Jay Williams says GMs should be extremely concerned about Darryn Peterson, and that he would draft AJ Dybantsa over him. “I don’t feel like he really wants to be there.”
He’s gonna be a King and this take is gonna be correct
As someone who lives in Kings country I pray this doesn’t happen to you guys. :(
You know things are rough when blazers fans are wishing you luck with a lottery pick
Truer words never spoken.
Walton, Bowie, Oden, Roy, there’s still time for Scoot but he’s missed a ton of time
Dame and Lamarcus deserve more credit for their careers
Sabonis also not being able to join the team for so long. He would have been a force of nature if he had played in the NBA in his prime.
this just my opinion but id draft dybantsa over peterson regardless.
i’ve felt very confused when people declare peterson the clear #1. why would i skip the 6’9 wing who can do it all for a shoot-first guard with injury/motivation concerns?
AJ isn’t a do it all wing tho. He definitely is a little raw and isn’t a perfect prospect.
That’s the thing though, he’s still raw in some areas but is somehow leading the entire nation in scoring on a top-25 team.
His most raw skill in the most valuable tool needed in the NBA. He won’t be able to physically dominate like he does in college in the next level.
He’s very similar to Flagg but Flagg had a money mid range & people knew his shot could be developed, AJ shooting ability is still much more of a question mark. Tbf everything I said might still be irrelevant because if AJ does develop that shot he’s arguably more talented than Coop
I’m not remotely worried about Dybantsa’s shooting. He just needs more reps to improve consistency and he’ll get there - his core mechanics are good and he’s shooting 36% from deep and 76% (on very high volume) FT’s.
He won’t be able to physically dominate like he does in college in the next level.
Disagree with that too. He’s 6’9 with very good athleticism and length. He’s going to add muscle over the years and will be a force attacking the hoop. He’s highly skilled too - he does not just dominate with size.
Dybantsa is a high ceiling high floor guy, at the biggest position of need in today’s NBA. Personally I jump at him #1 in this draft and don’t think twice.
I should’ve been more clear for sure, I’m not saying AJ won’t be an elite athlete.
I’m saying right now AJ doesn’t need to shoot, he’s being double literally every play but he’s so much more athletic it a doesn’t matter.
Im not that optimistic about his shooting. It seems like most top prospects who are raw shooters recently haven’t developed a shot consistently at the next level. I’m concerned his shot doesn’t develop if ends up on the Jazz, Pelicans, or just any organization that’s not known for developing players.
He’s the best prospect imo as well but I think people are rightfully scared of him being a Zion/Ja type player where their extremely talented but the shooting just holds them back.
Zion was a significantly worse shooter than Dybantsa in college, and Ja is 6’1. That said, shooting was not the reason either “failed” - both would be annual All Stars in this league if not for injury/maturity issues.
Regardless, I just don’t agree with calling Dybantsa a “raw” shooter. He’s not raw at all, he’s just not elite.
all these guys are raw at the end of the day
dybantsa’s numbers are incredible and he actually plays games, has an NBA-ready build that will likely keep growing and has shown improvement consistently.
i cant see the appeal in a super athletic shoot first guard who doesnt seem to have playmaking instincts when the NBA is trending away from the smaller freak athletes and towards the bigger skilled players
Peterson is not a small guard by any means though. He was measured in 2024 and he came in at 6’4” barefoot and had a 6’10.5” wingspan. He’s also not really a freak athlete in the sense that he’s burning dudes with just his athleticism alone.
Watch how he plays (when he does play). He plays like he’s been in the NBA for 10 years. And unlike AJ, Peterson plays defense.
If you wanna hear a funny stat, the last time AJ got measured, he came in at 6’9” barefoot but only a 6’11” wingspan. So Peterson basically got the same wingspan as AJ does.
