Chicago • Clad in a gray suit and purple button-down, all-world prospect AJ Dybantsa finally sat across from the people who had a front row seat to his college career.

Utah Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, who faithfully pulled up court side to nearly every BYU home game this year, hurled questions his way. Head coach Will Hardy and President of Basketball Operations Austin Ainge were in the room, too, eager to pick the brain of the hometown prospect at the NBA combine.

“We had a great time,” Dybantsa said afterward, grinning.

The Dybantsa-Jazz connection is a comfortable pairing in Chicago this week. But when it turns to draft day in Brooklyn, it might be a little more complicated.

Utah has the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft. Dybantsa’s ambitions end one pick sooner: He wants to go No. 1.

“I’ve been number one in the rankings since ninth grade and I’ve never dropped,” Dybantsa said. “So I’m not planning on dropping now.”

Barring a trade, that would mean Dybantsa would go to Washington and Utah would miss out on the chance to draft the player who prepped just 40 minutes away from the Delta Center.

It complicates things for the rare top prospect who repeatedly chose Utah on his own accord.

Dybantsa played near St. George at Utah Prep for his senior year of high school. BYU then used the proximity to recruit him to Provo over North Carolina, Alabama and nearly every other blue blood.

He ushered in unprecedented expectations for the Cougars before the season came crashing down under a bevy of injuries.

But Dybantsa held up his end of the bargain as he led the nation in scoring and finished as an All-American.

Dybantsa thinks it’s a resume that warrants being the top overall draft pick.

“I’m super versatile as a player,” Dybantsa said, making his case. “I can guard one through four. Play one through four. I play the game the right way. I’ll try to play to win, try to make my teammates better. But I’m super exciting as a player, super explosive.”

But even if Dybantsa doesn’t see himself getting past the top pick, he’s willing to hear other teams out.

He not only met with the Wizards and the Jazz, but also the Memphis Grizzlies (third pick), Chicago Bulls (fourth pick), Los Angeles Clippers (fifth pick) and the Atlanta Hawks (eighth pick).

In theory, any of those teams could maneuver their way to the top spot. In Salt Lake City, people are already asking the Jazz to do whatever it takes to land Dybantsa.

But if Washington likes him as much as everyone says, it could come with a steep asking price. A package for Dybantsa would likely mean forfeiting draft picks and even young prospects.

For as enticing as Dybantsa is, particularly for BYU alum and Jazz owner Ryan Smith, that might be an unnecessary mortgage on the future. That is especially true when the second overall prospect, Darryn Peterson, could be just as good in the eyes of many prognosticators.

As Dybantsa met with teams this week, he was aware his every move would be dissected as supposedly revealing his true preference in a landing spot. After the draft lottery, his stoic look when Washington won the top pick garnered headlines that he actually wanted to land in Utah, not D.C.

A CBS Sports reporter said there has been “intel floating around” the combine that Dybantsa prefers to stay in Utah.

“His family is now with him in Utah, and they’ve grown to like the state and were hoping to stay,” the reporter wrote.

Wearing a purple shirt during interviews will surely be read the same way.

But Dybantsa shut that idea down quickly. The suit was nothing more than a father’s wish.

“I mean, I never had a job before,” he joked. “This is my first job interview. So my dad’s kind of like, ‘Come professional.’”

And while Dybantsa didn’t shut down the idea that he’d like to play in Utah, he made it clear where his real desires are.

As much as he likes the Ainges, he wants to go No. 1.

The Jazz might have to come get him, not the other way around.