The 2026 NBA draft's top 30
The 2026 NBA draft was on Tuesday, and though they'll insist it is also on Wednesday, it was mostly on Tuesday.
Here, on Wednesday, the draft:
- Washington Wizards – AJ Dybantsa (BYU)
A standup star for a silly, little franchise. The forward need not dominate this league in 2026-27, and he will be saved from too much too soon with Trae Young taking too many bad shots in Washington, Anthony Davis talking too much about the shots AD isn't taking, Tre Johnson and Bub Carrington wondering where the basketball went. Dybantsa will be asked to outlive this mess and should, AJ's ability to grow alongside the similarly incomplete Alex Sarr will enliven Washington fans. AJ's immediate counting stats aren't it, the Rookie of the Year is letter jacket stuff, kid shit, the Wizards went for the best pro career available.
- Utah Jazz – Darryn Peterson (Kansas)
Some-nonsense scorer the perfect immediate addition for a team that has to start winning all the time now so as not to get in trouble. New backcourt teammate Keyonte George doesn't know how to play off ball yet at only 22 but Keyonte knows how to give the ball up on the occasional possession and still get his 20 points. Peterson similarly isn't there yet but boy howdy the Jazz will be in a few years. Bonus for Darryn – he will finish home games with WAY more assists than he thought he had.
- Memphis Grizzlies – Cameron Boozer (Duke)
Memphis is must-view. Extremely excited to watch Boozer pair with Zach Edey, hope it will be for more than one-third the season. Idiosyncratic duo deserves each other, we wouldn't want Boozer headed anywhere else. First step as a Grizzly will be reminding fans that he is not the son of the guy who said "I didn't know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee" minutes after Memphis drafted him No. 4 in the 2002 draft, but rather the son of the guy drafted in 2002 that sued the ass right off of Prince's pants.
