{"id":2037763,"date":"2026-07-10T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037763"},"modified":"2026-07-10T23:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:02:00","slug":"kawhi-back-to-raptors-is-on-hold-plus-aj-dybantsa-and-darryn-peterson-put-on-a-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037763","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi back to Raptors is on hold. Plus: AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson put on a show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It did not take long, with me sitting near John Hollinger in the Thomas & Mack Center at Las Vegas Summer League, for Atlanta Hawks and Arizona Wildcats legend Salim Stoudamire to become a topic of conversation. Summer league is so back.<\/p>\n

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Dybantsa vs. Peterson was a lot of fun<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa and No. 2 pick Darryn Peterson have been linked together for years. As the two best prospects in their class, they\u2019re the guys people want to debate. And after they went 1-2 in the 2026 NBA Draft \u2014 with Dybantsa to the Wizards and Peterson to the Jazz \u2014 we get to keep having that debate. Luckily for us, they seem to love competing against each other.<\/p>\n

The Summer Wizards and the Summer Jazz squared off in a primetime matchup in Las Vegas last night, and it was so fun to be in the arena for it. After watching Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. play each other in the previous game,\u00a0the Dybantsa-Peterson saga continued<\/a>\u00a0in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve squared off against each other a few times, and Dybantsa finally got the better of Peterson in a game,\u00a0finishing with 27 points (7-of-18 shooting) and seven rebounds in the Wizards\u2019 92-88 win.<\/strong>\u00a0Dybantsa also had this highlight dunk over Justin Harmon, finishing with two hands before flexing on everybody.<\/p>\n

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Peterson finished with 24 points, but was only 6-of-18 from the field and had eight turnovers and nine fouls (remember, you get 10 in summer league). We don\u2019t need some grandiose speech about what these two players did and what it means. But I\u2019ll unload my notes here:<\/p>\n