HS star transfers to ’25 class, eyes NBA No

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Personnel WriterOct 11, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider.
  • Signed up with ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.A.J.

Dybantsa, the No. 1 possibility in the 2026 recruiting class and among the leading players in all of high school basketball, prepares to reclassify to the 2025 class, he announced Wednesday.Dybantsa, who made the announcement on Instagram, will take on Cameron Boozer for the No. 1 ranking in the junior class and ends up being the likely favorite to be the No. 1 choice in the 2026 NBA draft.Dybantsa’s potential reclassification has been a topic of

discussion in hiring circles for several months, as he will turn 17 in January and is six months older than Boozer. He ends up being the second elite high school possibility to reclassify in current months, following Cooper Flagg’s choice to relocate to the 2024 class.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated The 6-foot-8 wing from Brockton, Massachusetts, goes to Prolific Preparation(California)and is among the best scorers in high school basketball. In spite of playing up an age at the Nike Peach Jam in July, Dybantsa led the event in scoring, averaging 25.8 points in 5 games with the Expressions program.He began all six games at the FIBA U16 Americas Championship, averaging 13.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 helps and shooting 69.4%inside the arc. Dybantsa likewise led the NBPA Top 100 Camp in scoring at 28.3 points in six games in Orlando in June.Over the summer season, ESPN asked 20 college coaches and NBA scouts to rank the Flagg-Dybantsa-Boozer trio as potential customers, and Dybantsa finished second to Flagg, getting seven first-place votes and finishing lower than 2nd on simply 4 tallies.”Dybantsa is more in the mold of what the elite NBA players generally appear like– flexible guards because 6-foot-6 [to] 6-foot-8 variety that you develop your franchise around,”one coach stated at the time.” Kobe [Bryant], [Tracy] McGrady, [Grant] Hill, [Jayson] Tatum, Kawhi [Leonard], Paul George. He has the possible to be because mold.”Included another coach: “Dybantsa is simply the most complete. Scores at all 3 levels. Super athletic. He’s the No. 1 choice in the NBA draft

whenever he goes. “