da6480 | Wizards

1246 | 3 hours ago

You had me in the first half, ngl

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

206 | 3 hours ago

I tried my best to phrase it right lol mb

bleu_waffl3s | Spurs

205 | 3 hours ago

Dybansta will declare for 2026 NBA draft but continue college classes online

Flames_Harden | Lakers

17 | an hour ago

Right - he literally buried the lede

The news of the story is his declaration to enter the draft - nobody gives a fuck about him taking online classes lol

And honestly OP would be better off just admitting he was being coy rather acting like this clear misdirection was anything but intentional

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

6 | 2 hours ago

Quite the cunning linguist, bubs!

DisastrousSummer3405

46 | 3 hours ago

no you didn’t

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

-44 | 2 hours ago

Yes. I did.

NJRHTI | Trail Blazers

15 | 2 hours ago

Well you did it very poorly then, because starting with “AJ Dybsbsta announces he will stay in college” is incredibly misleading lol

laymanmovies | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

It’s ok, I believe you man.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

22 | 3 hours ago

You knew what you were doing, BasedChad69420!

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

-19 | 2 hours ago

I had no clue, Zeeron1! 😅

VLHACS | Celtics

4 | 2 hours ago

You know what you did op just own it lol

Namath96 | Hornets

1 | 26 minutes ago

Ain’t nobody falling for that bro lol

i_am_lebron_jame | Cavaliers

2 | 3 hours ago

lol

seniorpeepers | Pacers

1 | 19 minutes ago

I think you did a fantastic job

Sammyd1108 | Hornets

3 | an hour ago

I really thought this dude was staying in college the first time I read it lol.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

218 | 3 hours ago

Curious, does anyone know the last lottery pick to actually stay in college all four years? I want to say Tim Duncan, but surely there was at least one person since 1996.

ThePlainWhiteTees | Nuggets

103 | 3 hours ago

Off the top of my head I think Zach Edey?

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

23 | 2 hours ago

Almost certainly Edey

ddiop | CLE

36 | an hour ago

Edey is but in researching wanted to shout out Willie Cauley-Stein who got his degree in just three years.

_Apatosaurus_ | Thunder

1 | 4 minutes ago

Cedric Coward did too. One year at Willamette, two years at Eastern Washington, and one year at Washington State.

jonnylaw | Timberwolves

90 | 3 hours ago

Jimmer Fredette maybe. Kmart was the first overall pick as a four year player in 2000.

Elyx_117

48 | 3 hours ago

TIL Kenyon Martin has a degree 😂

Martin went to the University of Cincinnati and played for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of head coach Bob Huggins. He was homesick early in his freshman year and actually took a bus back home to Dallas. His mother and his older sister, who by then were both working two jobs and attending college, steered him to return to finish college

Ok_Possible_5702

25 | 3 hours ago

not to be a debbie downer, but I don’t think you can call “online education while having a full-time job” the same thing as “staying in college”

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

18 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think they’re claiming that. They’re asking a separate question

thetalkinghawk | Thunder

11 | 2 hours ago

You don’t have to physically be inside of a college to be in college

Ok_Possible_5702

-13 | 2 hours ago

it’s really not the same experience, or even level of education.

RspectMyAuthoritah | Lakers

7 | 40 minutes ago

Level of education is debatable. There’s a lot of shit colleges out there that people go to in person. And there are some online colleges that aren’t just a grift and someone can get a decent education at.

JohnnyEnzyme | BRK

1 | an hour ago

I happen to be with you on that from first-hand experience, but let’s not forget that college has been insanely-pricey and exclusive in the States for many years, now.

If an online degree is officially recognised, I think we have to give some respect to someone who legitimately finished such coursework. It’s just not a good ‘us vs. them’ line to be drawing IMO.

Ok_Possible_5702

-2 | an hour ago

I didn’t mean it to come off as an “us vs. them”, most certainly not.

