Joe Cooper (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1957)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Joe Cooper

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 169

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|01}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas

| nationality = American

| high_school = Columbus (Houston, Texas)

| college =

• Howard College (1976–1978)
• Tulsa (1978–1979)
• Colorado (1980–1981)

| draft_year = 1981

| draft_round = 5

| draft_pick = 95

| draft_team = New Jersey Nets

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 1991

| career_number = 44, 35, 4, 23, 53

| career_position = Center / power forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1981|start}}

| team1 = New Jersey Nets

| years2 = 1981–1985

| team2 = Lancaster Lightning

| years3 = {{nbay|1982|start}}

| team3 = Los Angeles Lakers

| years4 = {{nbay|1982|start}}

| team4 = Washington Bullets

| years5 = {{nbay|1982|end}}

| team5 = San Diego Clippers

| years6 = {{nbay|1984|end}}

| team6 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years7 = 1985–1986

| team7 = Hapoel Holon

| years8 = 1986–1988

| team8 = Oximesa

| years9 = 1988–1989

| team9 = Pamesa Valencia

| years10 = 1989–1990

| team10 = Peñarol de Mar del Plata

| years11 = 1990–1991

| team11 = Boca Juniors

| highlights =

• CBA champion (1982)
• All-CBA Second Team (1985)

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Joseph Edward Cooper (born September 1, 1957) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Drafted in the fifth round of the 1981 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets, Cooper played twenty-four NBA games over the course of three seasons, making appearances for the Nets, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Washington Bullets, the San Diego Clippers and the Seattle SuperSonics.

Cooper played for the Lancaster Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1981 to 1985 and was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1985.{{cite web |title=Joe Cooper minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-coopejoe001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 21, 2025}} He won a CBA championship with the Lightning in 1982.{{cite web |title=1981-82 Lancaster Lightning Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBALAL/y-1981 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}