AJ has been jetting around before basketball gets serious. 1st he had 14 or so practices about 2 months too early and without 6 of our key players all because he will be playing for team USA. I attended a practice and what I got from it was AJ and Richie Saunders have a solid bro-mance.
Sucks that the others could not be there but they were tidying up things with loose ends and college finals. Dybantsa is hungry to learn from KY. He is quiet, unentitled, does not take plays off. goes hard on every play. He looks for team mates on the floor. And he will get any shot he wants. Richie is the same, always looking to improve, uber confident but humble.
Staton is a rim protector out of the Keba mold. he is quit possibly a better inside defender but don’t ask him to put the ball on the floor and dribble, Like Keba, he is not a guard.
Mboup really impressed me. He is raw, not ready for the live game yet but his athletism is there. he can shoot but excels inside as a defender, rebounder. In my opinion, @ 6’9, Mboup should play the 5 and leave Boscovic outside to shoot 3s. (Ky has said that Bosco could play the 5 at times but that was before he got Mboup on campus, this kid is a beast.
Now for the great news. Dybantsa was invited to Monoco for the gran Prix (car racing world wide is far larger than college BBall, I’m sure to rep the Red Bull sponsor. He is wearing BYU swag and seen by possibly Billions of race fans and just like that, BYU is getting more exposure from this one kid then all other sources of media…and that is before he has played one single game.
I would have to say that BYU’s NIL collective was paid in full before the season ever starts!
AJ Dybantsa shows off BYU gear at Monaco Grand Prix – Deseret News