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France is in lock down. That's where Peter Jok is. His thoughts on Garza, this year's team & MORE
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Peter’s a great Iowa kid!
He’s well spoken & a Hawkeye through & through.
And his jump shot is flawlessly beautiful.
He’s well spoken & a Hawkeye through & through.
And his jump shot is flawlessly beautiful.
Uthoff & Jok not sticking in the NBA is just a reminder on how tough it is to make a roster spot.
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This was published in the Gazette on Mon., July 29, 2019.
As you will see, in this decade alone, Big Ten leading scorers John Shurna, Deshaun Thomas, Terran Pettaway and D.J. Newbill never played in the NBA, while JaJuan Johnson was in just 36 games.
Former Hawkeye star Peter Jok soon will bid bonjour to France
The ex-Iowa guard will play pro basketball in Cholet
Mike Hlas
The Gazette
Exhibit 9,999 on how hard it is to earn a spot on an NBA roster:
Peter Jok, 2017 Big Ten first-team all-conference player and the league’s leading scorer, is headed to France after spending his first two seasons in the NBA’s G League.
Jok signed a contract this month to play the 2019-20 season for Cholet Basket in the LNB Pro A in France. So ends, for now, his foray in American professional basketball.
Undrafted in 2017, Jok spent the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with the Northern Arizona Suns of the G-League. He averaged 14.3 points and 40.3 percent from 3-point distance last season. He was on the Orlando Magic’s NBA Summer League team earlier this month, but played sparingly.
So it’s off to Cholet. I don’t know if that’s one of France’s more charming cities. But it’s still France. And it’s still a paying gig in pro ball. If a French publication offered me a one-year contract at a competitive salary, I’d be saying “Buh bye” to Iowa and “Bonjour” to the sucker, er, employer in Le Mans or Limoges or wherever.
Basketball-wise, however, France isn’t in the same hemisphere as the NBA financially, competitively, or in any other way.
Jok, 25, knocked on the door. But being the Big Ten’s top scorer isn’t a hall pass to an NBA job. In this decade alone, Big Ten leading scorers John Shurna, Deshaun Thomas, Terran Pettaway and D.J. Newbill never played in the NBA, while JaJuan Johnson was in just 36 games.
I’ll bet the good people of Cholet thoroughly enjoy Jok and his game.
LINK: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...s-playing-pro-basketball-2019-season-20190729
As you will see, in this decade alone, Big Ten leading scorers John Shurna, Deshaun Thomas, Terran Pettaway and D.J. Newbill never played in the NBA, while JaJuan Johnson was in just 36 games.
Former Hawkeye star Peter Jok soon will bid bonjour to France
The ex-Iowa guard will play pro basketball in Cholet
Mike Hlas
The Gazette
Exhibit 9,999 on how hard it is to earn a spot on an NBA roster:
Peter Jok, 2017 Big Ten first-team all-conference player and the league’s leading scorer, is headed to France after spending his first two seasons in the NBA’s G League.
Jok signed a contract this month to play the 2019-20 season for Cholet Basket in the LNB Pro A in France. So ends, for now, his foray in American professional basketball.
Undrafted in 2017, Jok spent the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with the Northern Arizona Suns of the G-League. He averaged 14.3 points and 40.3 percent from 3-point distance last season. He was on the Orlando Magic’s NBA Summer League team earlier this month, but played sparingly.
So it’s off to Cholet. I don’t know if that’s one of France’s more charming cities. But it’s still France. And it’s still a paying gig in pro ball. If a French publication offered me a one-year contract at a competitive salary, I’d be saying “Buh bye” to Iowa and “Bonjour” to the sucker, er, employer in Le Mans or Limoges or wherever.
Basketball-wise, however, France isn’t in the same hemisphere as the NBA financially, competitively, or in any other way.
Jok, 25, knocked on the door. But being the Big Ten’s top scorer isn’t a hall pass to an NBA job. In this decade alone, Big Ten leading scorers John Shurna, Deshaun Thomas, Terran Pettaway and D.J. Newbill never played in the NBA, while JaJuan Johnson was in just 36 games.
I’ll bet the good people of Cholet thoroughly enjoy Jok and his game.
LINK: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...s-playing-pro-basketball-2019-season-20190729
Appreciate it! Pete's a good man and I always wish him well at wherever he goes. Yep, wife and I are holed up in the nest- for now.there's 2 more vidoes for you to watch as you hunker down at home!
