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No. 1 Spot in 2026 NBA Draft Remains Unsettled as Mock Pushes Boozer to Top

Late testing, divergent big boards and a pending medical review of Darryn Peterson leave Washington's No. 1 pick unsettled before the June 23 draft.

Overview

  • FanSided's June 6 mock unusually projects Duke forward Cameron Boozer to go No. 1 to the Washington Wizards, a departure from broader consensus that favors AJ Dybantsa.
  • Market and media views still generally list AJ Dybantsa as the likely top pick, but competing evaluations have produced no firm consensus on the order of the top three prospects.
  • Darryn Peterson is a medical-driven wildcard because of recurring cyclical cramping in college that he has attributed to excess creatine, and league or team medical clearances could reshuffle the top selections.
  • Washington currently holds the No. 1 pick and can keep or trade it, and teams have a compressed window of workouts, medical checks and trade talks to finalize decisions ahead of the June 23 draft.
  • Late-May and early-June combine testing, interviews and fit analyses — including Bleacher Report’s review of best and worst landing spots — are being treated as inputs rather than determinative factors, so workouts and medicals in the next two weeks will be decisive.