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Myles Simon

Myles Simon

Miles Simon is a college basketball analyst for ESPN and former Arizona Wildcats star who was MVP of the 1997 NCAA championship run.

Feb 19, 2026

24:54
What do you make of this?
24:56
Uh, there's a lot of concerns about Darren Peterson, obviously.
24:59
And NBA teams are gonna have to do a very deep, deep dive into, one, his, his injury history, um, his, his mental makeup.
25:08
Because when you can't get through a college season, the amount of money that NBA teams are about to invest in this guy as a top three pick, possibly number one pick, is very concerning.
25:20
You have the, the anti-flu game.
25:23
Okay, Jordan had the flu game [laughs] where, where he showed up in the finals and he, and he puts up amazing numbers, and Darren Peterson has the number one team in the country in Arizona in his building, goes through warmups, and sits out with the flu and doesn't even give it a shot.
25:38
Uh, that's super concerning for, not only the Kansas Jayhawks this year, because that's what they're focused on, trying to win a national championship, but for NBA teams going forward, man, um, you know, that, that's gonna be tough.
26:30
Yeah.

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