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Sources: Darryn Peterson visits Wizards, won't meet other teams - ESPN

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

Teams in the lottery have taken note of Peterson's decision to give access to only Washington.

BYU's AJ Dybantsa has visited both the Wizards and Utah Jazz, who own the No. 2 pick. Both Peterson and Dybantsa have belief that they are going to be the top pick, according to sources. Round 1 of the draft begins at 8 p.m. ET on June 23.

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.

For months, Dybantsa has been the presumed favorite to be the No. 1 pick. He is a 6-foot-9 forward who averaged 25.5 points per game as a freshman at BYU. He 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.

Peterson, a 6-foot-5 guard, averaged 20.2 points per game, 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 overall pick coming out of college since Kyrie Irving was taken after playing just 11 games for Duke back in 2011.

Peterson told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne in May that debilitating cramping was the cause of his mysterious injury and that tests after the college basketball season led his doctors to conclude that his use of high doses of

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