Top Prospect Darryn Peterson Visits Wizards, Limits Other Meetings

Top NBA draft prospect Darryn Peterson has visited the Washington Wizards but does not plan to grant another team a meeting, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania and Jeremy Woo. The Wizards own the No. 1 pick in next week's draft.

M. BYU's AJ Dybantsa has visited both the Wizards and the Utah Jazz, who own the No. 2 pick. Both Peterson and Dybantsa believe they will be the top pick, according to sources. 2 points per game as a freshman at Kansas, the most ever by a Kansas freshman, but missed 11 games because of injuries.

Those were the most missed games for a potential No. 1 pick coming out of college since Kyrie Irving was taken after playing just 11 games for Duke in 2011. Peterson told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne in May that he had debilitating cramping and that tests after the college basketball season led his doctors to conclude that his use of high doses of creatine created the condition.

5 points per game as a freshman at BYU and led the country in scoring, making him the first freshman to do so since Trae Young did it at Oklahoma in 2018 and only the third freshman ever, according to ESPN Research. Although Peterson does not plan to visit Utah before the draft, that is not considered by rival teams to be a major factor in whether the Jazz will select him.

There is precedent for that thinking, as general manager Austin Ainge selected Ace Bailey fifth overall last year despite Bailey's camp electing not to work out there.

The Wizards went 17-65 last season and won the lottery in May after tying for the best odds to get the No. 1 pick. Washington hasn't won a playoff series since the 2017-18 season. "It's our fans that have endured the most," Wizards top basketball executive Michael Winger said.