{"id":603890,"date":"2026-04-14T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603890\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:51:08","slug":"atlanta-hawks-have-a-zaccharie-risacher-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603890\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks have a Zaccharie Risacher problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zaccharie Risacher is getting clowned on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/atlanta-hawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> was recently compared to Bronny James, who was the 55th pick in that draft.<\/p>\n<p>Bronny is having a brighter month of April than Risacher:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2024 draft picks this April<\/p>\n<p>1st pick \u2014 55th pick \u2014<br \/>4.8 PPG 7.2 RPG<br \/>1.0 APG 1.8 APG<br \/>0.2 3PM 1.5 3PM<br \/>42\/10% 47\/43% <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pa6BM9Zhup\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Pa6BM9Zhup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/2043786803019473166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/news\/nuggets-nikola-jokic-makes-unprecedented-nba-history-never-done\/5aea4bf3ee71c75005f96221\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nikola Jokic proves once again there&#8217;s no one like him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While that&#8217;s one cherry-picked piece of evidence, it points to a larger problem:<\/p>\n<p>Risacher hasn&#8217;t come close to the expectations that are placed on a first overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, everyone knew the draft class he was a part of seemed weaker than usual at the top. No one was proclaiming that he&#8217;d be a superstar.<\/p>\n<p>But he has fallen so far that earlier this month, he didn&#8217;t play at all just due to coach&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>His scoring (9.6 PPG) is down from his rookie season, and he&#8217;s shot worse from the floor and from the foul line.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/news\/bulls-lachlan-olbrich-most-improbable-triple-double-nba-history\/c1f4f71ce99cf2505be9d606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This is the most improbable triple-double in NBA history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still just 21, Risacher has lots of time to grow. He shoots it pretty well from deep, and he moves well off the ball. His length has the potential to impact games, too.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;d think the Hawks&#8217; surge this season would&#8217;ve been because their former No. 1 pick found another level.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they&#8217;ve done it pretty much without him.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the kind of outcome you&#8217;re hoping for, no matter the draft class, with the guy who is chosen before everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>More basketball news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zaccharie Risacher is getting clowned on social media. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-603890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}