years weight birth_place team height position nationality career_end birth_date article_title name career_start
1995 2003 2003 -- 2004 2004 2004 -- 2010 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- 2003 95 kg -lrb- 210 lb -rrb- toowoomba , queensland canberra taipans manawatu jets adelaide 36ers gunners brisbane bullets victoria giants manawatu jets cairns 206 cm ftin on centre / power forward australian 2010 1 january 1976 david cooper -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 david cooper 2001
david cooper -lrb- basketball -rrb-

david cooper -lrb- born 15 october 1976 -rrb- is a retired australian basketball player who played for the brisbane bullets -lrb- 2001 -- 02 -rrb- , victoria giants -lrb- 2002 -- 03 -rrb- , cairns taipans -lrb- 2003 -- 04 -rrb- and adelaide 36ers -lrb- 2004 -- 10 -rrb- in the nbl .
born in toowoomba , australia , cooper started off by playing for the canberra gunners in the australian basketball association from the 1995 season .
his last season was to be in 2001 , when he was drafted by the brisbane bullets .
he stayed there for his first season , before moving to the victoria giants in the 2002 season .
he was also playing for the manawatu jets in the new zealand national basketball league , where he won the 2003 mvp award and lead rebounding in 2004 .
he then was once again traded , this time to the cairns taipans for the 2003-04 season , and then once again to the adelaide 36ers in the 2004-05 season .
this is where he played out the remainder of his nbl career .
his highest ever score in australia 's highest league was 17 in adelaide 's 2005 quarter final game against brisbane .
cooper retired from playing in the nbl at the end of the 2009-10 nbl season .
