L. J. Peak is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 2, 1996 in Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. Darryl Leon “L. J.” Peak Jr. (born February 2, 1996) is an American professional basketball for U BT Cluj-Napoca in the Romanian Liga Națională and FIBA Europe Cup. He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. In high school, he won two South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) 4A state championships with Gaffney High School (2010 and 2012) as well as a 2013 Chicago Public High School League (CPL) championship with Whitney Young High School and was named South Carolina Mr. Basketball in 2014. At Georgetown, he was a 2015 Big East Conference All-Rookie team selection for the 2014–15 team and won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
Peak entered his junior season as a 2016–17 preseason All-Big East honorable mention selection. He was a leader in many of Georgetown’s wins that year. In a November 21 victory over #13/12 Oregon at the Maui Invitational Tournament, Peak scored 17 points including the free throws to seal the win with 2.7 seconds left. On January 25 against the #16/16 Creighton Bluejays, Peak contributed a game-high 20 points, giving him 1,000 in his Hoya career, in an upset. Three days later he posted a game-high 22 points in another upset over #11/11 Butler. Peak followed those performances up by scoring a game-high 26 points, including the final 5 points of the game in a January 31 76–73 win over DePaul.
On June 23, 2017, Peak was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Rockets to a 2017 NBA Summer League contract. In late August 2017, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that Peak had signed a two-way contract with the Boston Celtics. The Celtics officially announced their 20-man training camp roster on September 26, which included Peak. Peak was waived by the Celtics in the final week of training camp (on October 12). Later that month, Peak was designated as an affiliate player by the Maine Red Claws.
Following the season, ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported on March 21, 2017 that Peak would declare himself eligible for the 2017 NBA draft. Peak had almost declared for the 2016 NBA draft and had a family to support at the time of his decision. The Georgetown basketball program was in a state of turmoil, with a top recruit leaving the program and head coach John Thompson III was fired two days later. On April 30, 2017, Jeff Goodman of ESPN reported that he was named as an alternate to the NBA Draft Combine.
On June 18, 2015 Peak was announced as a member of the 12-man 2015 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Championship Team for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. The team won the gold medal against Croatia.