Thank you, doesn’t even look a little small on court
Peterson also outplayed Dybantsa badly when he was able to play against him a few weeks ago, all while on a minutes restriction…
https://youtu.be/0rL5_UDecz8?si=mdnCE3lCbs2Equ2m
He wasn’t on a minutes restriction. He pulled himself out of the game and chose to sit lol
AJ is 6’7 people lol
I say we roast one, barbeque the other and deep fry the third and see who ends up best
Have some booze with braised boozer
Kansas plays Peterson at shooting guard that’s why he’s off the ball and he just shoots and score he’s shown playmaking chops when he’s handling the basketball at point guard
Kon was and has been pretty polished as a player.
AJ moves different on top of everything else he does well. No one can stay in front of him.
Those athletic trainers on KU’s staff have him locked down it seems
Yeah that is exactly it.
I would take Dybantsa because you simply don’t see 6’9 guys move like him. Usually they are choppy but he’s so damn fluid.
He might not turn out to be the best player in a very good class but the upside is absurd.
do it all could be a stretch but he profiles like a tmac…. i take that dude number 1 10⁄10 and hope he doesn’t have the same later in career injuries that tmac had because you can’t predict that
In fairness wasn’t here huge concerns about Anthony Edward’s passion for the game too
Ant actually played all the games that season for Georgia. He has a personality and interests and the media created a narrative from it
Why can’t people just admit they don’t know. Like it’s easy to say this shit in hindsight. Those were obviously bullshit but these are valid. No, you’d be saying the opposite if Edwards just crashed out. Just admit we don’t know because we don’t know these people and they aren’t even really adults yet. The biggest culture problem is everyone HAS to have an opinion instead of just saying they don’t know
It doesn’t require hindsight to say bro is straight selling at the college level and to question his commitment to the game. It’s right there for everyone to see lol. We aren’t talkin about some weird ass rumors based on nothing.
exactly especially after the coach made those comments. Now we have our proof
Didn’t Ant say multiple times he like football more too? I remember that factoring into the concerns as well.
Actions speak louder than words. We all had a favorite sport growing up, but that didn’t mean it was the one we were best at (soccer/baseball for me). Yea, naturally people made a much bigger deal about that than it should have been, but it was really just a nothingburger. All you had to do was watch him play. Same thing happened with our ORoY WR1 in Charlotte we just drafted. He said some dumb shit about not watching film as an 18 year old and a couple years later the talking heads are going on about does he love the game. Well, were you watching the last couple years? Very different situations/circumstances.
Nah I agree 100% with you and soon as Ant was on the court, it was clear he loved playing. Seeing him play and be motivated really made me starting questioning and scrutinizing pre-draft media narratives a lot more, same with when they were hyping Ja up so much as a “hard worker” and now look what kind of a player he turned out being.
on another comment you suggested i questioned ant, now here you are on my comment supporting ant saying i’d say the opposite if he flamed out
why cant anyone else speculate but you can do a whole buncha ifs?
ESPN didn’t like that Ant enjoys football more than basketball.
Yeah the two main top prospects I remember having these type of motivation questions are Ant and Ben Simmons, so it can go either way lol.
Yes, but he didn’t miss games.
Not really? He played in every game at UGA and honestly played very hard for a pretty bad basketball team there. He was just too inefficient and not consistent enough from 3, which he obviously has shored up.
yea I wonder if people remember that a lot of the discourse around Anthony Edwards was that he didnt like basketball and drafting him would come with a huge risk that he’d flame out quickly and give up
It wasn’t that he didn’t like basketball though? It was just that he liked football more I thought. But more importantly ant likes competition overall
Dybansta is not at all a do it all wing he’s actually pretty raw and relies on his size and athleticism. He can develop into that sure but Peterson is without a doubt a more polished prospect
Petersons injuries scare me, I have AJ 1st now too
his 2 assists to 2 turnovers ratio scares me more than his injury
Peterson has severe playmaking issues.
Because Dybantsa can’t do it all. He can’t shoot and he doesn’t defend.
24.8 pts on 35.7% from 3 and 53% from the field. i think its likely his numbers will improve at the next level. on top of it, he even averages more assists than peterson currently
His physical advantage will dimish at next lvl so why would you think he’d improve?
Maybe eventually sure, but first few yrs?
why would i expect him to regress? hes 19
Compared to the talent he is playing against.
