comments he made to Andscape that he\u2019s at his best as a point guard<\/a>. On Wednesday, however, when he was asked directly whether he would cross a team off his list if it considers him solely as a two-guard, he answered, \u201cNah, no, sir. I mean, at the end of the day, whoever wants to pick you is probably going to pick you. So if they come in and say I\u2019m a two-guard, I\u2019m familiar with it now (from playing at Kansas), so I\u2019ll just make a way.\u201d<\/p>\nA pair of hand injuries limited Wilson to only 24 games at North Carolina. On Feb. 10, he broke a bone in his left hand when he attempted to block a shot and fell to the ground. On March 5, he fractured his right thumb when he struck the rim during a practice drill.<\/p>\n
Wilson said the Jazz, Bulls, Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets are among the teams that have interviewed him. He has an interview scheduled Thursday with the Wizards, and he likely has an interview upcoming with the Grizzlies, too.<\/p>\n
Asked what he will bring to a team, Wilson answered, \u201cLeadership and focus, honestly. Of course, I can score. Of course, I can rebound and do all those things. But I feel like being a leader and really being able to kind of impact winning and impact the culture of the team is going to be something I really bring from day one.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never really felt like my hand injury was a setback,\u201d Wilson added. \u201cOf course, I was heartbroken when it happened. But my hand\u2019s perfectly fine now, and I feel like it offered me a different perspective on basketball in general, just because once I injured my hand, now I\u2019m way more grateful to play. Every day I wake up and I get the opportunity to play and just be able to shoot and dribble and stuff like that. I just feel grateful for the opportunity, and I wasn\u2019t as grateful as I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson said he would be happy to go to any team that believes in him.<\/p>\n
In the moments immediately after the Wizards won the lottery, Dybantsa appeared stone-faced, prompting at least some observers to speculate that he does not want to play for the team and prefers to go somewhere else.<\/p>\n
He said he would be happy to go to any team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI literally had no reaction at all, and people find ways to say that I didn\u2019t want it. I did want it,\u201d Dybantsa said. \u201cBut it all comes with social media. People are going to make narratives. I just tried not to react at all, just keep a straight face, try to stay even-keeled.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an extension of his businesslike approach to the week.<\/p>\n
A week with no guarantees he\u2019ll be selected No. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 AJ Dybantsa may be the presumptive No. 1 pick in next month\u2019s NBA Draft, but he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3780],"tags":[208,7,75,247,473,329,193,149,187,188,164,194,126,135,150,177,189,121,152,6,470,191,179,76,207,472,471,477,474,476,427,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-734110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-charlotte-hornets","13":"tag-chicago-bulls","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-dallas-mavericks","16":"tag-denver-nuggets","17":"tag-detroit-pistons","18":"tag-golden-state-warriors","19":"tag-houston-rockets","20":"tag-indiana-pacers","21":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","22":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","23":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","24":"tag-miami-heat","25":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","26":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","27":"tag-nba","28":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","29":"tag-new-york-knicks","30":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","31":"tag-orlando-magic","32":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","33":"tag-phoenix-suns","34":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","35":"tag-sacramento-kings","36":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","37":"tag-toronto-raptors","38":"tag-utah-jazz","39":"tag-washington","40":"tag-washington-wizards","41":"tag-washingtonwizards","42":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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