Center Wayne Cooper of the Denver Nuggets...
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Center Wayne Cooper of the Denver Nuggets has signed a $3.3-million, three-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, returning to the team that traded him five years ago.
Portland traded Cooper, along with Fat Lever, Calvin Natt and two draft picks, to Denver in 1984 for Kiki Vandeweghe.
A second-round pick by Golden State in 1978 from the University of New Orleans, Cooper has played with five teams in 11 National Basketball Assn. seasons. He has averaged nine points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots.
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