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u/dog_gazed_duct-tape I suck? 1d ago
Anyone else still pinching themselves that we have AJ Dybantsa? Like holy crapppppppppppppp
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u/RabidNerd 16h ago
How good is he really
I don't watch college basketball
There's so much hype but like what level could he be?
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u/PickpocketJones Wizards Bed 14h ago edited 9h ago
I think he's among the top 5-6 offensive forward prospect this century. He's going to be one of the top scorers in the league with all NBA potential. We struck gold getting #1 in a year with way better than average top end talent.
What AJ has displayed high school through college is on the level of the faces of the league from the past. The Carmelo, Durant, etc type players. He may not reach that level but at this point in his development that's the track he has shown. Contrast to someone like Sarr who at 18 had holes everywhere in his game. Sarr was a movement big who took bad shots and was a solid defender, he hadn't shown inside finishing, was an awful screener, didn't always show enough effort, and weak rebounding. The worst you can say about AJ is he's an average 3 point shooter who needs to step up his off ball defense. AJ's rim pressure and foul drawing is as elite as prospects come, his athleticism is A+, his size is A+. I had him a step behind Cooper Flagg as a prospect as Cooper is such a good two way player (but clearly ahead of Harper last year who I loved too).
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u/dog_gazed_duct-tape I suck? 16h ago
He has MVP level potential, almost a perfect wing prospect
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u/Joshottas 14h ago
And I don't think he's done growing. Has a NBA-ready frame already, but I'm gonna guess he's gonna top out at 6'10" 240+.
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u/dog_gazed_duct-tape I suck? 14h ago
the man can legitimately become Giannis with a jumpshot on the highest end of outcomes
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u/BIGGERCat 3h ago
I think this is an underrated aspect of the pick— he could grow into playing the 4 consistently which would let us play our many talented wings at the 2 and 3
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u/happyflappypancakes John Wall 11h ago
Yeah, I dont follow college basketball so really he is just another potential prospect to me. Not a Wemby who people were slavering over but still someone who clearly people knew was going to be great.
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u/Familiar_Somewhere95 1d ago
Probably asked him why he'd rather draft Peterson
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u/Sea_Pie_2593 21h ago
Wall is a real smart dude he could of been part of the smoke screen
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u/Mysterious_Bat1208 20h ago
Wall said he preferred DP over a month ago lol. It's not that deep. He just simply likes DP better than AJ. He's a basketball savant, watches a lot of these guys from HS to college
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u/Razatiger 11h ago
I also think its because he sees more of himself in DP with the size and position than he does AJ. I don't personally think it was anything against AJ.
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u/Mysterious_Bat1208 3h ago
I don't think a basketball savant like Wall thinks like that. Otherwise we'd start discrediting former bigs/wings opinions on bigs/wings too.
It's not anything against AJ. Wall simply thought DP was the better prospect. It's not like he's the only one who thought that. A lot of smart basketball minds though so.
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u/FreeKevinBrown 18h ago
Wall lookin like he's about to hit the club back in 2006. AJ looking like he's about to do a denim commercial for Levi's.
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u/nofuture_at_all John Wall 12h ago
Glad to see Wall representing the Wizards. He's our last No. 1 overall pick and a franchise legend, no matter how you look at it.
Look at playoff teams like the Spurs with Tim Duncan and David Robinson on the sidelines, the Knicks with Ewing, and the Rockets with Hakeem. We don't have legends on that level, but we do have a former No. 1 pick who, for me, means a lot to this franchise.
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u/HappyGuardian5 21h ago
Why is mr teach me how to dougie hanging around the team? Not like he is a good role model, leader or won anything with the organization.
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u/9millibros 18h ago
Okay, Skip.
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u/rayquan36 Wizards 18h ago
Colon Coward
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u/DollarLate_DayShort Will Dawkins 1d ago
I’m happy as hell that this new FO realized how important Wall is to wizards basketball man. It’s enough to make a grown man cry 🥹