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Most recently, in September 2025, he signed a two-way contract with the Washington Wizards and their G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, for the upcoming season. He previously played overseas for JDA Dijon Bourgogne in the French Betclic ELITE ProA in 2025. His career highlights include CBA champion (2024), All-NBA G League Second Team (2023), NBA G League Next Up Game (2023), SEC All-Freshman Team (2021), McDonald&rsquo;s All-American (2020), and USA Today All-USA Player of the Year (2019) and Mr. Georgia Basketball (2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":636859,"template":"","categories":[1],"class_list":["post-636858","nba-player","type-nba-player","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sharife Cooper: Stats, News, and NBA Career<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statistics, news, and analysis of Sharife Cooper, the talented point guard who promises in basketball. 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