I’m just saying: being a full-time college student vs. pursuing an online degree while you hold a full time job are completely different experiences. Props to AJ for not giving up on his education, but let’s not pretend that it’s the same thing as “staying in college”

JohnnyEnzyme | BRK

0 | an hour ago

Yes, I think I got all that the first time, but thanks for clarifying?

BooMasterChoo

28 | 2 hours ago

Lottery pick or 1st overall pick? Seniors get drafted in the lottery rather often but Duncan was the last senior to be selected 1st overall afaik

njk12

16 | 2 hours ago

Kenyon Martin

RecentAstronaut5541

1 | 13 minutes ago

Rarely does he get mentioned in the same breath as Duncan, unless a broader net is cast. Such as, “name a guy who played PF.”

kyleyle | Raptors

5 | 2 hours ago

Edey. Yaxel Lendeborg TBD but projected lottery

BucktoothedMC | Nets

3 | an hour ago

theres a good amount

Edey + Cam Johnson comes to mind

TheScienceOfMagic

2 | 3 hours ago

1997*

DamianSlizzard | POR

1 | an hour ago

Trailblazers got two of the best ones

BoNnnnfhir | Trail Blazers

1 | an hour ago

3: Dame, CJ, BRoy

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Zach Edey, before him Chris Duarte was an end of lottery pick

heat_fan_ | Raptors

103 | 3 hours ago

He values education as well smart kid

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

26 | 3 hours ago

Agree, it’s great to see he’s taking the responsible path and making his mom proud while also going to the NBA

pgpathat

15 | 2 hours ago

NBA max contracts will something like $80m a year when he gets there, he should really focus on getting one.

Sometimes you have to look your African parent in the eye and say “you have enough to brag about”

geosensation | Spurs

4 | an hour ago

Yeah a degree is relatively worthless compared to having a decade+ long NBA career and the connections that come with it. Just pay attention at the rookie financial literacy seminar and have your financial advisor reguarly audited or something.

RspectMyAuthoritah | Lakers

1 | 29 minutes ago

Sometimes it’s about the education and not just the degree.

HoBaggyPants

10 | 3 hours ago

That’s just what he’s telling his mom to have his cake and eat it too.

MatchAffectionate951

3 | 36 minutes ago

Nah he could of told his mom we in the nba here’s a million bucks

And left college like every other lottery pick

HoBaggyPants

1 | 14 minutes ago

It shows his high EQ. He gets to let his mom look like she cares about his education above all and raised a son that listened to her, instead of just another athlete’s parent who’s all about money.

SurelyNotLikeThis | Vancouver Grizzlies

1 | 2 hours ago

It’s BYU how good could the education be

flowerboyinfinity | Pacers

93 | 3 hours ago

Will he be able to afford out of state tuition???

shockwave8428 | Trail Blazers

61 | 2 hours ago

BYU doesn’t have in-state vs out-of-state. They have Mormon and non-Mormon pricing. 3k a semester vs 6k. Pretty cheap school all things considered, bet AJ should be able to scrape by paying 12k a year lol

mydicksmellsgood | Spurs

11 | 37 minutes ago

He will have to abide by the honor code for the next 4 years tho and personally, I can’t wait

Acrobatic-Landscape9 | Warriors

1 | 27 minutes ago

the honor code

So how does that work? Did they send two college aged Mormon men on a mission to knock on his door and make sure he’s not having sex?

flowerboyinfinity | Pacers

1 | 18 minutes ago

I was just joking

AnonimousMn471 | Bucks

11 | 3 hours ago

Maybe he can sell some merch to afford it

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

1 | 3 hours ago

Utah first pick it is then.

AlternativeResort477 | Warriors

1 | an hour ago

BYU has cheap af tuition

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

55 | 3 hours ago

Tbh he should just take the money and go back to college when his career is up. Focusing on the money and basketball side now can most likely earn him a lot more than the education ever will

palelei

14 | 2 hours ago

i doubt he’s doing a degree for the money

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-3 | an hour ago

Probably not, but get your money and you can get whatever education you want and then do it because you enjoy it, not because you need the cash

RspectMyAuthoritah | Lakers

1 | 27 minutes ago

Maybe he doesn’t want to wait 15-20 years to learn and become more educated.

cyb3ryung | Warriors

12 | 3 hours ago

nba players have a lot of free time i don’t see the problem

TrustInRoy

1 | 26 minutes ago

And yet Marvin Williams remains the only one-and-done to earn his degree while being an active player. It took him 10 straight summers in Chapel Hill to get it done.

