OT: Darryn Peterson

[UconnU]

Everyone is criticizing this kid but you almost have to almost respect what he’s doing, right? He scores a quick 20+ at a remarkably efficient clip, without ever passing the ball, before he pulls himself from the games.

Has anything similar to this ever happened before?

 

[temery]

The kid is trouble.

 

[pj]

There's no team in I.

 

[EnochRoot]

DNPeterson.

Hard pass on a guy with questionable drive.

 

[OceanDoggie]

At this stage the Kid is going to do what he's going to do. My question to Bill Self: How did you not sniff out this behavior during the recruiting process? He only considered deep pocket schools, so that could have been an indicator.

 

[Nameless]

I respect absolutely nothing about what he's doing. He deserves shame, not praise.

I'm not going to go into some rant on a basketball board about the direction our society is heading. But suffice it so say, a selfish society will tear itself apart from within. We all need to be selfish at times, but there needs to be some selflessness with it to balance everything out. I'm really sick and tired of seeing people justify, or even glorify selfish crap like this because the end result is more of the same.

 

[Dove]

He's a thief.

You watch. He'll play every minute possible in March.

Drafting him will be a stressful decision. I mean, what is a team getting? His character is on full display.

 

[pj]

DNPeterson.

Hard pass on a guy with questionable drive.

I have no idea why his handlers think this strategy helps him. He'd be much better off playing and demonstrating endurance, ability to play in a team setting, commitment, defense, and a prioritization of improving his game under the tutelage of a pretty good college coach and program.

I can only assume that they have an entirely separate set of personal coaches for him, and he's treating Kansas basketball as a part time job and his other trainer-coaches as his primary job. He doesn't want to tire himself in his part-time job because he needs to reserve energy for his primary job.

Did Kansas know this is what they would get when they hired him?

 

[ARIDE]

The kid needs to be benched and not played..Self should set an example but Im sure when he played and wasn't healed from the injury that the family been playing games and didn't feel self had his back..

 

[Dooooooomed]

Kansas should be getting a 50% discount on his NIL.

 

[JRDBWK]

If Bill Self had any self-respect, pun intended, he would not even play him based on his attitude, you know damn well Hurley would do the same if one of his players did that. That being said we don't know the full story just what media Outlets report, maybe he's still dealing with his hamstring injury.

 

[navery12]

I have no idea why his handlers think this strategy helps him. He'd be much better off playing and demonstrating endurance, ability to play in a team setting, commitment, defense, and a prioritization of improving his game under the tutelage of a pretty good college coach and program.

I can only assume that they have an entirely separate set of personal coaches for him, and he's treating Kansas basketball as a part time job and his other trainer-coaches as his primary job. He doesn't want to tire himself in his part-time job because he needs to reserve energy for his primary job.

Did Kansas know this is what they would get when they hired him?

Because he's going to be the #1 pick in June regardless of any of this. Half of the NBA teams are actively doing the same load management as he is, so they're not going to care

 

[CTBasketball]

Didn’t James Bouknight’s camp hold him out unreasonably long after his elbow injury due to lowering his odds in the draft?

 

[Mr. French]

Lots of preaching from afar on this board.

 

[Waquoit]

Lots of preaching from afar on this board.

Would you want him on UConn pulling the same crap?

 

[ucp990411]

Did Peterson show signs of being a prima Donna before college?

 

[HW611]

He’s going #1 because he can drop 20 points in 18 minutes and pul himself.

It’s a bad look. But it’s crazy how good you have to be to actually pull something like this off.

 

[superjohn]

It's even worse that he continues to lie and his coach continues to go along with the lie.

Everyone knows what's been going on all season, just be honest about it. This garbage is disrespectful to his teammates and the game.

 

[Mets1432]

I wish the nba would just allow kids who are nba ready out of high-school to go straight to the league.

I want to watch kids who actually want to play college ball, not be there cause there is no other choice.

 

[Greathusky]

If I were a pro scout, my number one issue would be the constant cramping.

 

[Seamus84]

What advice do you think JT Toppin would give him?

 

[lateralous]

If Bill Self had any self-respect, pun intended, he would not even play him based on his attitude, you know damn well Hurley would do the same if one of his players did that. That being said we don't know the full story just what media Outlets report, maybe he's still dealing with his hamstring injury.

He might want to but that might not be an option to whomever is picking up the tab on his NIL. Seems like a crappy time to be a coach in college basketball.

 

[John]

Lots of preaching from afar on this board.

Message board gonna message.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Nobody should be pretending he’s a lock to go number 1. The prevailing opinion on him is negative, this class is loaded, he has holes in his game (believe it or not). There’s already rumors that NBA teams aren’t happy with his nonsense either.

 

[cullaville]

If I were a pro scout, my number one issue would be the constant cramping.

Brain cramping?