Watch Wizards’ AJ Dybantsa throw out first pitch before Red Sox-Yankees game

After Washington Wizards selected AJ Dybantsa with the number one pick in the draft, the Massachusetts native threw the ceremonial first pitch before a Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees game at Fenway Park. He became the first Massachusetts-born player drafted first overall in the NBA. The Celtics are a matchup Dybantsa looks forward to in his rookie season, along with facing his favorite player — Kevin Durant — and the Houston Rockets.

Before the Red Sox and Yankees game on Saturday, Wizards’ Dybantsa threw threw out the first pitch — a high strike — in front of fans at Fenway Park.

The No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft and Massachusetts native AJ Dybantsa took the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway

(via @MLB)

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The closest a Massachusetts-born player came to being the number one overall pick in the NBA Draft happened in 2013, when the Philadelphia 76ers selected Nerlens Noel, who hails from Everett, Massachusetts, with the sixth overall pick.

Wizards rookie AJ Dybantsa reveals what his NBA2K rating should be

Wizards rookie AJ Dybantsa is entering his first NBA season with all the confidence in the world as the top NBA prospect of the draft. Dybantsa revealed what his NBA2K rating should be, and Brockton, Massachusetts native wasn’t modest in his prediction.

Although most NBA rookies receive below a 70 player rating in the popular video game, Dybantsa believes he’s an exception to the NBA2K standard, he said, per Complex Sports.

“I’m a rookie so they probably give rookies like 70s?” Dybantsa said. “I’m giving myself a 79-80 [overall]. I’m giving myself 80.”

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While some argue that Utah Jazz’s second overall pick — Darryn Peterson — could turn out to have a better NBA career than Dybantsa, the Wizards’ top prospect is determined to prove his naysayers wrong.

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