Expected among the first choices of the next NBA draft (June 27 in New York), winger Zaccharie Risacher (19 years old Monday April 8) was named best young person (22 years and under) of the Eurocup season, Friday by the coaches of the 2023-2024 field.
The JL Bourg-en-Bresse player, trained at Asvel which he left prematurely at the end of last season, is ahead of another French neo-international, Paris Basketball fullback Nadir Hifi (21 years old). The two players will also face each other next week during the final series of the event, Tuesday 9 at the Adidas Arena in Paris then Friday 12 at Ekinox, in Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain).
They were key elements in the excellent performance of their teams, ranked number 1 (Paris) and number 2 (Bourg) after the regular Eurocup season and who respected their rank in the play-offs.
In addition to his defensive activity, Risacher (2.06 m) notably produced 11.7 points and 3.4 rebounds in 24 minutes of play on average per game, with an excellent three-point percentage (49.3) even if It has been decreasing for several weeks. Most often coming from the Parisian bench, Hifi (1.85 m) made an excellent European debut in a role more focused on offensive production (16.9 points at 47.5% success in 22 minutes).
Risacher is the first French player rewarded in the Eurocup in this category and the second youngest player, behind the Bosnian Dzanan Musa (Real Madrid), honored at 18 years and 11 months in 2018 when he played for Cibona Zagreb (Croatia).
2024-04-05 19:43:13
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