{"id":551818,"date":"2026-03-20T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551818\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T02:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:00:11","slug":"is-aj-dybantsa-the-no-1-pick-heres-what-our-latest-2026-nba-mock-draft-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551818\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AJ Dybantsa the No. 1 Pick? Here&#8217;s What Our Latest 2026 NBA Mock Draft Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Strength 1: Physical tools\/athleticism <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">At 6&#8217;9&#8243; with broad shoulders, clear length, agility and bounce, Dybantsa has a physical advantage against practically every defender he matches up against. It mostly shows on transition and drives, where he takes long strides, plays through contact, sidesteps into gaps and elevates above the rim for easy baskets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Strength 2: Self-creation<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dybantsa has advanced footwork with the ball, both getting into go-to moves and counters for creating separation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">His signature method for scoring is rising up into his mid-range fallaway jumper. With a high release point and unteachable rhythm, he&#8217;s really a threat to knock down any jumper, specifically those that are self-created. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Strength 4: Playmaking potential<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Offenses can fully run through Dybantsa, as he&#8217;s become a better decision-maker, sees the floor and uses his gravity to set up teammates. He&#8217;s a willing passer with good feel, particularly throwing lobs in ball-screen situations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strength 1: Physical tools\/athleticism At 6&#8217;9&#8243; with broad shoulders, clear length, agility and bounce, Dybantsa has a physical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-551818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}