Wizards Draft AJ Dybantsa With No. 1 Overall Pick
Dybantsa, a 6’9″ forward out of BYU, was the leading scorer in college basketball in 2025/26, averaging 25.5 points per game to go along with 6.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 35 appearances (34.8 minutes per game). He shot 51.0% from the field, 33.1% from three-point range, and 77.4% on free throws in his freshman season.
An excellent athlete with tremendous size for a wing, Dybantsa is incredibly difficult to stop once he gets moving toward the basket. He’s strong, draws lots of fouls — he led the country in both free throws attempts and free throws made — and thrives in the mid-range, as ESPN’s Jeremy Woo writes.
While Dybantsa overwhelmed his opponents at the college level and should have no trouble creating his own shot in the NBA, he’s quite ball-dominant at this point in his development in part because his outside shot lags behind other parts of his game, Woo notes. The 19-year-old also didn’t play particularly well defensively for the Cougars, though he has the physical attributes to become a plus on that end.
Dybantsa has been considered a candidate to go first overall since he was a freshman in high school and showed tangible progress as a decision-maker and play-maker at BYU. He’s viewed as an elite prospect, but will need to keep improving on both ends to reach his franchise-player potential, per Woo.
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