The No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2025, AJ Dybantsa, is not resting on his oars. Despite an eventful month that saw him participate in three major competitions, he continues to put in practice shifts.
He was once again in practice in an Instagram reel he posted on Wednesday.
“Off szn flow,” Dybantsa captioned.
With his high school career behind him, Dybantsa can fully focus on getting ready for the next stage of his career at BYU. The five-star forward raised a lot of eyebrows when he signed with the Cougars in December.
He chose Kevin Young’s program over interest from powerhouses like North Carolina, USC, Kansas and Duke.
Dybantsa was one of Young’s earliest recruits after getting hired as BYU’s coach. Coming in as the program’s highest-ranked signing ever, he fits into Young’s vision of a program could be a national giant.
That vision and the prospect of a future in the NBA were major factors that convinced Dybantsa to choose the Cougars.
“Kevin Young was an NBA coach, so he is telling me that he will bring a lot of NBA styles and concepts to the program,” Dybantsa said in March, via AP News. “He told me that he thought he would be a good coach to help me get to that next level. It’s good that he has NBA experience. I mean, I’m trying to get to the NBA, so anyone that has NBA experience or anyone that has brought people to the NBA or coached in the NBA is going to have knowledge for that.”
