AJ Dybantsa

[tmorgan]

I have AJ penciled in at number 1 now. Peterson will have to show out the rest of the season to take that spot in my book. Boozer has no shot i like Caleb more than Boozer.

I thought DP shut it down?

He hasn’t shut it down, but he’s being sketchy af. It’s gonna cost him unless he goes bananas in March.

[SeattleJazzFan]

33, 10 and 10 tonight. now at 23 ppg on 59% FGs. 67% TS

[JustBuzzin]

#1 pick easily. Kid can literally do it all. Crazy part is he gets to the rim at will. His first step is crazy.

[ezhkw8u69e]

It’s hard to see how he doesn’t end up 1 and I didn’t start out as his biggest fan but he’s proving it.

[One_and_Done]

I haven't sat down and watched much film yet, but this guy jumps off the screen. I'd be pretty surprised if he doesn't go #1. The tools are incredible, and he'd have to really have some issues if he drops.

[BigGargamel]

I'm still a believer in Peterson, but it's hard to not take Dybantsa at the top of your mock, since he's actually out there playing. Not much of a defender, but all of these bad teams need an alpha scorer in the worst way. He can do it all on that side of the ball.

So, of course, the Thunder are going to end up with the top pick and he'll be an instant sixth man of the year, coming off the bench to drop points on opposing backups.

[The Master]

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Yeah, the moment he's started to show pick and roll creation and great reads on offense - he's the number 1 pick. 34 assists in the last 6 games.

[Hoopz Afrik]

Amidst the clamoring to crown Darryn as the top prospect in the coming NBA draft, AJ has shown it on the court and put it on display time and time again in impressive fashion. He's #1 for me and though it's a fluid process, I have a hard time seeing anyone taking that spot from him.

[Chi town]

DP gonna have to show out to be #1.

AJ has taken top spot by storm.

[CptCrunch]

You can ignore the stats since AJ is starting to look next level good based on eye test. Last few players who looked so outsized good in college was probably Zion and a little bit of Davis and Irving.

Boozer and Peterson would have to put some monstrous stats with advanced games to overtake AJ right now.

[tontoz]

I disagree on both fronts. I think AJ will get past guys routinely in the NBA.

AJ can't even get to where he wants to at will in college.

[SeattleJazzFan]

I still think Caleb Wilson is in the mix. As good as Dybantsa has been, Wilson is right there. also, with as good as both dybantsa and wilson are, peterson has to be soooo good in order to overtake them (assuming he plays again), simply due to the fact that it's 6'6" vs 6'9 and 6'10. all else being equal you have to go size/length - so peterson has to be better than equal.

ftr, i realize i'm in the minority to still have wilson in consideration for the top spot, but dude is being slept on.

[tontoz]

I still think Caleb Wilson is in the mix. As good as Dybantsa has been, Wilson is right there. also, with as good as both dybantsa and wilson are, peterson has to be soooo good in order to overtake them (assuming he plays again), simply due to the fact that it's 6'6" vs 6'9 and 6'10. all else being equal you have to go size/length - so peterson has to be better than equal.

ftr, i realize i'm in the minority to still have wilson in consideration for the top spot, but dude is being slept on.

I have Caleb at 3 so i really like him. However his ball skills and shot are suspect, and he gets knocked off balance a lot so i can't consider him at 1.

[ezhkw8u69e]

Caleb Wilson is eerily consistent. In his last 5 games he has scored 21-20-20-20-20.

[SeattleJazzFan]

Caleb Wilson is eerily consistent. In his last 5 games he has scored 21-20-20-20-20.

rebounds in those same games (i realized it's not the same consistency) 12-15-8-11-14

and his field goal percentage in those same games 64-56-50-86-58

a 5 game stretch where if you took his worst from FG%, points and rebounds, his line would be 20 pts on 50% FGs and 8 rebs.

[Jstock12]

Dybantsa has been very solid, but I'm not gonna crown him as the #1 pick yet just because he had a triple double against the 330th ranked defense. The race for the #1 pick is still very much on between the 3 prospects.

[tontoz]

Dybantsa has been very solid, but I'm not gonna crown him as the #1 pick yet just because he had a triple double against the 330th ranked defense. The race for the #1 pick is still very much on between the 3 prospects.

I haven't seen anyone as impressive as AJ was in the 2nd half against UConn and Clemson. BYU was down big in both games and AJ completely took over and led huge comeback victories.

Boozer on the other hand just wet the bed against an undermanned Texas Tech. Boozer didn't even take a shot in the last 6:30 even though he was being guarded by a freshman guard that hardly plays.

[threethehardway]

He's playing against future bankers and accountants primarily.

He is playing against teams like Eastern Washignton that got 6'8 centers.

What the hell is California Baptist?

The first time he played against actual decent college basketball players, he wasn't slithering by them or blowing by them.

