Joey King is #4 in Player Efficiency Rating of conference players after 2 games

Only 6 teams Big Ten teams have played 2 games, but....

For all Big Ten players with 2 games played and averaging 20 minutes or more a game, Joey King is 4th in PER with a score of 36.5. #1 is Nigel Hayes (46.9), #2 is Illinois grad transfer center Mike Thorne (39.4), #3 is Purdue's Isaac Haas (39.3), and #5 is Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff (33.0).

Among players in those categories of games and minutes average, King is #1 in True Shooting Percentage of .817 (wow). He is followed by three Purdue players (Haas, Rapheal Davis, and Vince Edwards) and Brady Ellingson of Iowa at #5.

For players in those same categories of minutes and games:

The leader in points per game is Thorne (23.0) followed by King (21.0). Third is Uthoff at 17.0.

The leading rebounders per game are Purdue's Caleb Swanigan (Purdue is loaded!) at 12 per game and Thorne at 11 per game.

The leader in assists per game is Iowa's Gesell (10.5 per game) followed by Nate Mason (5.5 per game). Dorsey is tied for 5th at 4.0 per game.

The leader in steals per game is Rutgers' Mike Williams with 4.0. Gesell is 2nd at 2.5 per game.

Dorsey leads the conference in turnovers with 8 followed by Rutgers' DJ Foreman with 7.

But he's not athletic and doesn't pass the eye test.

Joey King's game would have had a lot less criticism had we a strong center and sf next to him to help with his deficiencies.