Darryn Peterson
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What do you think about above commentary
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@AsadZ Agree. So many other freshmen made so much more significant impact on their teams.
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@wissox83 I remain a solid DP fan. But I'm not sure it's a great thing if he came back. None of this was his fault... but I think Self made a huge error in over-promoting DP before the season started by saying he was the most-talented player he has coached.
All that praise created the situation where our other players felt obligated to let DP take over games (which translated to them playing laid back).
Competition and "team play" overlap. I'm not saying players need to over-compete against each other, but no one gets a free pass. Players like Melvin were very capable of stealing more limelight this year.
I'm not trying to create drama here... the impact was actually subtle but when executed, we all know what we saw.
I wish no ill will feelings towards any of our players or Coach Self. This was a learning experience. And now we know!
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Saw another hint that DP and Dybantza considering coming back.
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I know the obvious is that DP goes pro... all that money awaits. But after this year played out, it doesn't really seem like DP is eager to go play in the NBA (No Boys Allowed) league. It's rough out there in the real world. His criticism here is just a mild case of what he will face in the NBA. And though it seems like many D1 fans are rough... this is nothing to how fans act at the next level.
What I'm saying is.. I think DP is gone because he also has people around him wanting to get paid. But if it truly is just DPs decision... I think he would prefer another year of seasoning before jumping over.
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@drgnslayr He probably is but players have surprised. I hope he does come back. I think the injury ruined this entire season for us. Frustrated fans, probably the players and the coach. The kid, imagine being a freshman in college and having the entire sporting world that pays attention to such things calling out your character? Having KU fans insult you, probably in person, but definitely in social media. Heck I participated in it as well. At least some guys I'd guess would like to set the record straight and prove it on the court that he's the player everyone thought he was.
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Will root for DP at any level. Hope he at least experienced enough of the chaotic joy of being a college freshman that it makes it a not so obvious decision whether he should leave for the league or not. Hope we see him back in Lawrence often at any rate.
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I have a better chance at playing at KU next year than DP
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Guys you are only fooling yourselves if you think DP is even remotely considering returning. Would I have taken just about another freshman that is on the draft board in hindsight? Yes a thousand times over. But I still think a lot of this isn’t on DP, Self and a bunch of his teammates would’ve called him out if he was faking thru his injuries. It sucked to watch all year not knowing his status. I’m not sure we can chalk it up to anything except crap luck at this point. Will suck to have a number 1 draft pick that we won absolutely nothing with but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
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@FarmerJayhawk and you'd probably play more minutes
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I’ll be rooting for him. He could’ve quit on his team like Mikel Brown and Jayden Quaintance but he didn’t.
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@FarmerJayhawk Can you hit 3s? We might need you next year!
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@TYOHawk OR he could of been like Foster from Duke who was busting his ass off coming back under three weeks from a broken foot
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My 2cents... but if I'd been Foster's parent, I would have strongly discouraged him from playing. There are injuries that are unrecoverable. I don't know the nature of his injury other than a fracture that was repaired with surgery... But I have a niece who was a track star in high school in Maryland... Winning state races as a Freshman. By the end of Junior year she was done. Overtraining on a foot injury led to bone death in her foot and that was that.
We all saw how long it took Embiid to come back from his foot injuries.
For Foster, it might be a mixed blessing that Duke's season is over and he can let his foot recover without pressure or guilt.
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Foster doesn’t have the future that Embiid or Darryn have respectfully in regards to future earnings.
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ESPN panel currently projecting DP as #1 pick. Good.
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There is a very interesting article in The Athletic about Luka Doncik's hamstring injury yesterday that will cost him the last 5 games of the regular season and most likely most, if not all, of the playoffs. He came out in the second quarter, was cleared to come back, and soon after came out for good with a 2nd degree sprain.
The article discusses 3 other NBA stars whose hamstring injuries cost them significant time on IR, ususally somewhere between several weeks to 2 months. All 3 had strains that were relatively minor so they tried to play after a couple of games, only to suffer 2nd degree tears and long times recovering.
This is what DP was trying to avoid. You can't just will yourself through hamstring sprains (the next step after cramping and tightness). The yammering seems to have died down mostly, but I still read comments by people here who think he really was just avoiding playing because of being soft.
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@mayjay DP isn't soft, agreed. I think any exec that dug a little would see that the story now presented about him being gunshy after full body cramps (in addition to the hamstring issues) will see that it fits with what they already have known about the kid for a long time. He's a winner and competitor and didn't wish for any of that. Ultimately I'm not sure DP was a good fit for a Kansas roster with 3.5 other guys that Bill trusted, and not sure that Kansas was the most confortable fit for him. Had he been at a school like Duke, flush with other high profile talent that the announcers could fixate on, he may have healed in peace without the BS scrutiny. In the end, if we goes number 1, maybe the case could be made that by taking the harder route, DP had to show how tough he was. I think he passed the test.