He still runs into players and trucks them like he did in the beginning of the season.

My point is simple, comparing him to Tracy McGrady and saying he's better than Giannis is stupid and silly . It is only because he uses the triple threat and has a prettier looking fadeaway than Giannis is why you guys are enamored with him. Tracy McGrady and Giannis are legit 1 of 1 athletes, probably top 10, the best basketball athletes the world has ever seen. Giannis is a Shaq level dominant force. Nothing AJ Dybansta has done is like that.

AJ hasn't done anything besides look like a power forward when people were hyping him up to be a big classic 2000s 2 guard.

He still looks like an elevated Pascal Siakim. Nothing has changed.

I am still waiting for him to bomb pull up hesi threes because he is supposed to be McGrady and only thing he has proven is that his bigger and faster than 6'8 centers that want to get a free education.

You are the ones that hype up anything and everything.

"This is the best I ever seen..."

If you say that every 2 years, it isn't worth much.

[tontoz]

He's playing against future bankers and accountants primarily.

He is playing against teams like Eastern Washignton that got 6'8 centers.

What the hell is California Baptist?

The first time he played against actual decent college basketball players, he wasn't slithering by them or blowing by them.

He still runs into players and trucks them like he did in the beginning of the season.

My point is simple, comparing him to Tracy McGrady and saying he's better than Giannis is stupid and silly . It is only because he uses the triple threat and has a prettier looking fadeaway than Giannis is why you guys are enamored with him. Tracy McGrady and Giannis are legit 1 of 1 athletes, probably top 10, the best basketball athletes the world has ever seen. Giannis is a Shaq level dominant force. Nothing AJ Dybansta has done is like that.

AJ hasn't done anything besides look like a power forward when people were hyping him up to be a big classic 2000s 2 guard.

He still looks like an elevated Pascal Siakim. Nothing has changed.

I am still waiting for him to bomb pull up hesi threes because he is supposed to be McGrady and only thing he has proven is that his bigger and faster than 6'8 centers that want to get a free education.

You are the ones that hype up anything and everything.

"This is the best I ever seen..."

If you say that every 2 years, it isn't worth much.

Keep digging, it will just make you look that much dumber down the road.

He's averaging 23/7/4 as a freshman with a 66% TS. He completely dominated UConn and Clemson in the 2nd half when his team was down.

Those hesi 3s were tmacs weakness. He settled for long jumpers way to often instead of attacking the rim. AJ doesn't have that problem.

[threethehardway]

Keep digging, it will just make you look that much dumber down the road.

He's averaging 23/7/4 as a freshman with a 66% TS. He completely dominated UConn and Clemson in the 2nd half when his team was down.

Those hesi 3s were tmacs weakness. He settled for long jumpers way to often instead of attacking the rim. AJ doesn't have that problem.

I am not a draft nerd, I really don't care.

You guys said the same thing about Jabari Smith and all I saw was a tall player that can't dribble to save his life.

AJ went from saucing 6 foot suburban kids with hoops dreams and doing MJ pump fakes at 6'9 to looking like Pascal Siakim playing against 6'8 centers that want a free education.

That's all I need to know.

Anthony Edwards took the same shots in high school and college.

Anthony Edwards liked shooting step back threes and from all sorts of gathers more than driving and getting hit and he has been the same game since 18. When we thought he was just having a hot streak, he said, "Nope, this is my game. I shoot 8 threes a game."

Watching AJ go from putting on And1 mixtapes to running with the ball like Adrian Peterson, I don't care about his stats. I care about the style of the play.

Kevin Durant played the same exact way he did in college, in high school and the pros.

If he was taking hesi pull up threes, and doing shammogds and he get to college and now he is shielding the ball like a running back and just running up and down the court, I am not interested. If you can't play the same way you did in high school, that got you ranked, when you was bigger, faster than everyone else, and now you in college and still bigger and faster than everyone else, I don't care.

If AJ Dybansta gets to the league and put up Wilt stats just running up and down the court like he does now with his head down like Clyde Drexler, good for him, I am still not interested.

If you guys want to accept run and dunk man but fell in love with high school mixtape Kobe, just say that. Stop making hyperbolic comments about how he is the best ever when you know damn well he does not play like he did in high school at all. That saucy midrange game is gone. The pull 3 game is gone. His handle has been simplified to the point that most of the time he looks like he learned how to dribbled yesterday.

He's big, strong, fast, he doesn't mind contact and has good post footwork for his age with pretty shot mechanics, that's it. He is playing against teams whose second tallest guy is 6'6. I don't care about his offensive stats against 6'6 power forwards.

If anything, he should be getting 1.5 blocks a game. Kevin Durant was pulling up from 3, getting 2 blocks and a double double. Kevin Durant, played like MVP Kevin Durant, in college and high school. He didn't downgrade his game to his competition, he rose his game to meet his competition, that's the point. That is what makes a great prospect.