{"id":940790,"date":"2026-10-21T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940790\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T02:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:48:10","slug":"top-draft-pick-aj-dybantsa-to-miss-the-season-opener-for-wizards-with-a-sprained-ankle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940790\/","title":{"rendered":"Top draft pick AJ Dybantsa to miss the season opener for Wizards with a sprained ankle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"posted\">By Canadian Press on October 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f6722d89bdbff98876b2b0fe7112c15bb31891b4e4238060cab6f49773ef6ffc-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>Washington Wizards forward AJ Dybantsa hangs on the rim after dunking the ball during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo\/Terrance Williams)<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Top draft pick AJ Dybantsa will miss the season opener for the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night with a sprained ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Brian Keefe said Tuesday that Dybantsa would not play against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Wizards <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/washington-wizards-aj-dybantsa-449fb209fe32489b0ecbd3d4ec751ef3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took him No. 1<\/a> out of BYU in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>Dybantsa is one of the reasons hopes are higher in Washington than in the recent past. The Wizards also added veterans Trae Young and Anthony Davis last season, but Davis didn\u2019t play at all in a Washington uniform. He\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/washington-wizards-anthony-davis-b38e95efcfa72f64976ca743dafcbfbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dybantsa\u2019s debut will have to wait. The Wizards are also home Friday night against Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be day to day,\u201d Keefe said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See AP\u2019s full NBA coverage here<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>11<br \/> -10\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Canadian Press on October 20, 2026. Washington Wizards forward AJ Dybantsa hangs on the rim after dunking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-940790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}