Every few years, the country is blessed with prospects who are talented enough to actually reclassify forward instead of backward. Guys like Marvin Bagley, Jalen Duren, Karl Anthony-Towns, and various others have done this within the last decade. Generally speaking, the decision to reclassify up is a professional move for legitimate NBA prospects. These lines can get blurry quick, but the majority of prospects who attempt this practice end up spending real time in the NBA. Now, AJ Dybantsa (Prolific Prep/Expressions Elite) joins that highly prestigious group by moving into the Class of 2025.

This was an expected decision and very tongue-in-cheek waiting period for those who were anticipating the announcement. Arguably the top prospect in all of high school basketball, this move will be huge for the wing prospect and all the professional scouts salivating at the thought of getting him on the NBA regimen as early as possible. Whether the masses care to acknowledge it or not, the players who have the opportunity to develop as a teenager in an NBA organization tend to succeed far more than they fail.

In looking at Dybantsa