Lenny Cooke’s poor academics and bad advice led him to where he is now – telling his story instead of living his dream.
but from the movie you will see he wasn’t the wises. This guy was apprently LBJ and Wiggins level and college programs were prepared to throw scholarship offers at him half way through his junior year in HS.
Why wasn't Lenny Cooke drafted? Some NBA general manager infatuated with his potential will likely draft Bazley.
What I really wonder is if this movie crew wasn’t around how much more focused he would of been.
Cooke knows his story is a sad one and he wants to make sure others don’t follow the same path. The dude just needed the right people in his corner. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 20: Lenny Cooke, Subject of the film "Lenny Cooke" poses at the Tribeca Film Festival 2013 portrait studio on April 20, 2013 in New York City.
Based on consultation with several NBA scouts, here's the skinny on his game. Lenny cooke story is raw real and mind blowing. Cooke is the subject of the 2013 documentary Lenny Cooke which documents his athletic rise, fall, and subsequent life after basketball. He's in a similar position to DeShawn Stevenson, who was drafted by the Utah Jazz late in the first round of 2000. And money got to him.
After the draft, he was a free agent and spent time with the Boston Celtics summer league team before being let go. Help really guide him INTO GOING TO COLLEGE. One-time phenoms like Cooke, whose development was stunted by a haste to get to the NBA too quickly, are considered to be the impetus for the change. He was a major headcase and douchebag but he was also said to be even better than LeBron James.
Sad but that’s how it goes for some people.
Instead, the same agents who steered him from college are stashing him in a freezer for the year, leaving us with breathless coverage of his workouts, wingspan and upside after competing against folding chairs. He risked getting dominated and his stock falling faster than you can say Lenny Cooke.
Lenny's draftability If Lenny Cooke opts for the NBA, he's got a good chance of sneaking into the first round of the draft based on his potential alone.