Who Is Zaccharie Risacher? (Atlanta Hawks #1 Pick)
the 2024 NBA draft really didn’t have a consensus top pick it was expected to be one of two guys really either alexar or Zachary Reese the Hawks moved up nine picks at the lottery despite only having a 3% chance to and got the first overall pick for just the second time in franchise history Atlanta took David Thompson back in 1975 before he decided to play in the ABA instead Alex SAR reportedly didn’t want to go to Atlanta so it was reia that went at one he is French so that’s back-to-back Frenchman first overall after Victor wanyama went to the Spurs last year rachet is only 19 years old and was actually born in Malaga Spain where his dad Stefan rachet played professional basketball Stefan Reese is in the French Basketball Hall of Fame he began playing pro basketball back in 1987 and he won a lot he won the lmb prob B championship in 1991 won the L&B Pro a championship in 1997 won the Greek Cup in 2002 and won the Spanish Cup in 2005 he had a long career playing up until 2010 he played eight seasons in the Euro league the top tier league in Europe Stefan was a six-time L&B Allstar won the allstar game MVP in 1997 and was once a Greek Allstar he represented France nationally and even won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Sydney Australia he also won a silver medal in the 1993 FBA u21 World Cup in Spain this guy had an insane career basketball reference has 11 seasons in 398 games of international play logged for Stefon he averaged 8.7 points per game 2.8 rebounds and 48% from the field now his son Zachary plays for the Hawks and his daughter inoa rachet is 16 years old and plays in the lfb the top women’s pro basketball league in France Zachary Reese played in the L&B Elite the top tier of French basketball L&B just translates to National Basketball League L&B Elite was previously known as the L&B Pro a rashay played for asille he entered the team’s youth program in the lnbs bars in August 2020 he averaged 12 A2 points and 4.4 rebounds then he made his debut for the senior team in 2021 in a game against the metropolitans 92 and later debuted versus Monaco in the Euro league that 2021-22 asil team ended up winning the championship and had both Victor wanyama and cus onto DMO on the team but rashay didn’t play on the floor at the same time as wanyama at all rashay only played in five games in between the Euroleague and L&B proa in all he had just seven points and four rebounds in 33 minutes Ray did have some more playing time the next season though he played in 16 L&B games and won the leaders cup averaging 12.9 minutes in 2.6 points and he played in 18 Euro League games averaging 13.2 minutes in 3.2 points he signed his first professional contract in June of 2023 and then was loan to JL Borg another L&B elite club he really did break out during the 2023 24 season he played in 32 L&B games and played 22 minutes per game with 10.1 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 43.9% RZA was an L&B Allstar and named the L&B Elite best young player fun fact that award was actually given to Victor wanyama for three straight Seasons the three years prior then rashay played in the Euro Cup averaging 22 minutes 13.1 points and 3.6 rebounds on 56.6% from the field JL Borg lost in the Euro Cup finals but ret was named the Euro Cup Rising Star internationally he played for France at the 2022 FBA U7 World Cup in Spain and the 2023 u19 World Cup in Hungary France went on to win the bronze medal in 2022 in the silver medal in 2023 additionally he did play in the Nike hoop Summit in 2023 and had a pretty disappointing showing Zachary Reese is a 6’9 215 lb 19-year-old Wing Scouts have been pretty back and forth on him the past couple years he had a breakout season playing for JL Borg where he was one of the most efficient Shooters in the L&B Elite and that’s what Reeser is he’s a shooter he’ll spot up from the wing and be expected to score from the perimeter Bleacher Report actually compared him to Harrison Barnes and Michael Porter Jr Barnes has had a long NBA career averaging 14 points in all and mpj is fresh off of averaging 16.7 points playing in 81 games for the Nuggets rash’s shot making and perimeter scoring are big strengths he could also score as a runner and does have some defensive upside on the weaknesses side of things he doesn’t really create a lot and he does struggle to make his free throws now the 2024 NBA draft really was far from loaded there really wasn’t a Surefire number one guy fellow Frenchman Alex SAR was also surely In Contention he played well in Australia last season but ended up going second to the Wizards SAR did however make it known that he didn’t want to play for Atlanta Yukon guys like Donovan kingan the seventh pick to Portland and Stefan Castle the fourth pick to San Antonio both were also in the discussion as was kuy’s Reed Shepard who went at three to the Rockets Zachary Reese is projected to slide in at the three for the Hawks Trey young is obviously the big name in Atlanta he averaged over 25 points per game for the fifth straight season it was named an All-Star for the third time bogdon bogdanovich is at the other guard spot he averaged 17 points 3.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds last season there’s jayen Johnson who’s entering his fourth year in Atlanta and then there’s also X proa best young player in Fr France Clint capella who rounds out the expected starting five as for the bench DeAndre Hunter and Ana OK Kango are both on the roster same for Kobe buffkin and V Cree the Hawks did also acquire Dyson Daniels Larry n Jr EJ Liddell and two first round picks from the Pelicans for Deonte Murray Atlanta missed the playoffs last season and haven’t won a series since 2021 where they lost to the eventual NBA champion bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals Quinn Snyder is entering his second full season as the Hawks head coach he was hired during the 2022 23 season following eight seasons in Utah under him Atlanta had the 16th overall pick in 2022 which was AJ Griffin and the number 15 pick last year Kobe buffkin then somehow someway the hwks landed number one Zachary Reese
The 2024 NBA Draft really didn’t have a consensus top pick. It was expected to be either Alex Sarr or Zaccharie Risacher. The Hawks moved up nine picks at the lottery despite only having a 3% chance and got the first overall pick for the second time in franchise history.
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