{"id":762035,"date":"2026-06-15T23:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762035\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:57:18","slug":"top-nba-draft-prospect-darryn-peterson-is-only-meeting-with-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762035\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NBA Draft prospect Darryn Peterson is only meeting with Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top 2026 NBA Draft prospect Darryn Peterson met with the Wizards in the lead-up to next week\u2019s 2026 NBA Draft and does not plan to meet with any other team, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49071272\/sources-darryn-peterson-visits-wizards-meet-other-teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s Sham Charania and Jeremy Woo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49071272\/sources-darryn-peterson-visits-wizards-meet-other-teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington holds the No. 1 pick<\/a> in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>The other teams in lottery slots have taken note of Peterson\u2019s decision not to meet with them, including the Jazz, who hold the No. 2 pick.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41828255;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39687417\" width=\"837\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/03-22-26-st-johns-124233586.jpg\" alt=\"Guard Darryn Peterson #22 of the Kansas Jayhawks reacts on the court.\" class=\"wp-image-39687417\"  \/>Guard Darryn Peterson of the Kansas Jayhawks reacts on the floor during the first half. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Utah has set a precedent of selecting players who refused to meet with them in the past, though, with general manager Austin Ainge taking Ace Bailey fifth overall last year, despite the Rutgers product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49071272\/sources-darryn-peterson-visits-wizards-meet-other-teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">electing not to work out with the team<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The confusing part of the decision is that former BYU player AJ Dybantsa is the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/11\/betting\/2026-nba-draft-odds-lottery-order-aj-dybantsa-is-still-the-consensus-no-1-overall-pick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">presumed No. 1 overall pick<\/a> after the 6-foot-9 forward led the nation in scoring, becoming the first freshman to do so since Trae Young at Oklahoma in 2018, meaning there is no guarantee that Peterson is selected at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>If selected, he would have the most missed games by a No. 1 overall pick since Kyrie Irving was taken by the Cavaliers in 2011. <\/p>\n<p>It was reported in May that Peterson was dealing with debilitating cramping. Tests after the season found his use of high doses of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/08\/health\/nba-hopeful-said-supplement-made-him-feel-like-he-was-going-to-die\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">creatine created the condition<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.45454545;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39687419\" width=\"858\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/forward-zuby-ejiofor-24-st-124237200.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas Jayhawks guard Darryn Peterson #22 hangs on the rim after a dunk, while St. John's Red Storm forward Zuby Ejiofor #24 attempts to block the ball from going in the net, with a Kansas Jayhawks player #0 looking on.\" class=\"wp-image-39687419\"  \/>Forward Zuby Ejiofor #24 of the St. John\u2019s Red Storm loses the ball as guard Darryn Peterson #22 of the Kansas Jayhawks jumps to defend during the second half. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The Wizards won the rights to the first overall selection after going 17-65 last season. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our fans that have endured the most,\u201d Wizards top basketball executive Michael Winger said. \u201cAnd to me, this No. 1 pick is for them. It\u2019s a reward for hanging in there with us. It\u2019s a reward to continue to support us despite sometimes really bad basketball. They knew and they supported a multiyear teardown, a multiyear reinvention of the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top 2026 NBA Draft prospect Darryn Peterson met with the Wizards in the lead-up to next week\u2019s 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,3730,6,12,249,66,468],"class_list":["post-762035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-draft","tag-basketball","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-nba-draft-lottery","tag-sports","tag-washington-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116756836999369442","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}