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The Atlanta Hawks had the primary total choice within the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, choosing Zaccharie Risacher, the 19-year-old Frenchman.
A minimum of one observer thinks it is a dangerous transfer.
Frank Mason III, the 2017 faculty basketball Nationwide Participant of the 12 months for the Kansas Jayhawks, voiced his opinion in regards to the choose on social media after enjoying in opposition to Risacher, a 6-foot-1 ahead, in France final yr.
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Zaccharie Risacher of Bourg-en-Bresse drives to the basket throughout a sport in opposition to Paris at Adidas Area on April 28, 2024 in Paris. (Aurelien Meunier/Getty Pictures)
“Had this younger man play in France final season, he is undoubtedly not the #1 choose within the NBA draft lol however I believe so!” Mason posted on X. “Stable younger participant however #1 choose is absurd.”
Mason, the thirty fourth total choose by the Sacramento Kings within the 2017 NBA Draft, performed within the league for the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic from 2017 via 2021 earlier than attempting his luck abroad.
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He joined SLUC Nancy in France’s prime league, Betclic Élite, the place he averaged 15.5 factors, 3.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 21 video games final season, incomes an All-Star Sport look.
Risacher additionally performed within the ProA League with JL Bourg-en-Bresse, the place he was 18 years previous for many of his 32 video games. He averaged 10.1 factors, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per sport in 22 minutes.
Zaccharie Risacher smiles earlier than the 2024 NBA Draft on June 26, 2024 at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, NY (Mike Lawrence/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Mason missed each video games in opposition to JL Bourg-en-Bresse, which dominated SLUC Nancy, and Risacher scored 11 and 10 factors in these conferences.
Mason isn’t the one one skeptical about Risacher enjoying within the NBA. The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo believes others who performed in France, together with Risacher’s teammates, had been possible shocked when the Hawks referred to as his title.
“I perceive the upside of it, however I think about his teammates in France are like, ‘I am unable to imagine that man was the No. 1 choose within the NBA Draft,’” Russillo mentioned on the “Invoice Simmons Podcast”.
Zaccharie Risacher, left, and Frank Mason III (Getty Pictures)
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Fellow American Alexandre Sarr was one other front-runner for the No. 1 choose, however he went to the Washington Wizards at No. 2.
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Ex-NCAA star blasts Hawks’ No. 1 total choose Zaccharie Risacher: ‘Absurd’
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