It’s always dangerous to factor fit into the equation with the first overall pick, but that’s not necessarily what’s happening here.
There are straight-faced arguments to make about Peterson being both the draft’s best prospect and the one with the most potential. His availability concerns are…well, concerning, sure, but he elicits sacrilegious-sounding comparisons for a reason.
That said, if the Jazz truly think it’s a toss-up between Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, and Cameron Boozer, as some scouts believe, then Peterson’s positional fit could be the tiebreaker. Utah seems stacked up front, but its backcourt could use a two-way contributor alongside Keyonte George, and Peterson offers the defense, shotmaking, and secondary creation needed to fill that role.