WASHINGTON — Tyson Mann may be young, but he isn’t naive.
The basketball-obsessed 11-year-old is well aware of the Washington Wizards’ longtime woes. The team’s most recent winning season predates all of his memories.
Disappointment is all Mann has ever experienced or expected with the Wiz — much like every other Wizards fan under the age of 50 — and he acts accordingly.
Thus, whenever he…
adidas Basketball celebrated a major milestone at the 2026 NBA Draft, with three of its athletes selected in the first round, highlighting the brand’s growing influence among basketball’s next generation…
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BROOKLYN — Anticipation, confusion, realization, elation.
It was a quick swing of emotions at the Barclays Center Tuesday night as NBA commissioner Adam Silver took the podium to announce AJ Dybantsa as the first pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Many fans and analysts had expected the Washington Wizards to select Dybantsa No. 1 overall, but few were expecting to hear his full name — Anicet Dybantsa…
BYU star AJ Dybantsa is widely expected to be selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Washington Wizards, becoming the highest-drafted player in BYU program history.
The Utah Jazz…
Early on the morning of June 15, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Kansas Jayhawks guard Darryn Peterson was only planning on meeting with the Washington Wizards ahead of this Tuesday’s first round of the NBA draft and no other teams.
That was notable, as the Wizards hold the top pick in the draft but are increasingly expected to select BYU Cougars wing AJ Dybantsa, with Peterson widely…
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No matter who the Utah Jazz end up taking with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, they are going to have a bit of a dilemma on their hands: Who will make up the 2026-27 starting five?
Assuming the Jazz come to a contractual agreement with Walker Kessler…
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The next phase of the pre-draft process gets underway for the Utah Jazz this week.
Now that the NBA combine is over and the deadline has passed for players to decide if they want to remain in the draft or return to college, it’s time for teams to take another step…
Throughout the week of the NBA lottery and pre-draft combine in Chicago after the Utah Jazz got the second pick in next month’s NBA draft, there were countless people who asked me some version of this question:
_“So, do you really think the Jazz are going to trade up to get No. 1?”_
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there are connections between the Utah Jazz and a player who could be the No. 1…
There are just nine games left in this godforsaken season following last night’s 44 point drubbing at the hands of the Charlotte Hornets. At this point, it certainly looks like the Kings will have somewhere between the 3rd and 5th worst record in the NBA, with the greatest chance probably being 4th worst between the […]
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All signs point to the Sacramento Kings landing a top 5 pick in this year’s NBA Draft. If Sacramento ends the season with the worst record in the league, which they currently hold, they are guaranteed a top 5 pick. And what a year to have a top pick. Many consider it one of the […]
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BYU star AJ Dybantsa, and potential No. 1 pick in the draft, shared something in a recent interview that caught many off guard. He might not enter the draft this season. “I might not leave college. … My mom wants me to graduate. But I might leave. I don’t know. You know, the fans might […]
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The No. 14 Kansas Jayhawks made a statement Monday night with a 69-56 win over the No. 5 Houston Cougars at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson, who has been at the center of much controversy over his lack of playing time this season, scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds in 30 minutes Read more...
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