{"id":465152,"date":"2025-10-18T22:32:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=465152"},"modified":"2025-10-18T22:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:32:59","slug":"nba-prospect-aj-dybantsa-drops-30-points-in-impressive-byu-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-prospect-aj-dybantsa-drops-30-points-in-impressive-byu-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA prospect AJ Dybantsa Drops 30 Points in Impressive BYU Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s preseason time in college basketball, and highly touted prospect AJ Dybantsa made a stellar first impression in his debut for Brigham Young.<\/p>\n<p>The young forward exploded for 30 points (10\/19 FG, 8\/8 FT), adding 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals in the exhibition game against Nebraska, showcasing a level of scoring confidence rarely seen in a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Dybantsa, playing for BYU \u2014 ranked No. 8 in the preseason poll \u2014 is expected to earn around $7 million through multiple NIL deals with major brands.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some highlights from his performance:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kevin Young\u2019s vision for AJ Dybantsa is pretty clear from these three plays in the first half against Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Using him as a screener to try and find a matchup<br \/>\n&#8211; Physical backdowns from a cleared-out elbow<br \/>\n&#8211; Cashing in on attacking the long closeouts Rob Wright creates <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nm0OXoW3un\">pic.twitter.com\/nm0OXoW3un<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isaac Trotter (@Isaac__Trotter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac__Trotter\/status\/1979616254945358326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">final score for our exhibition in Lincoln <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGWpKcFdlD\">pic.twitter.com\/gGWpKcFdlD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BYU Men&#8217;s Basketball (@BYUMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BYUMBB\/status\/1979627005105905943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa in his unofficial BYU debut vs Nebraska<\/p>\n<p>30 Points<br \/>\n7 rebounds<br \/>\n3 assists<br \/>\n3 steals<br \/>\n1 block<br \/>\n10\/19 FG<br \/>\n2\/4 3P<br \/>\n8\/8 FT<\/p>\n<p>Was very comfortable handling in the PNR, shot looked very confident, great at foul baiting and getting to his spots<\/p>\n<p>Very comfortable\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCQct80beE\">pic.twitter.com\/zCQct80beE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arman Jovic (@PDTScouting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDTScouting\/status\/1979628153250484547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dybantsa is expected to earn around $7 million through multiple NIL deals with major brands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":465151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399,401],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-465152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-ncaa","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/aj-dybantsa.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465152"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=465152"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=465152"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=465152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}