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-1 | 2 hours ago

In the off season maybe? Not really in the regular season no

imezaps

21 | 2 hours ago

Isnt luka top 500 overwatch throughout the season

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-2 | 2 hours ago

Luka also has not put the effort into the game he should have been conditioning wise for his body

Bully_Maguire420 | Hawks

3 | an hour ago

Still made a finals run while going home and putting up Overwatch killstreaks lmao.

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-2 | an hour ago

On bloody knees and in horrible shape. If he put the controller down he woulda got a ring and been a Dallas lifer

cyb3ryung | Warriors

12 | 2 hours ago

compared to an average full time employee? yes they work part time hours lol multiple retired players have mentioned this on their podcasts

he’ll probably do summer classes too, overall it’s definitely enough time to do 3 years of classes in 4 years

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-2 | 2 hours ago

Yes because many podcasters are reliable sources of information lol

abrad0lf_lincl3r

6 | an hour ago

Are you saying that retired NBA players are not a good source on what it’s like to be an NBA player

ItsRebelSheep | Suns

-1 | an hour ago

I’m saying that attention hungry people looking for clicks are not going to tell you about the boring nitty gritty of what it took to be great. I’m sure fringe players have great stories, but actual players like Kobe, Mike, Lebron, etc live and died in the gym to be who they were on the court. That’s what it takes to be more than good. To be amazing.

cyb3ryung | Warriors

2 | 33 minutes ago

pro athletes actually love to tell people how hard it was to make it. but they still had lives outside of ball. lets say they put in 4 hours in the gym a day which is a lot, they would still have 12 hours to spare (16 in kobes case since he claims he only slept 4 hrs a night)

preed1196

4 | an hour ago

Naw you’re one a plane or bus? Tablet laptop, got time to do work. It’s online school. He’s done 30 credits at a low estimate (maybe he brought in extra credits, maybe more because summer and winter).

He needs to do 22.5 credits a year for 4 years, 5 is 18

4 years, assuming all 4 seasons 5.625 classes a semester. Usually 2 classes, sometimes 1

5 is 4.5 classes a semester, one class during the season, 2 in the office season and a little bit into it

This ignores him taking a full load during the off season.

Murrarp1

8 | 3 hours ago

Facts

Dawnshot_

9 | 3 hours ago

Yeah if you score a early draft rookie contract even just your guaranteed two years is the equivalent of working like your whole working life in an average job

libratus1729

4 | an hour ago

I think he would earn an entire careers salary of an average college job in a few months. Average college grad lifetime earnings is abt 2.8M

gjaxx

1 | 14 minutes ago

Insane when you put it like that. Wonder what life is like when you make NBA money

TuesdayTrex | Celtics

20 | 3 hours ago

Dybansta to Utah (‘s online college, to finish his degree)

FavaWire

16 | 3 hours ago

This is a very good case study of the true advantage of digitization and technology. The compression of Space and Time. You can attend college and advance a career in professional sports almost simultaneously through the use of technology!

Good for Dybantsa to recognize this and take advantage of the opportunity.

anonymoususer6407 | Rockets

3 | an hour ago

He found the right loophole to please his parents, and still do what he loves while making a fuckload of money. I love it

FavaWire

1 | an hour ago

The other thing to consider is that a Mass Comm degree means he’s got at least some baseline foundation if he goes into being a sports analyst or something after basketball.

Overall-Palpitation6 | Grizzlies

10 | 2 hours ago

Zach Edey was the last 4 year college guy to be drafted in the lottery, in 2024. Devin Carter also went in the 2024 lottery, and is 2 months older than Edey, but only played 3 years in college.

