Within the basketball world, having your identify come up in conversations that don’t have anything to do with you is probably going an excellent factor. When it’s coming from a participant speaking about the place they need to play, it’s definitely an excellent factor. That’s taking place an increasing number of for the San Antonio Spurs lately.
On Tuesday, they have been introduced up by probably the most sought-after highschool prospects in america. When AJ Dybantsa dedicated to the BYU Cougars on ESPN’s First Take, Stephen A. Smith requested the #1 recruit within the 2025 highschool class the place he’d finally wish to play within the NBA.
“Spurs and Magic,” Dybantsa responded.
Stephen A. Smith: “Is there a system that exists on the market that you simply suppose is tailored for you?”
AJ Dybantsa: “NBA?”
SAS: “Sure.”
AJ: “Spurs & Magic. … How do you suppose me and Wemby would play? … Me and Paolo [would] simply go loopy collectively.”pic.twitter.com/8GwjaFAJvO
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 10, 2024
Dybantsa referenced Spurs famous person Victor Wembanyama as the rationale he’d wish to don the Silver and Black. His good friend Paolo Banchero is his draw to the Orlando Magic. Dybantsa is a do-it-all scoring ahead taking part in highschool ball in Utah proper now, and is anticipated to be a prime decide within the 2026 NBA Draft.
With the Spurs steadily constructing a contending roster, it could be laborious for Dybantsa’s group preferences to be met. Within the 2026 draft, San Antonio owns its personal decide and the rights to swap with the Atlanta Hawks, if they’ve the next decide.
Draft place apart, that is one other signal of the Spurs being a real vacation spot for the present and future stars of the NBA. Wembanyama has put them within the place to be a wonderful basketball match for lots of extremely gifted gamers. Within the 2024 NBA Draft, prospects like Rob Dillingham brazenly instructed the media he needed to play with Wemby and the Spurs. San Antonio rookie Stephon Fort’s method to pre-draft interviews might point out he needed to play with the Spurs as nicely.
Even when the Spurs can’t draft these gamers that need to be there, they are going to be a gradual presence that may beckon gamers to contemplate coming to San Antonio to complement Wembanyama. That’s newfound floor for a franchise that hasn’t all the time made the largest acquisitions up to now. An alien like Wemby modifications every thing. Dybantsa isn’t the primary, nor will he be the final participant to need to group up with him.
