{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_23zqmmbhdanahxt5443a","title":"Bub Carrington admits Wizards were held back for AJ Dybantsa","title_en":null,"outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/bub-carrington-admits-wizards-were-held-back-for-aj-dybantsa-23zqmmbhda","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_gv6za45kqwqre53jm3fq","seq":1433434,"kind":"article","title":"NBA reportedly won't discipline Wizards, Bub Carrington after guard admitted team held back to get AJ Dybantsa","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/nba-reportedly-wont-discipline-wizards-bub-carrington-after-guard-admitted-team-held-back-to-get-aj-dybantsa-172801586.html","summary":"The Wizards recorded only 17 victories in 2025-26 — their second-fewest in single-season franchise history — before winning the No. 1 overall pick and drafting Dybantsa.","published":"2026-10-02T17:28:01Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:31:00Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-sports-yahoo-com-d5df18","name":"sports.yahoo.com","domain":"sports.yahoo.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1151959","name":"Yahoo Sports","type":"website","designations":["website"]}},"via":"kite-sports-yahoo-com-d5df18","topics":["nba"],"authors":["Andy Backstrom"],"story":"st_23zqmmbhdanahxt5443a","category":"sport","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.009999999776482582,"political":0.05000000074505806},{"id":"n_cmxa3wg2i77pso7mv5fq","seq":1406755,"kind":"article","title":"Bub Carrington claimed that the Wizards were “held back” last season","url":"https://www.bulletsforever.com/quality-shots/73190/bub-carrington-washington-wizards-held-back","summary":"The Washington Wizards are in the middle of training camp, where fans were in long lines to attend an open practice at Capital One Arena yesterday. Before that practice, Bub Carrington was interviewed on WUSA-TV where he said that the Wizards were “held back because [they] were trying to get AJ Dybantsa. 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It’s also an obvious answer.","published":"2026-10-02T16:31:25Z","seen":"2026-10-02T19:08:50Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-sports-yahoo-com-e6790b","name":"sports.yahoo.com","domain":"sports.yahoo.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1151959","name":"Yahoo Sports","type":"website","designations":["website"]}},"via":"kite-sports-yahoo-com-e6790b","topics":["nba"],"entities":[{"id":"Q123532991","name":"Bub Carrington","type":"person"},{"id":"Q15298259","name":"wizard in the Harry Potter universe","type":"org"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_23zqmmbhdanahxt5443a","category":"sport","category_p":0.8899999856948853,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.3499999940395355,"political":0.05999999865889549},{"id":"n_fq2gjrdqvmtrc3bmraha","seq":1380827,"kind":"article","title":"Wizards’ Bub Carrington admits Washington tanked for AJ Dybantsa","url":"https://clutchpoints.com/nba/washington-wizards/wizards-news-bub-carrington-admits-washington-tanked-for-aj-dybantsa","summary":"The Washington Wizards spent much of last season positioning themselves for the future, and guard Bub Carrington acknowledged that landing AJ Dybantsa was part of the organization’s goal. 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We were held back because we were trying to get AJ Dybantsa. That’s no secret,” Carrington said. 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