Like dude might be crazy athletic compared to other college players, but it’s not enough to carry him at the next level where everyone is a super athlete.
but again, its not like hes getting older or weaker???
Ahhh yes, Luka Doncic and Jokic, the super athletes
He’s 19 it’ll improve. His physical advantages are likely to improve as he grows into a man. Think of AJ at 24⁄25 years old. He’s only going to get stronger and more skilled, unless he takes the Ben/Zion route.
I think the common thing to look at to see if shooting will translate to the next level is free throw percentage. AJ is at 75% which isn’t bad, but not great. So barring any mechanical changes, I don’t think he will suddenly get better shooting from 3 in the league.
his jumper is fine, its slow but its not like a 19 yr cannot improve… lots of wings struggle at the line but even thats not the worst percentage
Peterson may be “shoot first” but a ton of what he does is off ball within the flow of the offense.
Many people believe his playmaking is much better than being showcased because of that. He seemed like an intelligent passer in high school.
I still believe Dybantsa should go 1 but I understand the argument for Peterson. He’s an insanely good shooter with the athletic profile to be great at the rim as well.
Did you watch them play each other? Peterson completely dominated the game in the first half and then sat out for cramps or something in the second.
You could hardly tell Dybantsa was out there. If Peterson can be healthy and engaged he’s clearly the better player right now, not even close.
Peterson is healthy he just doesn’t want to play college ball.
You were saying the exact same thing bout Anthony Edwards 5 years ago too boss.
Yeah I was gonna say, is it really such a hot take that you’d take the guy who’s better in every basically every single counting stat, plays a more important position and has the more impressive physical build?
Lol. What? Dybasta is an awful shooter compared to Peterson, and going off counting stats because the player isn’t playing isn’t a very good reason to draft them. Dybasta’s defense has been pretty bad/ineffective all year, so if he’s not a plus defender, I don’t know what he does at an elite level other than be long.
Meanwhile, Peterson is already a Klay Thompson level shooter. With the “injury” stuff, I’m taking Dybasta, but healthy, I’m going Peterson 100%
Would draft Boozer over both of them
I think boozer is closer to 4th than he is 1st.
That’s a hot take!
Imo Boozer is the safest pick. It is just hard for me to imagine him not being at minimum a good starter for a long time. Probably not the ceiling of Dybantsa but if I was set on the wing, I would draft him #1 without hesitation.
17.9 BPM as a freshman, leading the country and I believe the second highest for a freshman since 2000 behind only Zion.
Seems like a good sign.
The NBA won’t think that because they are smarter than you and Peterson will go number 1 as long as there is no long term injury problem
Anyone else kind of put off by Peterson only averaging 1.5 assists per game or is that more of a system thing?
Yea and you’ll get fired
I know this subs likes to dismiss college ball. But Peterson’s behavior this season has genuinely been bizarre. I have no idea what he’s doing and why he thinks it helps him. If he’s hurt, he ought to sit out. Kyrie missed most of the season and went #1. If he’s on a minute restrictions, let his coach come out and say that. The current situation doesn’t help himself, Kansas basketball, or his draft stock, so what’s the point?
Curious if this is a “quarterback dad” situation, where a family member is micromanaging him.
Most likely his agent
I think it’s a bit of both.
Or the uncle/advisor….those always have the best interest of the kid at heart.
He’s got an uncle Dennis
Big time Kawhi Leonard vibes
Have you seen him play. He has a real motor issue that i don’t see people talk about. If the game isn’t going his way he dosent seem to try as hard and i’ve seen him just sub himself out a few times. Interesting prospect forsure.
i just wonder about these guys who’ve been hyped since middle school and where their mind is at atp in their career. the hungers probably not the same when you already got everything (money, fame) that used to be one step away for college athletes
The truth is there will always be players who are insanely gifted and have the potential to be all time greats but they just don’t care enough. Most of them have been on this track their entire life, and maybe at some point wanted something different than sports, but never got that opportunity. They’re been too good to ever do anything but play sports. If you’re LeBron, that’s great, but not everyone has that mentality.
