Wizards Pick Dybantsa

The Washington Wizards selected BYU forward AJ Dybantsa with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, adding the nation’s leading scorer to a franchise picking first overall for the first time since taking John Wall in 2010. Dybantsa averaged about 25.5 points in his lone college season, including a 43-point game that set BYU’s freshman scoring record, and his 6-foot-9, 217-pound frame has drawn comparisons to Kevin Durant. Washington had been viewed as weighing Dybantsa against Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, who went No. 2 to the Utah Jazz. The pick opened a highly regarded draft class led by Dybantsa, Peterson, Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson.