The Brockton, Mass., native selected to be a Cougar over higher-tiered packages like North Carolina, Kansas and Alabama, turning into simply the second five-star recruit — behind the category of 2024’s Egor Demin — to decide to BYU males’s basketball.
Dybantsa, who’s presently 17 years previous, was initially part of the category of 2026 earlier than reclassifying to the category of 2025 in October 2023.
In Bleacher Report’s current 2025 NBA Mock Draft, Demin, who’s presently averaging 13.3 factors, 4.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists, is projected to get drafted No. 10 general to the Chicago Bulls.
With this, it’s unlikely that Dybantsa and Demin will share the courtroom; nevertheless, reeling in two five-stars in back-to-back courses is an exceptional signal for BYU and will enlighten different future prospects to additional take into account taking part in underneath Younger.
Since reclassifying, Dybantsa’s sport has solely elevated to new heights as he has developed higher footwork and has grown into being a stronger presence on the rim, escalating issues for defenders within the paint.
This previous summer season, Dybantsa dazzled for the USA within the FIBA U17 World Cup, averaging 14.1 factors, 3.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists en path to serving to the U.S. win its seventh straight U17 World Cup gold medal.
Within the U17 World Cup, whereas taking part in towards the most effective worldwide prospects, the 6-foot-9 small ahead had two 19-point performances within the group stage towards France and Guinea and contributed 14 factors within the gold-medal sport towards Italy.
Earlier than even placing on a university jersey, Dybantsa is already projected to get drafted No. 1 general within the 2026 NBA Draft in lots of mock drafts, starring over Duke commit Cameron Boozer and Kansas commit Darryn Peterson, who’re projected to go No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
247Sports director of scouting Adam Finkelstein described Dybantsa as “a 6-foot-9 jumbo wing with a wingspan exceeding 7-feet, an rising 200-plus-pound body and a complicated understanding of learn how to get to his spots and create his personal shot in a half-court sport.”
