There is a reason Iowa plays a lot of zone this year. Jok is a terrible defender and a zone defense not only protects players from fouling, but also hides player's defensive weaknesses.
Did Fred mess up not taking Peter Jok?
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From what I remember, Jok was all about being at ISU but then he got injured twice and ISU as well as most other schools in the country quit recruiting him. He was being touted as a big time recruit until the injuries. And like others have stated, he wasn't very good until this year just like Matt Thomas.
I wouldn't go that far. Jok has been a lights out shooter since high school. His lack of playing time is due to him only wanting to play ball on one end of the floor.
I would add, he is seeing more good looks this year due to Uthoff getting the opposing team's best defender, leaving Jok with an average defender. Most teams don't have 1 lock down defender, let alone 2.
Says guy that is probably going on username #10 that has wasted countless hours on an ISU message board pretending to be an ISU fan while backhandedly trying to prop up the hoks.
Iowa also only has one true big in the starting lineup and only one coming off the bench. Zone defense helps the undersized guys inside.
You could say the same thing about Thomas......but the similarity ends there. I see Jok as me-first guy, maybe not real coachable. Thomas has elevated ALL facets of his game this year, and is the ultimate team player.
If he is, then the B1G has some pretty low standards. Watch Jok play - if he's scoring, he's all in and wired. If not, he looks disinterested. Thomas plays all out, all the time.....on both ends of the floor. This is where Thomas stands out, to me. Plus MT was top 100 coming out of high school. Whar Jok?
A win's a win. Undefeated at home. If Jok wasn't on fire last night, we probably lose that game. Not sure what happened. I do know Minnesota really really hates Iowa.
If Jok wasn't on fire last night you probably lose to a team that has won one game since November 2015? Yikes
I doubt he really cares about the 0-3 part, he's winning a big10 title and will be 'the guy' in IC next year. Of course we would liked to have had him, but that's hindsight. Or should I say Lefty Less sight.
I'll give you that the bottom of the barrel in the B1G is pretty bad, but we've played Purdue twice, MSU twice, and we were at Maryland. We haven't had a cakewalk.
No. He would barely play, anyway. Honestly, I'd take Woodbury over Jok. Hes an ugly POS, but, he's played good this year.