By Brian Windhorst | ESPN, 2025-01-26 01:19:00
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巴黎——与维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)并肩作战的愿望或许有一天会吸引其他球星加盟圣安东尼奥马刺队，但他已经吸引了下一代球员的目光。
周六，全美排名第一的高中生球员、2026年NBA选秀状元热门人选A.J. 迪班萨(A.J. Dybantsa)表达了这一想法。迪班萨已于去年12月承诺加盟杨百翰大学。本周，他前往巴黎观看NBA全球赛，近距离观察文班。他告诉ESPN，他希望马刺队在明年选中他，这样他们就可以联手了。
“我认为文班简直不可思议；他做的事情太疯狂了，”迪班萨说道。他所在的犹他州预备高中(Hurricane, Utah)球队本周轮空。“我只是觉得如果我们能联手，那将会是一个多么疯狂的组合。现在看来，这种可能性微乎其微。但我的意思是，这只是文班被选中时我脑海中闪过的一个念头。但谁也说不准。”
马刺队本赛季的胜场数几乎已经追平了上赛季的总胜场数，而且随着文班的进步，马刺队在迪班萨预计参加的2026年选秀大会上获得状元签的可能性很小，因此目前来看，两人短期内联手的可能性并不大。
身高6英尺9英寸（约2.06米）的迪班萨将于周三年满18岁。他本周来到巴黎观看比赛，让人想起两年前19岁的文班坐在场边观看底特律活塞队对阵芝加哥公牛队的比赛的情景。文班是周六对阵印第安纳步行者队比赛的核心人物，迪班萨也希望能够追随他的脚步。
“这就是我的目标，”迪班萨说道。
上周末，迪班萨在马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德举行的ESPN2转播的表演赛中，在输给蒙特沃德学院的比赛中得到25分。他很快将返回美国，继续磨练自己的球技。目前还不清楚他在下一个级别的比赛中会打哪个位置，但迪班萨已经展现了在有球和无球状态下打球的天赋。
“我正在努力提高我的投篮命中率。我的目标是三分球命中率达到40%，”他说道。“很显然，我必须扩大我的射程，因为随着我级别的提升，三分线也会越来越远。”
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Dybantsa, top NBA prospect in '26, hopes to play with Wembanyama
PARIS – The desire to play with Victor Wembanyama may someday draw fellow stars to the San Antonio Spurs, but he’s already attracting the next generation.
That was the message Saturday from A.J. Dybantsa, who is the nation’s top-rated high school player and potential No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft. Dybantsa, who committed to BYU in December, traveled to Paris this week for the NBA’s Global Games and to get an up-close look at Wembanyama, telling ESPN he would like the Spurs to draft him next year so they can pair up.
“I think Victor is just ridiculous; the things he does are just crazy,” said Dybantsa, whose Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah) high school team had the week off. “I just think we would’ve been a crazy duo. Now the odds of that happening are very slim. But I mean, it was just a thought that came up in my mind when he got drafted. But you never know.”
The Spurs have nearly equaled their win total from last season already, and with Wembanyama improving, the odds of the Spurs being at the top of the 2026 draft when Dybantsa is projected to go do make the short-term chances of the pairing a little hard to see at the moment.
The 6-foot-9 Dybantsa, who turns 18 on Wednesday, coming to see these Paris games this week is a reminder of two years ago when a 19-year-old Wembanyama sat courtside at a Detroit Pistons-Chicago Bulls game. Wembanyama was the central attraction in Saturday’s game against the Indiana Pacers, a progression Dybantsa would like to follow.
“That’s the goal,” Dybantsa said.
Last weekend, Dybantsa scored 25 points in a loss to Monteverde Academy in a showcase game in Springfield, Massachusetts, that was televised on ESPN2. He’s soon to return to the U.S., where he is working on his game. It’s a little unclear what position he might play at the next level, but Dybantsa has shown a talent for playing both on and off the ball.
“I’m working on improving my shot. I’m trying to shoot 40% from the 3-point line,” he said. “Obviously I’ve got to extend my range because the farther up I go, the farther the [3-point] line gets.”
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