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My Two Cents About AJ Dybantsa’s First Two Games · The Stop and Pop

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just want to get my two cents on A.J.
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  SPEAKER_00: DeBonta's debut games, his first two games in the NBA with the Wizards.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he looked really good offensively.
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  SPEAKER_00: He looked like he's able to get to the basket, get to the line.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gets his spots pretty easily using that Length,
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  SPEAKER_00: athleticism, his footwork is really good for a 19 year old.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's breaking back the hop steps.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really like the idea of him using the hop step to get into the lane.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like that's really old school advanced stuff right there.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then also on top of that,
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  SPEAKER_00: the commitment to defense is what really stood out to me in game two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Guarded multiple positions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he guarded Nas Reed.
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  SPEAKER_00: He guarded Dennis Schroeder.
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  SPEAKER_00: He guarded Brandon Miller.
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  SPEAKER_00: And eight rebounds from essentially a guard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he's playing the two right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for him to be this advanced already on that end of the court and willing to show
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  SPEAKER_00: that effort is really, really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: On top of,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: Him being around,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: Anthony Davis,
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  SPEAKER_00: Trey Young,
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  SPEAKER_00: these vets that he has, he's just soaking up the knowledge and learning from them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he said that he's been asking Anthony Davis every day about his routine
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  SPEAKER_00: and asking him about certain things he does to help him prepare for a game because,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know, they're both number one picks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anthony Davis is a top 75 player all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So his willingness to Soak up knowledge is amazing as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I mean, of course, you know, most rookies are like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But, you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: he's the number one pick and he has every right to,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: be like, man,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: like I'm good, I'm like this, I'm that, you know, but he's still willing to learn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he's not going to be shying away from the work behind getting better.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a really encouraging sign for So I'm really excited to see how he progresses
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  SPEAKER_00: in his career, just how he progresses this season.
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  SPEAKER_00: So stay locked in with me as I get to cover A.J.
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  SPEAKER_00: DeBonta's rookie year.