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Kendrick Perkins drops ‘high end, Kobe Bryant’ comp for top-5 prospect
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With the 2026 NBA Draft marking a huge occasion for college players who are ready to take the next step in their basketball careers, the top of the board is an interesting one as it's stacked with talent. As the 2026 NBA Draft is highly anticipated for the basketball world, top prospect Darryn Peterson gets a huge comparison to one of the greatest players of all time from Kendrick Perkins .
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While BYU's AJ Dybantsa appears to be the No. 1 overall pick in a lot of eyes, Peterson isn't far behind, with Perkins envisioning him going No. 2 overall, currently held by the Utah Jazz . Also, Perkins would go as far as to say on ESPN's "NBA Today" that with his high talent, his projection could be former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant at the "high end."
"He is going number two," Perkins said. "And they also said that he's a great kid…and they said the perception that was out there throughout the course of the college season, that's not what they get from him…When it comes to his talent, his pace, and his shooting will translate easily…And he's good in the pick-and-roll, knows how to make the right reads, low-end, Bradley Beal , high-end, Kobe Bryant ."
NBA teams will look into Darryn Peterson's health
As Perkins alluded to, the Kansas Jayhawks star Peterson went through many narratives, with some even questioning his passion for basketball. This was partly due to the injuries that Peterson went through in his freshman season, only playing 24 games, though Brian Windhorst would say on the same segment that aspect will be heavily looked at by NBA teams.
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"He has an explanation he believes now for what happened at Kansas, and trust me, the teams have dug into that. They have talked to their own doctors, and the teams that could potentially draft him will interview him about it…But when you talk to scouts, they think this guy…might be the most talented player in the draft," Windhorst said.
It remains to be seen when Peterson is taken in the NBA Draft, with the first round starting on Tuesday, June 23.
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