{"id":594012,"date":"2026-02-10T05:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/594012\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:53:27","slug":"kansas-phenom-darryn-peterson-infuriates-jayhawks-nation-with-incessant-letdowns-before-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/594012\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas phenom Darryn Peterson infuriates Jayhawks nation with incessant letdowns before NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas phenom Darryn Peterson infuriates Jayhawks nation with incessant letdowns before NBA Draft<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maybe none of it will matter.<\/p>\n

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Maybe the analysts are all right and Darryn Peterson will be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Maybe his infuriating season for the Kansas Jayhawks<\/a> won’t have any bearing on his future.<\/p>\n

But each time Peterson fails to play, or takes himself out of a game, or doesn’t find it in him to finish a close contest, the script gets weirder and weirder.<\/p>\n

Kansas fans are ticked, again, this time on Monday night when illness ruled Peterson out after starting warmups with his teammates.<\/p>\n

There are questions about whether he even likes basketball.<\/p>\n

There are questions about how selfish Peterson might be, prioritizing his health and NBA future over these teammates he committed himself to at the college level.<\/p>\n

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There are questions, in part, because Kansas has done very little answering of what the heck is going on with Peterson.<\/p>\n

Are these cramps? An injury? An illness? Has the most talented freshman in the country really had whole layers of issues this season?<\/p>\n

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Kansas is playing its 24th game of the season on Monday night. Peterson has played in 13.<\/p>\n

He’s averaging more than 20 points per game, and that’s even while sometimes sitting out long stretches of action even in the games he has played.<\/p>\n

It’s really unlike anything else in college basketball. If it’s load management, it’s been done in a clunky and annoying manner.<\/p>\n

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If it’s really not load management, then something even more bizarre is happening here.<\/p>\n

So sure, maybe none of it actually matters for Peterson’s future in basketball.<\/p>\n

But right now, in the middle of what has the potential to be a special season for Kansas? It’s bizarre, brutal and a bummer.<\/p>\n

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