No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa makes NBA debut for Wizards against Cavaliers

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Wizards cleared their No. 1 pick, AJ Dybantsa, about six and a half hours before tip-off, and he's starting his NBA debut in Cleveland.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix and a half hours is a very respectful notice period. I'd call it a phased availability announcement.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, he missed four games with a rolled left ankle from that preseason loss to New Orleans.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorFour games, and they cleared him the same day.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour games isn't missing, Rex. That's the franchise protecting its asset.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRight, and he's reportedly on a minutes restriction, according to The Athletic. He led the nation at twenty-five point five a game at BYU.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWait, so the restriction means they don't want the starter to run out of gas before the fourth quarter? That's smart.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorVera. That's load management. You just said load management correctly.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI contain multitudes.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNow the scores. It's Wizards twenty-four, Cavaliers nineteen with four-forty-two left in the first. Heat twenty-eight, Hawks twenty-two with two-thirty-one left.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHornets fourteen, Pistons thirteen, and Sixers and Pacers are tied at twelve.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Wizards are winning, on a leash, with a man who isn't allowed to play much.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the only plan they've had that worked on the first night.