Panathinaikos BC announces the deal with Raymar Morgan and DJ Cooper.
Morgan’s bio
Raymar Morgan was born August 8, 1988. He attended Canton McKinley High School and Michigan State University. Morgan averaged 24.4 points and 9.0 rebounds as a senior at Canton McKinley High School, playing for coach Dave Hoover.
Led McKinley to 2006 Division I state title, being named Most Outstanding Player of the all-tournament team for the second straight season.
Morgan named 2006 Ohio Division I Player of the Year, 2005 Ohio Division I second team, 2004 Ohio Division I honorable mention.
He Finished his career as McKinley's all-time leading scorer with 1,553 points
The Bulldogs were 73-7 with Morgan in the starting lineup during his three years and never lost a home game
On July 31, 2010, Morgan signed with Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion and in July 2011 he signed with Pınar Karşıyaka. In August 2014, he signed with BG Göttingen of Germany. This year in Bundesligahe had 16.2 points and 6 rebounds per game.
Cooper’s bio
Donell "D. J." Cooper was born in December 6, 1990. After successful four years at Ohio University, he entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. As a player at Ohio University, Cooper cracked the top 25 all-time Division I assists leaders list early in his final season and steadily rose up on the record as the season has progressed. He was named the preseason Mid-American Conference Player of the Year by the league's media, a prediction which proved correct when he was named Player of the Year after the regular season.
Cooper grew up in the Chicago area and spent his first three years of high school at Hales Franciscan High School. By the time he was a senior, and after transferring to Seton Academy, Cooper began to get national recognition. He was named a McDonald's All-America nominee and ranked as the 30th best player overall by ESPN.com for the class of 2009. Cooper averaged approximately 16 points and seven assists per game and led Seton Academy to the school's first-ever state championship in any sport when they won Illinois' Class 2A state title. He signed with Ohio and enrolled in the fall of 2009.
Cooper made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2009–10. He averaged 13.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
Heading into his sophomore campaign, Cooper was tabbed as the MAC Preseason Player of the Year. Although he didn't win the award, he was still a first team all-conference selection after breaking his own school record for assists (263), while his 7.5 assists-per-game average ranked third nationally.
Cooper's junior year saw him burst onto the national scene during the 2012 NCAA Tournament. In this season, Cooper recorded Ohio University's first-ever triple double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a win at Portland. He was named a finalist for both the Cousy Award and Lute Olson Award; at the end of the season Cooper already held the school record for career assists and needed only one more steal to surpass that record as well.[4] He was also named a first team all-conference performer for the second year in a row.[4]
In March 5, 2013, Cooper scored 24 points at Buffalo to become the only player in the history of college basketball to record 2,000 points, 900 assists, 600 rebounds and 300 steals in a career. Cooper finished his collegiate career with 934 assists and 328 steals, which at the time of his graduation ranked him 12th and 18th all-time, respectively, in Division I history. In March 13, 2013, he was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year.[2]
In April 5, 2013, Cooper was announced the East Perfect Player of the Game in the Reese's Division I College All-Star Game. He recorded 11 points, 9 assists, and 4 rebounds in 30 minutes. Professional[edit]
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft, Cooper signed his first professional contract in August 2013, with the Greek Basket League's PAOK.
His stats with PAOK: Eurocup: 10 games: 10.2ppg, 4.7rpg, Assists-2(6.5apg), Steals-4(2.1spg), FGP: 42.5%, 3PT: 37.3%, FT: 57.9%.
Greek League: 35 games: 10.6ppg, 4.6rpg, Assists-1(6.5apg), Steals-3(1.7spg), FGP: 53.6%, 3PT: 31.1%, FT: 77.4%.
On August 18, 2014, he signed with Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia for the 2014–15 season.
