Dan Patrick

He's not the favorite to go to the Wizards.

They have the number one pick, but he didn't work out for anybody, any other team.

So I asked Jay to help me understand the logic of Darren Peterson.

I don't know if there is a logical explanation for the public on that one.

We've seen it in the past.

It might be just to project that, hey, I'm the best player, and I should be going number one.

It is not going to deter any team from taking him.

Nobody's going to go, hey, he didn't work out for us.

That's not going to happen.

If you recall, a player from Rutgers last year, Ace Bailey, did that, and Utah took him at number five.

so it's not uh it's not like it's not the usual thing but it's not horribly unusual um that that this kind of thing would happen and it's a little bit different but you know like when john elway eli manning others have tried to quote unquote manipulate the draft in their favor uh maybe people didn't like it at the time but they looked back on it and uh and thought hey maybe that was a smart thing to do he's not trying to avoid anybody

It sounds more to me like he's projecting, like, look, I'm not going to work out for you anyway.

There's no reason for me to kick the tires of the local restaurants.

I think I'm the best player, and whatever happens, happens.

How do you gauge ceiling and floor?

Like, DeBansa, to me, still has, like, he's unfinished.

But I loved his attitude.

I mean, he played.

He was there, played hard.

Peterson, of course, had the creatine issue.