Kansas basketball star Darryn Peterson’s odds of going No. 1 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft is growing stronger by the week.

The NBA Draft Lottery will determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2026 NBA Draft. Drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks. The “lottery teams” will select in positions five through 14 in reverse order of their 2025-26 regular-season records.

Kansas basketball star Darryn Peterson is the top prospect of the 2026 NBA Draft, but injury issues should give teams concerns

The Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the best drafting teams over the last few years. They have amassed a strong young core in Zach Edey (2024), Cedric Coward

Kansas shooting guard Darryn Peterson received 12 votes and BYU small forward AJ Dybantsa got eight votes in a poll of 20 NBA scouts and executives that asked who they thought would be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 draft.

Jaren Jackson Jr. has been traded to the Utah Jazz in an eight-player, multiple-pick deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement

Tennessee wing Nate Ament is re-finding his groove.