Will copy my post about Jiri from another thread here...
I would like to see him get back to last year's 2nd half season form. Maybe he needs to get smacked in the mouth again - literally. No, I'm not talking about someone flat out hitting him. He just seems to wake up when someone beats on him a bit.
The guy has the abilities to be physical. IMO, he just plays physical when he
wants to.
I saw some great post moves and solid rebounding out of him the 2nd half of last season - the NDSU and Mizzou games being the first - even with that important air-balled free-throw against Mizzu.
In the last two games though, Jiri has scored a total of 25 points (15 and 12), 14 rebounds (6 and 8) and is shooting just over 56%. All this in just 39 combined minutes (23 and 16).
He's also 2 for 2 from 3-point land in those games.
So, while he has started slow this season, that's been his shtick his entire career it seems and it looks like he's starting to wake up, around the same time he did last year.
I'd love to see another double-double from him against NDSU in few weeks just like he had against them last season.
Jiri, where are the great post moves and the little hook you use so well?