Darryn Peterson
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@drgnslayr said in Darryn Peterson:
There is some really dark ideas going around... like he has eligibility issues. Or others saying he won't return. This all needs to stop...and let this play out.
I still have confidence in his return and this is all a legitimate concern about his health.
I keep hearing his camp is the hold, Self thought he would play last night and his group is saying let’s wait and see. If that’s the case his group is going to end up costing him millions.
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@kjayhawks2.0 I’m calling “fan fiction “ on this one.
Kyrie Irving — 11 games → #1 pick
Darius Garland — 5 games → #5 picWhat will cost him millions is if he comes back before he is ready.
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I'm thinking Bill or family will untie Darryn at the next home game which will be after Mizzou at a neutral site and on the road at NCSU. At that time we might be 8-3 or 6-5. It could be about a 20 win season which is where KenPom had us last time I checked. We might go 9-6 in conference or less if we drop a couple of home court games. I was thinking this team had found an identity after Vegas but looking back a repeatable scoring offense is missing. Hurley adjusted and sent guards and all to the boards and turned Mullin loose and we never adjusted back and failed to answer.
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@approxinfinity said in Darryn Peterson:
@kjayhawks2.0 I’m calling “fan fiction “ on this one.
Kyrie Irving — 11 games → #1 pick
Darius Garland — 5 games → #5 picWhat will cost him millions is if he comes back before he is ready.
Valid but DP hasn’t played a full game
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@approxinfinity True but I have ants in my pants and I need to dance.
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I just want to remind everyone that the story was that the injury came during warmups.
If so, trainers need to be a bit more engaged.
I mean, if you calculate the time lost during these games in terms of DPs NIL$, it's probably not far from the salary of a trainer.
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Jayhawk slant reports DP should be available Sunday. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Came from Bill Self so we'll see..
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@Jayhawk_69 He will 100% be available! He'll be handing out Gatorade to the actual players.
Sorry. I'm not a hater. Just a smart-ass.
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I'm trying to remember DP on the court and my memory says he made scoring look easy. He looked kind of serious and focused plus quick and fluid. Alright Darryn we will try and not get too pumped. Come on Sunday noon.
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I watched the video of Self talking about it and I think it looks like Self calling out DP and his group.
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@kjayhawks2.0 Do you have a link to the video?
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I didn't see anything that made me think Bill is calling out DP or his group. If anything it looks like he is praising DP.
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https://x.com/Darryn_P1/status/1997318765709574587
I wouldn't think that he would tweet this and then...not play so yeah
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@approxinfinity said in Darryn Peterson:
@kjayhawks2.0 I’m calling “fan fiction “ on this one.
Kyrie Irving — 11 games → #1 pick
Darius Garland — 5 games → #5 picWhat will cost him millions is if he comes back before he is ready.
The 2026 draft class is way stronger than 2011 or 2019. Kyrie was the only hyped player coming out in 2011 and Garland probably could've been the 2nd pick behind Zion without his meniscus injury at Vandy.
You don't see many projected draft classes that get hyped as competition to 1984, 1996, and 2003 and 2026 is because it has 3 face of the NBA level prospects in Peterson, Dybansta, and Boozer along with several others projected to be potential all star level players.
I've been saying from when his injury happened that this isn't the year to load manage because of how deep this class is. Peterson sitting out doesn't line up with any previous reports about his work ethic and drive. There's a reason why 12 year NBA vet CJ McCollum is on record saying Peterson was NBA ready last season.
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I thought Darryn labored a bit today and didn’t seem to have any explosiveness but it was nice to see him on the floor and hopefully it continues so he can improve with the team.
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Thought he settled a few times when he could’ve drove. But I’m genuinely just glad he got through this one.
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@TYOHawk But did he get through it? I'm not trying to be a hater, but I just have never seen this level of kid gloves applied by Bill Self before. He couldn't play for UConn because he was only at 90-95%? So he must have been 100% for this one? But later we found out there was a minute restriction? I feel like I saw DP ask to be taken out after in the first half maybe even rejecting a sub. It just feels like Bill Self is working very hard to spin the fact that DP is yet to play a full game of basketball. I understand that is Bill's job and I'm all for him taking as much heat off of the 18 year old as he can, I've just never seen him do it to this level before and it makes me feel weird. Lol.
Really hoping this is all somewhat Remy coded and come March we will see this team actually peak and make some noise. I'd just love to beat a few of the really good teams in the big 12 along the way.
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@benshawks08 said in Darryn Peterson:
@TYOHawk But did he get through it? I'm not trying to be a hater, but I just have never seen this level of kid gloves applied by Bill Self before. He couldn't play for UConn because he was only at 90-95%? So he must have been 100% for this one? But later we found out there was a minute restriction? I feel like I saw DP ask to be taken out after in the first half maybe even rejecting a sub. It just feels like Bill Self is working very hard to spin the fact that DP is yet to play a full game of basketball. I understand that is Bill's job and I'm all for him taking as much heat off of the 18 year old as he can, I've just never seen him do it to this level before and it makes me feel weird. Lol.
Really hoping this is all somewhat Remy coded and come March we will see this team actually peak and make some noise. I'd just love to beat a few of the really good teams in the big 12 along the way.
I mean he seems to be okay. He was fighting a bug/illness that’s ran through the team lately too. I’m kind of surprised so many people expected him to come back from his first game and just like play 30-35 minutes fresh off a hamstring injury.
