NEW YORK — AJ Dybantsa insists he didn’t know for certain when his name would be called Tuesday night until commissioner Adam Silver said the special words: “With the first pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards select Anicet Dybantsa Jr.”Dybantsa had imagined that exact moment, becoming the first pick in the draft, for years.So, how did the moment compare to what he had envisioned in his dreams?“The reality is way better,” Dybantsa told The Athletic, a Wizards cap still atop his head. “I’ve been dreaming about this since I was about 12 years old. And seven years later, I’m accomplishing my dream, and it just feels super surreal, and I’m just happy I got to spend it with my family.”His joy shone through in the seconds after Silver spoke. He hugged his mom, Chelsea; his godparents; his older sister, Samarra; his younger sister, Jasmyn; and, finally, his dad, Anicet Sr., nicknamed Ace.AJ asked league officials to use his given name when he was drafted as a way of honoring his father. On his custom-made Kenzo suit, near his left lapel, he wore a pin of the flag of the Republic of the Congo, where his dad is from, and a pin of the flag of Jamaica, where his mom is from. He wore a blue heart-shaped “TC5” pin on his right lapel to honor Terrence Clarke, an older-brother figure also from the Boston area and a standout basketball player in his own right, who died in a car crash in 2021 at the age of 19.Dybantsa, whose last name is pronounced dee-BON-suh and who is from Brockton, Mass., had been connected with the Wizards as the presumptive No. 1 pick ever since the franchise won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 10. The team drafted him with the hope that he will develop into a foundational player.