{"id":715361,"date":"2026-06-04T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715361\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:23:11","slug":"new-nba-rumors-on-uncertainty-of-wizards-drafting-aj-dybantsa-with-no-1-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715361\/","title":{"rendered":"New NBA Rumors on Uncertainty of Wizards Drafting AJ Dybantsa with No. 1 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While many view BYU wing AJ Dybantsa as the favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft, the Washington Wizards reportedly have not yet made a decision with their selection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">During <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2nKtv8YVXGv5o1EVRFyNJ1?si=4950998b706b4705&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=49d0856a6c1c4357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Thursday&#8217;s episode<\/a> of The Zach Lowe Show, NBA insider Zach Lowe revealed that there is still some uncertainty regarding who the Wizards will select with the No. 1 pick in the draft this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;There is still a lot of intrigue, though, at the top of the draft. I don&#8217;t think anyone knows who Washington is going to take for sure,&#8221; Lowe said at the 1:04:55 mark. &#8220;Dybantsa is the quote-unquote &#8216;safest&#8217; pick. Tons of Darryn Peterson intrigue still obviously around the league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">B\/R&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25262746-2026-nba-mock-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jonathan Wasserman<\/a> predicted in his latest mock draft that the Wizards would select Dybantsa, but he acknowledged that Peterson and Duke big man Cameron Boozer could enter the conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;The Washington Wizards may see AJ Dybantsa as the can&#8217;t-lose option with the fewest holes, while some remain turned off by Darryn Peterson&#8217;s bizarre season and worry about Cameron Boozer&#8217;s athletic\/defensive limitations,&#8221; Wasserman stated. &#8220;The Wizards will presumably listen to trade calls, particularly if they prefer Peterson or Boozer and know a rival team wants Dybantsa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Wizards are hoping to end their perpetual rebuild, so it will be fun to see what they decide with the No. 1 pick later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While many view BYU wing AJ Dybantsa as the favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-715361","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\/715361","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=715361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}