AJ Dybantsa is far from a lock at No. 1, and more NBA Draft Combine takeaways

CHICAGO — Let’s start at the top, because that’s what we do when it comes to the NBA Draft. And in the 2026 version of the draft, that “top” isn’t one or two players. It’s four.Talking to executives here for the league’s annual draft combine, including some from multiple teams picking near the top, the consensus opinion was that reasonable people could disagree on the top four picks, in virtually any order, but the identity of those four was beyond doubt: BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, Duke big man Cameron Boozer and North Carolina forward Caleb Wilson.Advertisement