“just sub himself out a few times.” This is the crazy thing to hear from me. When I played ball, I NEVER wanted to leave the court. If this dude’s not up to play 48 minutes for a 30-32 game season, what happens next year when he has to get through 82. I’m not wasting a high draft pick on someone that needs minutes restrictions at 18-20 years old.
The reason why it’s so difficult to understand is that nobody has a clear answer why he’s doing this because DP/his camp are being so shady about it.
If it came out that he has a legitimate injury that he’s playing through, people wouldn’t bat an eye and instead suggest he shut it down. But it’s clear he’s not communicating with his team and is just subbing himself out whenever he wants.
There was a play a few weeks ago where he subbed himself out while a pass was being thrown his direction. The situation was a hilarious microcosm of his season so far. He’s an extremely polished scorer but there’s a lot of mysterious stuff going on which from the outside seems like a huge headache to deal with.
This sounds a lot like DeAndre Ayton getting drafted #1.
What has he done? I apologise, I don’t want to watch a 3 minute ESPN video with Perkins and there’s context in the video. I don’t follow college ball, but his stats look alright, last 5 games including:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/darryn-peterson-1.html
His stats are great (and talent is greater) which is why he’s considered the #1 or 2 pick but he has subbed himself out of games a few times now. The most recent example was last night where he played just 18 minutes, scored 23 points and took himself out. Even his coach brought up his concern at the presser yesterday. It’s considered cramping issues but even then it would be a concern about endurance/stamina.
He’ll go near the top anyways but when you’re trying to decide between the top 2-3 guys every little red flag will (and probably should) be used to make a decision.
That’s a huge red flag that’s not being talked about enough. Teams should definitely not waste their high pick on him and instead let him fall to the high 20s where he belongs.
Lol acting like OKC wouldn’t snatch him anyway before y’all got your green hands on him
Joe would have him running through walls or shoot him dead. Nothing in between.
He gives off major Ben Simmons at LSU vibes to me…..which is sad, becauses thinking about that….Simmons actually played a lot more and wasn’t even being paid (that we know of) like Peterson.
Oh Ben was definitely getting paid. That’s where “strong ass offers” came from
That’s my coach right there! Actual gangster Will Wade.
It seems like he has an agreement at Kansas to bubble wrap himself for the NBA, people are very worried about his injuries and kinda the non disclosure of the severity of them
Miller played hurt, was absolutely abysmal in the tourney cus of it, and still went #2
Peterson will be fine
This is a completely different level of draft class we’re talking about here. He’ll most likely go top 3 but it’s not a given
If he’s on a minute restrictions, let his coach come out and say that.
He’s definitely not on a minutes restriction, Bill Self just threw him under the bus last night about taking himself out of the game
And what star athlete continuously takes themselves out of a game? This sub would rip 40+ year old Lebron if he was subbing himself out constantly.
People dismiss the “intangibles” like work ethic, basketball IQ etc in drafts. When we have examples of Simmons and Wiseman.
He’s doing it because he can. He’s still going #1. You mention it not helping him or anyone else, but it’s not hurting him either.
I dunno. The last thing we need is a 2 right now. With AJ being available, I could see these concerns pushing him over the top since Risacher isn’t giving us a ton of confidence in his growth potential.
remember when anthony edwards didnt like basketball
To be a little fair, Ant played in every game at Georgia and averaged 30+ MPG
Peterson has missed 11 games so far and only played 30+ minutes in 6 of his 15 games played
He also still gets bored with regular season games from time to time now in the nba in year six. He was there in spring 2020 so no one got to see him in a playoff atmosphere.
Ben Simmons is who you worry about when a guy doesn’t seem interested in playing basketball
He also still gets bored with regular season games from time to time
So most NBA players? Lol
Also the Ant not liking basketball thing stemmed from him saying point blank he’d rather be a football player. It wasn’t based on anything he had actually done.
Simmons is a good example. The wild thing is for him to become a bust, he not only had to get a horrible back injury he also had to become unable to shoot a layup or free throw. To be fair, had he loved the game he might have worked through the yips or whatever his issue was, but also if that back injury is less bad that maybe changes the end of his career as well.
