Take the production seriously first. 25.5 points and 6.8 rebounds on 51.0% shooting in 34.8 minutes at BYU is the best scoring season in this class by a comfortable margin, and he did it as a 19-year-old against high-major defenses. Washington made him the first overall pick and, per the composite's own reporting, has given him the keys. Wing size that rebounds at 6.8 a night is a real, transferable nine-cat asset.

Now the format problem. Nine-category leagues do not pay a premium for points; they pay for breadth. Dybantsa's defensive counting stats are the weakest of the top four — 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks — and his 3.1 turnovers are the highest of any player in the top twelve of this board. He made 1.4 threes a game. Stack those together and you get a player whose fantasy value is heavily levered to one category and actively drags two others. Multiple analysts have made the same observation in different words: he is well-rounded as a basketball player without an elite standout trait to juice the fantasy line, which is precisely the opposite of what the format rewards.

The role picture is also murkier than a No. 1 pick's should be. Washington's roster is not empty, and post-draft commentary has repeatedly flagged that his path to a leading role is clouded — there is real veteran talent ahead of him in the usage hierarchy. That is why his Pathway to Early Minutes score lands below Boozer's despite the higher draft slot.

The read. Priced at $602.03, third on the board. If the three-point shot arrives — and he was a capable shooter in college before going 1-of-11 in Vegas — the whole profile changes and he becomes the best player from this class. That is a real possibility and it is why this is still a BUY. But you are paying a first-overall-pick price for a fantasy profile that currently grades third, and the gap between the two is the narrative premium.