Player Dossier

Sharife Cooper

WAS · 2025-26Emergency depthMixed coverage

Connective passer · Pick-and-roll handler · Point-of-attack defender

What does Sharife Cooper actually supply on the floor?

Sharife Cooper's strongest evidenced functions are passing, creation, shooting; the weakest available areas are event creation, interior finishing, rim protection. The profile is tied to WAS for 2025-26.

Function profile

2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.

Creation63

Rim pressure54

Shooting*57

Passing64

Screening*—

Interior finish29

Point of attack*—

Switch coverage*—

Rim protection35

Event creation28

Rebounding37

* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.

Season by season

Every governed season profile on record.

Season	Team	Role	Evidence	Creation	Rim pressure	Shooting	Passing	Screening	Interior finish	Point of attack	Switch coverage	Rim protection	Event creation	Rebounding
2025-26	WAS	Emergency depth	Mixed coverage	63	54	57	64	—	29	—	—	35	28	37
2021-22	ATL	—	Mixed coverage	49	48	49	47	—	43	—	—	47	43	50

What teams depended on him for

Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.

WAS · 2025-26Observed replacement lineup exists

WAS had a supported lineup path without Sharife Cooper: [Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Tre Johnson] at 0.5 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 171 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 18%loses 8.0% of passing

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Tre Johnson

shrunk net 0.4650 over 171 possessions

on floor 1340 possessions · off floor 6093 possessions

ATL · 2021-22Player lineup sample too small

ATL did not have enough resolved lineup possessions involving Sharife Cooper for a dependable replacement conclusion.

rotation 1%loses 0.1% of creation

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Clint Capela · Bogdan Bogdanovic · John Collins · Kevin Huerter · Trae Young

shrunk net 10.5860 over 312 possessions

on floor 73 possessions · off floor 7567 possessions

Known contract calendar

Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.

WAS · 2025-26Contract control horizonJun 30, 2026

Sharife Cooper has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2026 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.