I think Ayton is another good example. A big, athletic, physical guy with all the tools who you want to do at least some of the dirty work in the paint, but he’s just uninterested. He’s a guy where I think if he had a real motor you’re talking about consistent all-NBA awards and instead he’s like a replacement level center.
you may have a point. but as a warriors fan who got excited for wiseman after listening to media guys talk about how edwards would rather leave for the NFL, im never taking commentary like this seriously lol
Dybantsa is a significantly better prospect than Wiseman too though
yeah im not disputing the idea of taking dybantsa even if peterson had no question marks around him. im just saying im traumatized after falling for a similar “he doesnt wanna play” story from the media
Do not listen to anybody commenting otherwise, this sub took the Edwards narrative and ran with it at the time, just like everybody else did
I mean if you actually listened to Edwards’ interviews around then it was pretty clear he was the type to say wild things just to say them, as is even clearer today. There were even people in the threads here saying the same thing but everyone wanted to meme and take what they heard at face value
That espn article killed him, it was a lot of people’s first exposure to him, and his humor did not translate to text.
Wiseman also never looked good and only got hype because weak draft class and he got suspended before he played anybody good. He would’ve been exposed badly
Hasn’t dude been injured a lot? Makes sense why he’s playing limited minutes…if anything his draft stock should drop due to injury concerns, where is this idea that he doesn’t like basketball coming from?
had a hammy injury right at the beginning of the season. it’s my opinion that it’s still bugging him. other kansas fans will probably disagree; they think his agent is telling him to load manage.
there’s a clip of his last three pointer from last night where he gets zero lift off the ground; he subs himself out right after that.
Have you ever seen a player ask out of 75% of the games they’ve played in a year? Cause I sure haven’t.
It was also mostly just talking heads and media concerned over Ant trolling. He was still easily the consensus number 1 pick. Peterson’s concerns have been much more material.
At least he played basketball
He said he liked football better than he liked basketball. And that was before we all knew that Ant just says crazy shit all the time. Ant always played and balled out at Georgia.
Ant didn’t miss game tho, and still really doesn’t miss many games at the NBA level. Now I wouldn’t say Peterson doesnt wanna play but to be concerned about his injury history is very fair.
Jalen Johnson basically quit on Duke, and there have been no problems with him in the NBA.
Darryn Peterson is definitely playing through some injury right now given that his athleticism looks considerably worse than it did in high school. He’d still be a top 2 pick if he sat out, so the fact that he’s trying to play at all should be taken as a positive sign.
This situation is closer to Ben Simmons than Ant
It’s even closer to Jalen Johnson, and he’s panned out
Ant never quit on his team
Ant might as well be Kobe compared to DnPeterson. Like it’s not the same at all. I’m still taking Peterson top 4 no question but this should be far and away more concerning than anything about Ant pre draft
Future Utah Jazz uploading 😂
isn’t the jazz owner already pretty much paying AJ an nba salary to be at BYU
Yeah really the worst kept secret, hes definitely going to end up in Utah
take it from a true scout
Peterson going #1 and nothing gonna change it
Not even a true scout but I’d bet so much money on Peterson #1, the skillset is generational stuff. Imagine a guy being hurt and this is how he performs still? I mean come on
I hope enough teams are scared by DnP that he drops all the way to 7th
Or perhaps further
How many yachts do you need to waterski behind?!!! WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?!!!!!
If the Clips pick vaults to #1 somehow Presti should be legally obligated to give the greed is good speech live for a national audience
Is he Ant 2.0 or is he Ben Simmons 2.0?
Ant was bored with regular season college games and had a calm, cool, collected attitude with nba personnel which made people think he didn’t care. Plus he never got to play in the tournament so people didn’t see him there. Ben Simmons just didn’t like basketball.
Ant played 30 + min a game and played nearly every game.
