan Cook's agent says he's fielded calls from several teams interested in the restricted free agent. But the Oklahoma City reserve guard said he wants to stay with the Thunder. "That's where I want to be," Cook told the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News on Tuesday. "That's where I fit in. My gut feeling right now is that's where I'm going to end up. I had a great season there. I helped out a lot. (They like) my habits, becoming not just a better player on the court, but better off the court. It all starts there." Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Daequan Cook 

The better a team gets, the more confident it becomes. Some people view confident and cocky as the same. "We're confident, not cocky," barked reserve guard Daequan Cook, who was with the Miami Heat his first three seasons. "There's a difference." Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Daequan Cook 

The signing of Royal Ivey last week put the Thunder at 16 contract players, one more than NBA rules permit teams to carry into the regular season. That means someone must go. Mo Peterson will be 33 next month but can still contribute on the court and has earned a reputation in his 10 seasons of carrying a first-class attitude away from it. Don't expect Peterson to be waived. Daequan Cook, 10 years younger than Peterson, provides much of the same assets and essentially is on a one-year trial run as a 3-point specialist in OKC. Cook figures to be on the opening-night roster as well. Since the Thunder's coaching staff and front office is pleased with the returning nine-man rotation, and No. 11 overall pick Cole Aldrich is entrenched in the long-term plans, that leaves Byron Mullens, D.J. White and Kyle Weaver as the most likely candidates to be on the outside looking in. Oklahoman

Miami cleared $3.3 million in additional cap room by trading a No. 1 pick and Daequan Cook, and now has enough room to re -sign Dwyane Wade, add another max salary free agent and still have $10-11 million of leftover spending money. All of which made Walsh basically shrug. "The situation in Miami is a little different than us. To analyze it and say, 'Well, now they've got a lot more cap room,' yeah, they do. But if they're wanting to sign some of their own players, then that would lessen it," Walsh said, adding that he believes the Heat cleared the additional room as a way to retain free agent Udonis Haslem. "As far as Chicago, they've got more cap money than they had. There's no doubt about that." ESPN.com

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Daequan Cook turned to Twitter for his farewell to the Miami Heat. Less than 24 hours after being traded to Oklahoma City, the shooting guard and former 3-point shootout champion at the NBA's All-Star weekend posted Thursday that he "had a Great 3yrs in Miami." Cook also thanked "fans and Heat organization," and noted that going to Oklahoma City represents a great situation for him. Palm Beach Post

Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Trade, Daequan Cook 

One day after essentially sacrificing Daequan Cook and a first-round draft pick (18th overall) in a trade with Oklahoma City that cleared $3.4 million in salary cap space, a league source told ESPN.com that the Heat were working Thursday on a buyout of James Jones' contract to further increase their financial flexibility for free agency this summer. ESPN.com

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While most expected the Heat to trade Michael Beasley by draft night -- and that might still happen -- Miami first moved Cook and the No. 18 pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 32nd overall pick (the second pick in Round 2), giving the team four second-round picks. Miami Herald

Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Draft, Trade, Daequan Cook 

The Miami Heat have traded the 18th pick in Thursday's NBA draft and guard Daequan Cook to Oklahoma City for the Thunder's 32nd pick, a league source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher. ESPN.com

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