Darryn Peterson confirms that he was instructed to play off ball this season
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"Yeah. Uh, up until last year, I was on the ball pretty much my whole life. But, uh, at Kansas, they put me off the ball. Coach said it gave our team the best chance to win. So, I'm a winner. And, uh, he said that. So, that's what I was going to do."
"Uh, I think something that's huge in the NBA right now is like gravity. I feel like uh the court I'm on, I get a lot of gravity. I feel like there's I'm getting guarded by all five guys sometimes. So, I think it'll be easy for me to make plays for my teammates with all the gravity that I think I might get at the next level."
During his interviews, He emphasized that he is "a winner," so when his coach at Kansas decided it gave the team the best chance to win if he played off the ball, he accepted that role without question.
He noted that teams were surprisingly not asking too many questions about his medical history, as he felt he had already provided clarity through his previous discussions with ESPN.
He opened up about the mental challenges he faced last year while dealing with health issues he didn't fully understand at the time. He explained that finally identifying the cause helped him mentally recover and return to his peak athletic form.