Northwest Notes: Peterson, Bagley, Topic, Wolves

The Jazz viewed Darryn Peterson as a future franchise player when they selected him with the second pick in this year’s draft, but they didn’t expect him to be in that position so soon, writes Shreyas Laddha of The Salt Lake Tribune. Lauri Markkanen’s hand fractures and Jaren Jackson Jr.’s torn MCL have the team asking Peterson to take on more responsibility during his first month in the NBA.

The 19-year-old guard has been a bright spot in a rough season for Utah, starting all 13 games he’s played and averaging 17.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 31.2 minutes per night. He has strung together five straight 20-point games, but coach Will Hardy said there are plenty of areas where he…