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AJ Dybantsa, one of the most highly touted basketball prospects in recent years, who is of Jamaican heritage, was today selected first overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2026 NBA Draft in New York.
The 6-foot-9 forward, whose mother is Jamaican, enters the NBA after a standout freshman season at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he emerged as the nation's leading scorer and established himself as the consensus top prospect in this year's draft class.
Dybantsa's father is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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