After winning the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, the Hawks had nearly two months to decide who they wanted to take with the No. 1 overall pick and at the end of all of it, they selected French forward Zaccharie Risacher. It felt like the Hawks cast a pretty wide net when it came to the No. 1 pick and during today's introductory press conference, Hawks general manager went into detail about when they settled on Risacher as the No.
"It started off with us getting the No. 1 overall pick, which is the reason you win the lottery, that is what it was and we went through this entire process. I credit our group for the amount of work and effort and miles for both of these guys frankly to identify who they are and what they are about. It really came down to the last few days and us getting together as a group and we narrowed it down to two and at the end of, we chose Zaccharie as the guy we wanted to build with.
"Well, you start by what you see and that is he is 6'10 and got the ability to play on both sides of the ball, has the ability to defend, a versatile defender, a really good shooter, and a high IQ type of player.
Risacher is a 6'8, 204 LBS wing player who fills a big need for Atlanta. He has two-way versatility and performed well in his league playoffs since the lottery. He is a plug-and-play type of forward that would fit on the Hawks as either their starting 2 or 3.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
2024 NBA Draft: New Atlanta Hawks Notes From The Latest ESPN NBA Draft Big BoardThe NBA Draft is getting closer and the time for the Atlanta Hawks to make a decision is getting closer. The Hawks shocked everyone when they won the 2024 NBA
Source: SInow - 🏆 273. / 63 Read more »
Source: SInow - 🏆 273. / 63 Read more »
Source: KSLcom - 🏆 549. / 51 Read more »
Source: KSLcom - 🏆 549. / 51 Read more »
Source: njdotcom - 🏆 282. / 63 Read more »
Source: SInow - 🏆 273. / 63 Read more »