Top NBA draft prospect Darryn Peterson reveals creatine nightmare at Kansas: Thought I was going to die
The cramps overtook Darryn Peterson, making the potential No.1 pick in June’s NBA draft fear for his life.After enduring Kansas coach Bill Self’s weeklong workouts last September, something went horribly wrong and Peterson had to be taken to a hospital in an ambulance.“I made it to the training room and just started begging them to call 911,” he told ESPN.
“They were trying to get a vein to get me the IV, get me back hydrated.But I was cramping so hard they couldn’t get a vein.“I thought I was going to die on the training table that day.”The cramping issues permeated his lone season in Lawrence, a sometimes brilliant campaign plagued by cramping and others injuries that forced him to miss games or leave contest early.Now, with the draft lottery two days away that will determine which team potentially selects him No.
1 overall come June 24, Peterson has an explanation for the mysterious cramps.Peterson revealed to ESPN that bloodwork and testing revealed that taking high doses of creatine affected him in adverse ways.Creatine is used to boost workouts and recovery, among other goals, according to my.clevelandclinic.org.“I’d never taken it before [college],” Peterson told the outlet.“But after the season I took two weeks off and they did tests which showed my baseline level was already high.“So, they said when I dosed (a process of increasing a dose over time to create maximum benefit at the beginning of taking a supplement), it must’ve made the levels unsafe.”The upcoming draft seems to have a set top three featuring Peterson, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and Duke’s Cameron Boozer, with most pundits expecting Peterson or Dybantsa to be picked first.Peterson is an all-world talent, averaging 20.2 points and 4.2 rebounds, but there seemingly are more questions about him than the others due to the odd circumstances that limited him to 24 games in Lawrence.Several games featured Peterson’s minutes having to be managed, and neither Peterson nor...