{"id":891100,"date":"2026-10-22T19:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891100\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:30:32","slug":"no-1-pick-aj-dybantsa-ankle-to-remain-sidelined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891100\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 Pick AJ Dybantsa (ankle) to remain sidelined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2367217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2367217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2299390234-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2367217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Brian Keefe said AJ Dybantsa\u2019s injury is day-to-day and believes he won\u2019t miss much time.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">AJ Dybantsa will remain out as the Wizards host the Raptors on Friday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/tor-vs-was-0022600097\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7 ET, League Pass<\/a>), head coach Brian Keefe announced today. The 2026 No. 1 pick suffered the injury in the team\u2019s preseason finale.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: AJ Dybantsa will miss the Wizards season opener against the Bucks, head coach Brian Keefe announced.<\/p>\n<p>He will be day-to-day with an ankle injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujYJ30rZyz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ujYJ30rZyz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espn\/status\/2112586947218522234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Through four preseason games, Dybantsa averaged 12.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. His most notable performance came against the Pistons, when he recorded 14 points and seven rebounds while showcasing his versatility on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Keefe said Dybantsa\u2019s injury is day-to-day and believes he won\u2019t miss much time.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">NBA.com will have more as this story develops.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coach Brian Keefe said AJ Dybantsa\u2019s injury is day-to-day and believes he won\u2019t miss much time. AJ Dybantsa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-891100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}