The Hawks, lottery winners after having just a 3 percent chance at the top pick, take the 19-year-old forward. The Wizards roll with the center.
The Atlanta Hawks selected French teenager Zaccharie Risacher with the first pick in the NBA Draft at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Wednesday. NEW YORK — Six years after Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr first competed against each other in youth tournaments, the two French teenagers were selected first and second, respectively, in the NBA draft, held Wednesday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
The selections, which began arguably the most wide open draft of the past decade, followed the San Antonio Spurs’ selection of French center Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 pick in last year’s draft. Wembanyama and Risacher are the first players from the same country, outside of North America, to be selected first in back-to-back drafts. Sarr stood up to offer Risacher a congratulatory handshake and hug once NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the first pick.
Without a generational headliner like Wembanyama to inspire buzz, this year’s draft was a lower-key affair. A few dozen reporters interviewed projected lottery picks at a midtown Manhattan hotel at media day on Tuesday, and there were plenty of empty seats inside Barclays Arena for Wednesday’s first round.trade forward Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers
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