2024 NBA Draft: Zaccharie Risacher Playing Himself Into Top-Five Contention

After a slow start in the LNB Pro A league, Zaccharie Risacher is now playing himself into being a top 2024 NBA Draft pick.

There’s plenty of uncertainty surrounding the 2024 NBA Draft.

A clear No. 1 pick has yet to emerge, the usual tiers are muddied due to inconsistency or inefficiency, and questions about the class’s general skill have long plagued the 2024 discourse.

Despite that, some basketball prospects are trying to vault their way to the top. And one doing an especially good job of that in recent weeks is French forward Zaccharie Risacher.

At 6-foot-8, Risacher is a lean forward with a toolsy game centered around his length and skill-laden feel.

Risacher hails from the very same league as 2023’s No. 1 pick in Victor Wembanyama and the No. 7 pick in Bilal Coulibaly: the LNB Pro A.

After a relatively slow start, Risacher has begun to find his rhythm in recent weeks. Since Nov. 11, he’s scored in double-digit figures in all but one contest.

In that same span, he’s averaged 13.0 points per game, hitting 16 of his 32 attempted 3-pointers, pretty incredible numbers for a still-18-year-old in one of the better leagues in the world.

On the season now, he’s up to 10.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.9 steals while shooting 49% overall and 39% from beyond the arc.

There’s, of course, still plenty of questions marks surrounding Risacher. He’s yet to show real consistency through stints on various teams. And he also hasn’t shown to be capable of handling primary responsibilities, which most would like to see in a top pick.

But there’s something to be said for his production, as well as his ceiling as a potential 6-foot-8 defensive sharpshooter with secondary potential.

In a class with plenty of question marks, Risacher could be seen as an easy top-five selection. All it will take is one team.

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