Information cutoff: 2026-07-18. Cooper is not on Washington's 2026-27 roster; no projection is carried.
Role, baseline, and status
- 2025-26: 41 games, 17.1 MPG; 8.1 points and 3.0 assists, on a two-way signed September 29 2025.
- Contract status: not under contract for 2026-27. Washington declined to tender a qualifying offer on June 29 2026, making him an unrestricted free agent. He does not appear on the Wizards' 2026-27 cap table, and he does not appear in the club's June-July 2026 transaction log. All three two-way slots are now filled by Watkins, Reese and Okpara, so the two-way path back is blocked; a return would require the single open standard roster spot.
- 2026-27 projection: none. Any line would be conditional on a signing that has not occurred.
Correction 2026-07-18: the previous 8-minute conditional projection and the "official offseason roster listing" status were removed. Cooper was carried as a roster member on the strength of a stale offseason roster page; he has been an unrestricted free agent since the June 29 qualifying-offer decline. Spotrac · HoopsHype 2026-27 cap table · ESPN transaction log
Fantasy dossier
- All formats: undraftable. He is not on an NBA roster at the cutoff.
- If re-signed by Washington: a deep assists streamer only, and only with Young and Carrington both unavailable. Almost no blocks and low rebounding and three-point volume narrow the contribution even then.
- Dynasty: very deep leagues only; Young's four-year deal blocks the principal path regardless of where he signs.
- Watch trigger: Washington has no third pure point guard under contract, which is the most plausible use of its one open standard spot. That makes a reunion possible but in no way reported.
Evidence trail
Wizards 2025-26 notes · Spotrac contract page · HoopsHype 2026-27 cap table · ESPN transaction log · NBA Young re-signing
Career record
Pre-NBA: Auburn, one season (2020-21): 20.2 points, 8.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game on .391 FG across 12 games, after an NCAA eligibility investigation cost him the front of the season. Draft: 2021, round 2, pick 48, Atlanta Hawks.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 20 | ATL | 13 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .214 | .000 | 0.5 |
| 2025-26 | 24 | WAS | 41 | 17.1 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .514 | .833 | 1.5 |
| Career | — | — | 54 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .498 | .833 | 1.2 |
Between NBA stops (2022-25): Cleveland Charge in the G League, a 2024 CBA title with Liaoning (22 points and 9 assists in the clincher), then Aris Thessaloniki in Greece and JDA Dijon in France before the September 2025 Wizards two-way.
Durability: No significant injury record; every gap in the file is contractual, not physical.
Trajectory: The record shows a former elite college playmaker who spent three seasons rebuilding his stock through the G League, China, Greece and France, then delivered a real NBA answer in 2025-26 — 8.1 points and 3.0 assists on .514 FG with a respectable 38.2% from three, the shooting being the skill that had been missing. Washington still declined the qualifying offer, so he enters 2026-27 as an unrestricted free agent with no roster. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if he signs somewhere with a thin point-guard depth chart and injuries hand him 20+ minutes, at which point he is a deep-league assists streamer and nothing wider.
Career sources: ESPN career stats, StatMuse season averages, Wikipedia
Open questions
- Does Cooper sign anywhere in the NBA for 2026-27, and does Washington revisit him for its open standard spot?
- With Cooper gone, is George the emergency third point guard, or does Washington add a veteran?