Ben Simmons also played every game averaging 35mpg at LSU
Ben simmons was all nba before back injuries
Also finished top 5 in DPOY voting twice. He had his own issues and clearly lacked the mental toughness/confidence to have a long successful career in the nba, but I never thought it was because he hated basketball. Usually a guy who doesn’t want to be there isn’t playing lock down defense
Didn’t Jalen Johnson also do something similar?
He was hurt, or at least sat out full games.
And he had lots of ticky-tack injuries his first several years in the nba
Right about this time of year – actually, Feb 15 – he just “opted out” of the rest of the season. I don’t know what lesson to take from any of this, but it’s another reference point.
Yeah he withdrew from Duke halfway through the year to focus on preparing for the draft. Granted we weren’t very good that year, but it sucked to have a top recruit essentially quit on the team. Looked like a great move considering the leap he has taken this year for the Hawks.
It was during that weird COVID year, where it looked like hardly anyone wanted to be there.
Doesn’t matter, Kings will pick the wrong player and stifle his development
I upvoted, then I downvoted, then I upvoted again, just so I can approve this message twice.
That theragun on the sidelines is pretty suspect, but if it’s nothing and just an attitude thing that’s pretty worrying too
I mean, has a team ever won a championship where their franchise guy doesn’t seem to care about competing on a regular basis, especially at such a young, developing age? Maybe Kawhi, but I don’t necessarily think it’s a one-to-one comparison. It is something to be worried about, I think.
I don’t think that Kawhi didn’t seem to care. He might not show his emotions but I think the Spurs took him because they see that he competes and works hard. Just doesn’t show emotions.
Saying kawhi doesn’t care about competing is insane. He just doesn’t show his emotions.
***when he plays.
Just seems like bs talk lol
Blah blah blah
making the jump from he’s missing time due to injuries and illness to he doesn’t want to play basketball is kinda crazy to me. sometimes guys have to miss games. if you’re worried about his injury history- fair. but to say he doesn’t want to be playing when you don’t even know why he “checks himself out of the second half” is buffoonery
You clearly haven’t been following the situation. He is flat out scamming Kansas. This has been going on all year where he has no restrictions and just decides not to play right before or even during the game. If he wasn’t the most talented player in the draft class, he’d be off my draft board entirely.
Well it’s a clip from get up and they just be saying shit to fill time. Also, Jay Williams is terrible.
He got a hamstring injury as a projected #1 overall pick. Could have shut it down a long time ago if he didn’t want to be at Kansas
Still would have been the #1 player on some people’s board because they are not making this decision based on 1 season.
Off topic: Are there clowns out there that listen to Perkins? Him and Stephen A are dumb and dumber
Not playing with the flu….
Call me crazy, but I’m going to trust the athlete and the dozens of highly trained medical staff to decide this one.
If you were the projected #1 (or 2) pick and had some injury trouble, would you risk rupturing your achilles and ruining your career just to play more minutes in college?
He’s making an effort to play, despite his injuries. He plays hard when he’s out there. I’m a KU fan, so I’m biased, but I don’t blame him at all for being cautious with managing this stuff.
Couldn’t agree more. Dude is a true star. I’m going to trust Bill Self. If he says it’s legit, it’s legit. Of any coach who can afford to be blatantly honest about a situation it’s him. If it was something different things would be known.
I don’t follow CBB too closely but it seems so obvious. The simplest explanation is injury not that some dude who’s trying to make the NBA just doesn’t care and decides he just doesn’t feel like playing.
This is where I fall too but his camp isn’t helping the situation by remaining tight lipped about the whole thing
If he’s injured then just say so, it looks worse for there to be all this uncertainty and having his coach make comments like he did last night about him than to just come out and go “Yes he’s hurt but wants to play so he’s trying to gut it out as much as he can”
Personally id do the opposite of literally anything Jay Williams says at this point.
I’m not leaving my house let alone a dorm if I have the flu.
I would’ve gotten on his ass like back-pockets. We would’ve been movin some furniture 😹😹😹😹
lmao the crash zoom on schraeger
let him fall to okc, we’ll let him sit a year np
If you watch the games he is clearly playing lame and gutting it out. Less explosion and lift compared to high school, cannot plant and drive
Why’d his coach throw him under the bus then? At some point in the season everyone’s playing through something
Because he’s getting paid millions of dollars to play for Kansas?
