Darryn Peterson ‘wasn’t experiencing’ a lot enjoyable at Kansas

By JAMES MADDEN

The Utah Jazz made the anticipated decide in final month’s NBA Draft, when it chosen Kansas’ Darryn Peterson at No. 2, following BYU’s AJ Dybantsa being chosen with the highest decide.

Battling by way of an injury-riddled freshman season at Kansas, Peterson handled a plethora of well being points, together with cramping, quad and hamstring accidents, that each one sidelined him for a portion of the season.

During his media availability on the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Peterson mentioned he “wasn’t experiencing” a lot enjoyable at Kansas this previous season.

“I’m back having fun. I wasn’t really experiencing it that much at Kansas,” mentioned Peterson. “I was off [the ball] a ton. … I feel like myself again. Being on the ball, that’s what comes with it – being double teamed.”

In his Las Vegas Summer League debut for the Jazz, Peterson tallied 24 factors, three rebounds and three assists on six-of-18 capturing.

Over the course of his freshman season with the Jayhawks, Peterson missed 11 video games on account of his accidents, however by way of a couple of summer season league video games, seems to have returned to being totally wholesome.

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