Former BYU players Egor Demin (left) and AJ Dybantsa pose for a photo before the 2026 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Demin was selected No. 8 by the Brooklyn Nets last season. Dybantsa is expected to be among the top two picks in the 2026 draft. The ...
Here is a look at some of the evaluations of former BYU players hoping to get drafted in the NBA Draft on Tuesday and Wednesday:
AJ DYBANTSA
6-9 Fr. F BYU
Strengths: Dybantsa has elite positional size, strength and movement skills, and he thrives attacking downhill and in the midrange. ...
(Data compiled at basketball-reference.com)
First Round
1951 Mel Hutchins
No. 3 to Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Career NBA games: 437
1967 Craig Raymond
No. 12 to Philadelphia 76ers
Career NBA games: 27
1983 Greg Kite
No. 21 to Boston Celtics
Career NBA games: 680
1989 Michael Smith
No. ...
AJ Dybantsa is often asked if he should be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Mostly, his answer is simply “yes.”
Dybantsa, who set the college basketball world on fire with a fantastic freshman season at BYU and led the country in scoring (25.5 points per game), shared once that his ...
There’s a big difference between making shots at a church gym in the mission field once or twice a week and shooting against college-level defenders.
BYU’s Kailey Woolston discovered exactly how big after returning from her 18-month church mission to Pennsylvania and West Virginia last ...
PROVO, Utah — BYU men’s golf head coach Todd Miller announced the hiring of Spencer Dunaway as an associate head coach on Tuesday.
“Spencer Dunaway checks every box of someone I want to work with,” Miller said. “He recognizes that our job is all about the athletes, and he believes in ...