So then earn that money? Just reeks of entitlement. “I’m getting paid and am a top 3 pick. I’m not risking my body and future for my teammates and coach.”
I still think Peterson has the higher ceiling, but his stock certainly hasn’t improved much in his freshman year. The injury thing is kinda worrisome. If I was a team that felt comfortable taking a home run swing, I’d take Peterson and give him the best possible support, but if I was a team that just desperately needed a big hit, I’d take Dybantsa or Boozer first.
Remember the discourse around Kyrie?
I mean, he’s just getting in the practice of load management now.
He should be able to go right to the league, if you are good enough you are old enough. Let’s stop this nonsense.
Peterson knows the Kings will end up with the first pick and he’s trying to dodge that.
Motor issues giving Simmons and Ayton flashbacks
This is going to be funny to look back in 5 years when Peterson is a franchise star player and everyone mocks people for ever doubting him.
Did he say this about his fellow Duke player? Kyrie played 9 games his 1 year at Duke
Still #1 pick….
Gotta fill a lot of time on the air with bullshit lol
And if he sits out, why is he sitting out now?
He was able to play before.
If he was a gamer, he’d find a way.
Completely agree
How much of this furore is just because of the information vacuum? It seems like a big leap to suggest he doesn’t want to be there on such circumstantial evidence. Why reject other possible explanations (e.g., injury, bad advice from agents, etc?) And even if he doesn’t want to be there, does that really imply he’ll be a bad NBA player? I just think this is a bit of a weak argument - not necessarily wrong, just poorly constructed and argued.
To me you don’t overthink it and take Dybansta first. No off court issues with a skillet that is very valuable in the modern game.
Peterson and Boozer are also excellent prospects but I have concerns about Peterson availability and Boozers fit in the modern game. You can have a legit debate about who should go 2 or 3 (I think I’d lean Peterson)
And you want to abolish draft lottery LMAO
Dude load managing in college
Let Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins be a lesson to all GMs, do NOT draft a guy number 1 that doesn’t love the game.
i wouldn’t be shocked to see him pulling this a year or two into the league if he doesn’t like the team he was drafted to. idk how you can look at Dybantsa or Boozer leading their team every night and decide you want the guy that asks out after twenty minutes just because he feels like it
As an NBA guy I haven’t followed all the details of this story. Is there a summary of all the events that have bubbled up and are causing all these concerns? It sounds like there is a legitimate injury that happened at some point but it’s not addressed here. With little knowledge it looks very similar to the Kawhi situation in San Antonio
Kinda sounds like his value is in playing in the NBA, which he knows he will be a lottery pick. I wouldn’t want to risk injury either tbh. Have you guys seen NBA contracts recently?
I don’t it’s Nil related but it’s nba related. Very much reminiscent of kawhi leonard
He does give me Markelle Fultz vibes a little bit
I think he legit has a lingering injury, but college isn’t as forgiving about it since they know he’s only gonna be there for a year. His bounce in HS was insane and he doesn’t get up like that this year.
Petersen vs Coop - no comparison
Once one gets paid millions, contract is only on production - not potential
If you can put the ball in the hoop like he can Idt many teams will care.
I’m taking AJ or Boozer.
I feel like Peterson is either seriously injury prone which is a real red flag or he’s playing the system which is equally bad, could cause Leonard/Kuminga like situations in the future were if he or his team isn’t happy, they’ll claim injury and cause mass confusion and issues.
He didn’t play when he had the flu or a hamstring injury, and that means he doesn’t like Kansas, or doesn’t love basketball enough?
Stfu Jay.
If I were a gm, I would draft Dybantsa, Boozer, Wilson, and Flemings ahead of him.
I can see why other people would draft DP #1 but I would not pass up any of the other 4 to draft DP due to these injury concerns and what might be lack of motor/competitive fire. At #5 I would take the risk on DP.
Let’s see what happens in the tournament