Potential No. 1 pick Darryn Peterson opens up about cramping; teams not worried about effort, love of game
For all the media concern about how much he didn't play this season, there is still a good chance he goes No. 1.
Darryn Peterson, by nature, isn't a terribly public person. That's not a bad thing — Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and others have had Hall of Fame NBA careers while taking extra steps to maintain their privacy. However, that limited communication can become an issue when the waters get rough — and they were rough for Peterson this season at Kansas.
He's missed 11 games — some to a sprained ankle, others because of a couple of illnesses — and then there were the early exits that drew a lot of attention. Multiple times, Peterson checked himself out of games because of cramping concerns, including against BYU and the other potential No. 1 pick, AJ Dybantsa — Peterson was dominant in the first half but left early in the third quarter.
He has yo-yo'ed in and out of the lineup all season. Peterson nor his family talked about any of it. They were private.
The problem is, the Internet abhors a vacuum. So do media talking heads. That empty space gets filled with speculation and commentary from people on the outside looking in.
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