ibahawkeye
Well-Known Member
Can't shoot is a bit harsh and a stretch. As a Freshman he hasn't displayed his 15ft range that well, but I can tell you that it's there. Watch his high school highlights again. His stroke doesn't even look bad. He has been forcing things entirely to much after coming back from the injury. Oh ya he also came back to start playing immediately in confrence play. Once Cook settles down a bit and finds a groove in this offense he will be the primary guy on the scouting report. The number 1 thing you can't allow to happen to you is get carved up in the paint. Cook can and will provide this threat for us more so than any hawkeye we have seen since Reggie Evens. Pemsel and Kreiner are nice players and bring some tools to the court for sure, but they are complement pieces to Cook. If you had to draft the Iowa players in order even right now Cook is the lottery draft pick. Yes even over Jok. Jok's durability issues and asthma are really going to hurt his chances of ever being as good as he could be. Cook is still the top pick.
I'll take a healthy Jok. Cook turns the ball over too much in the post and although Pete's defense is bad, it's well ahead of Tylers. Not only that Jok lead the team in rebounding.