Before that, Ochai Agbaji was a 4 year college guy who went at #14 in the 2022 draft, and Chris Duarte went at #13 in the 2021 Draft as a 24-year-old, after 2 years in college.

ch4nt | Clippers

8 | 2 hours ago

BYU Online is unironically a good platform

A lot of students at my university used BYU Online to get credits for math and physics especially

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

4 | 3 hours ago

That’s very good ngl. Smelling like Utah gonna get him then or Golden state lmao

Mr_Cromer | Raptors

4 | an hour ago

I didn’t even realise I could get a Nigeria flair until just now

BasedChad69420 | Nigeria

2 | 34 minutes ago

Sadly only available during FIBA World play once every 3-4 years

Business_Number8979

3 | 3 hours ago

For some reason Im hearing 808s and soft drums/ electric piano in the background

Jonesbro | Gran Destino

2 | 2 hours ago

Mass communication degree?

Weak_Status2831

2 | an hour ago

Cause he sniffed out the Kings were looking to pick him up

Appropriate-Door1369

2 | an hour ago

Communications degree is useless lol

Superlolz

3 | an hour ago

His path to VP of HR is just beginning…

MidTario

2 | 39 minutes ago

Nothing is more valuable than a communications degree from BYU

GreatCaesarGhost | Bucks

1 | 25 minutes ago

Is he worried that the Jets might draft him?

Pexoin1 | Nets

1 | 3 hours ago

Had me worried for a second

defiantcross | Suns

1 | an hour ago

He is officially “Wingdings - online classes” from East West bowl

westzod | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

This is fire. Hope he doesn’t drop it and keep at it, it’s already a great first impression of him.

TrustInRoy

1 | 28 minutes ago

Marvin Williams is currently the only one-and-done player to ever earn his degree while being an active NBA player. It took him 10 years.

Every summer for 10 years, while other players were on vacation, you would find Marvin Williams and his backpack crossing campus in Chapel Hill. He made a promise to his mom and he kept it.

Timely_Law_1921

0 | 3 hours ago

Nerd

NoPantsJake | Jazz

0 | 2 hours ago

AJ is the man. Reminds me of how Steve Young got his law degree from BYU back in the day while playing in the NFL (and XFL lol). That was a pretty crazy thing to do before online classes.

Seanswanshong

-10 | 3 hours ago

What’s the point of a college degree you will do nothing with? You can educate yourself without college especially a guy that’s set to make 10 million dollars next year

garret126 | Heat

11 | 3 hours ago

Some people value being educated about the world even if it doesn’t directly benefit them monetarily

YoungFlexibleShawty | Charlotte Bobcats

-6 | 3 hours ago

Its a communications degree tho lolol

Considerablyworried | Bulls

5 | 3 hours ago

I think many NBA players these days could do well with some communications education.

garret126 | Heat

6 | 3 hours ago

The most useful classes for real world applications are those random electives you take tbh

YoungFlexibleShawty | Charlotte Bobcats

0 | 2 hours ago

Communications is not just some random elective. It’s oversaturated and extremely broad.

garret126 | Heat

2 | 2 hours ago

I was referring to the electives you take outside your major

And I don’t think it matters if something is oversaturated. If you aren’t going to college for a job, something like communications can help with communication and social skills

YoungFlexibleShawty | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | an hour ago

Will it help with getting a job straight out of college that will pay well? No is also the answer.

It’s clear he’s just getting a degree for the sake of it. And that’s OK, im just making fun of him for getting a communications degree because it’s just as pointless as my own degree.

cyb3ryung | Warriors

6 | 3 hours ago

seems like he wants to do it for his mom. theres alot of people who went to school for their parents and people who have degrees they’re doing nothing with.

AllTheHolloway | Bulls

6 | 3 hours ago

I’d argue if you have 10 million dollars, why not keep paying to get your education the traditional way? I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “educate yourself,” but I don’t think that’s necessarily easier and definitely not more reliable than following a curriculum.

AJ Dybantsa announces he will stay in college and take up to 4 years to finish his degree online as he officially declares for the NBA Draft