Xavier Cooks' EASL Finals stats
29:45 MIN / 6 PTS (2PM 3-6 50%) / 7 REB / 2 AST / 1 BLK / 3 TOV / 3 PF
EASL is the East Asian Basketball League. Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan, which are lower-level leagues than the NBL, will participate.
Cooks was a poor player in the finals of EASL. The Korean team used sagging defense against him. If it were the NBL he would have gotten a free throw if he had a drive-in, but FIBA Ball didn't give him a free throw.
To put it bluntly, he has no power in FIBA Ball. If he can't hit a 3-pointer, he has to have good paint zone skills, but he can't do either.
That's why I don't think he's a lock for the Paris Olympics. But he's back in Sydney so Goorj will select him.
Cooks's teammate John Mooney's EASL Finals stats
37:35 MIN / 16 PTS (FG 7-14 50%, 3P 0-2, FT 2-4 50%) / 16 REB / 6 AST / 2 STL / 1 BLK / 2 TOV