I have a little More Respect For Peter Jok
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Jok thanked Naz for a scouting report on TCU's guards but I can't find the tweet.
You're not going to believe me no matter what. But I feel confident that this is the case. It really doesn't matter since he has done great things for the Hawks. But in his heart he would have rather played for Fred/Prohm and with Monte, Matt, and Naz.
And I know you won't believe me, but I know Burton would have rather played with uthoff and co.
Some of it may be off, but this is pretty much how I remember things going down. He was noticed when he was still very young. After the injury we didn't hear much about recruiting him anymore.
A thread that people are saying good things about an Iowa player and you gotta try and troll.
I didn't know Niang and Co. hung out with them that much. That's cool to know.
On a side note, it'd be nice if this thread didn't turn into a total *****-fest. An Iowa player did something nice. Tried to give him props. There's no need to bring in Lazard about this.
On a side note, it'd be nice if this thread didn't turn into a total *****-fest. An Iowa player did something nice. Tried to give him props. There's no need to bring in Lazard about this.
The ***** fest is gonna happen because some of the same trolls always try and do that.
Niang has spoken well of Woodbury and Uthoff lately as well.
Clarifying some Jok info. Had big time colleges recruiting him as an 8th grader. Played at Roosevelt freshman and sophomore years. Played one of those years with a torn ligamemt- thought it was tendinitis. Transfered to Valley and played for Jeff Horner. Isu has to stop recruiting when Fred walked into an aau game to watch his daughter and Lefty Moore who was part of McDermott new staff that he hired right before he left was there watching Jok - against ncaa rules. Isu self reported and stopped recruiting Jok.
I said he's spoke well of him, which I think he has.
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I had heard that he was Iowa's to lose, that ISU backed off and went after someone's else (don't remember who) as Pete was going to Iowa. Maybe that isn't right, but that is what I had heard.
This is a nice move by Jok, let's not turn it into the normal pissing contest.
You're also the guy that said nobody wanted Jok except Iowa and he was a poor recruit.
ISU wasn't option after the Moore incident
http://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/good-intentions-backfire-iowa-st-ncaa-case
"Otherwise, Moore's coaching career was looking up. He had worked as an assistant for the Iowa Energy, an NBA developmental league team. He was also head coach for a 15- and 16-year-old AAU team based in Ames, the All-Iowa Attack. He had developed a particularly close relationship with Des Moines standout Peter Jok, who was already drawing interest from Iowa State and other colleges."
Jok said his biggest disappointment in his career was ISU pulling his offer:
"I wanted to be part of an elite program and play in front of elite fans, it is by far the biggest disappointment in my young career"
"I wanted to be part of an elite program and play in front of elite fans, it is by far the biggest disappointment in my young career"
I think it's funny that most fans think next year will be even better wo Jok. They have no idea how much they'll miss him and how his shooting opened everything up for others.
They keep signing big men and barely hAve any guards.
They keep signing big men and barely hAve any guards.
