Potential No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa will travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with Wizards officials at some point within the next few days, multiple league sources tell David Aldridge and Josh Robbins of The Athletic. According to Aldridge and Robbins, Dybantsa’s visit with the team could happen as early as Thursday.
The Wizards hold the first overall pick in the 2026 draft and have been widely projected to use that pick to select Dybantsa, who showed star potential during his first and only college season at BYU. The 6’9″ wing led the nation with 25.5 points per game while also contributing 6.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per contest and shooting 51.0% from the floor.
Still, while Dybantsa is viewed as the favorite to be Washington’s pick, that’s not a lock. The Wizards have played their cards close to the vest and there’s no consensus top prospect in the 2026 class, with Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, Duke forward Cameron Boozer, and UNC forward Caleb Wilson also vying for the No. 1 spot. A league source tells The Athletic that Wilson has already met with Wizards team officials.
In a separate story for The Athletic, Robbins cites a team source who says the “prevailing opinion” among Wizards officials is that a pair of prospects are in a tier of their own at the top of the draft class. While he doesn’t specify which two prospects Washington likes most, Robbins notes that the general consensus among scouts and executives around the league is that Dybantsa and Peterson have separated themselves from the rest of the class.
According to Robbins, it’s possible the Wizards haven’t yet made a decision on which prospect they prefer at No. 1. If that’s the case, Dybantsa’s visit will be an opportunity for the front office to get a better sense of his personality and character and determine whether he’d be an ideal cultural fit for the organization.
Generally, for players at the very top of the draft, these visits with teams consist primarily of conversations and dinners rather than full-fledged workouts. When Wilson visited the Wizards, for instance, he didn’t work out for the team, per Aldridge and Robbins.
