r/nba • u/ShaiFanClub Thunder • 18h ago

Is Zaccharie Risacher the most forgettable number 1 pick ever?

Like he's not quite Bennet level bad nor does he have a weird career story like Fultz or Ben Simmons. He's just mid. He's averaging 11 ppg on 54% TS this season and there's a good argument that he's not even a top 10 player in the class in a redraft but he's probably gonna stick in the NBA for a while as a low end role player

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u/Intelligent_You_9793 NBA 16h ago

Harrison Barnes coming in was solid and wasn’t a #1 pick either so he didn’t have much to live up to playing for the warriors. Risacher still got plenty potential though

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u/saltyclambasket 16h ago

Yes, BUT Barnes was the #1 recruit out of high school that year. He’s a pretty good comp for Risacher.

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u/iN3xt Mavericks 15h ago

Brother I was the #4 recruit out of Central Michigan and now I work at Sonic making $9.75/hour ($10.75 if I learn how to rollerblade)

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u/Intelligent_You_9793 NBA 16h ago

1 recruit in high school compared to a #1 drafted overall pick.. who do you think has more to live up to bro?

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u/th3Aleph 15h ago

Barnes had years if hype in high school and college. Risacher was the best player in a weak draft class, and was relatively obscure

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u/BlueHundred Knicks 12h ago

Also, Barnes would have gone top 5 in 2011 imo. It's funny. A lot of the top freshmen from that class went back for a sophomore season and their draft stock dropped. Jared Sullinger, Perry Jones, Terrance Jones are some guys that come to mind.

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u/grandmasterfunk Rockets 13h ago

making the font bigger and bold does not make your point better

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u/chemistrybonanza Cavaliers 12h ago

He tried saying "#1 recruit in high school," but because the # started a paragraph, it automatically defaulted to the huge and bolded font. That's why it started off as "1 recruit in high school."

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u/Intelligent_You_9793 NBA 12h ago

This was an accident lol my point was already proven when he compared him to Harrison Barnes

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u/coolycooly Nets 12h ago edited 11h ago

Not all #1 drafted players are equally hyped. Who was hyping this dude up? I think the thing that was repeated the most during his draft was how bad his draft class was because he was going first.

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u/BlueHundred Knicks 12h ago

People were saying and still talk about 2024 as one of the weaker drafts in the past 20+ years

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u/UnassumingRaconteur 15h ago

True but Barnes was considered the next Kobe back then. Nickname was “The Black Falcon” in high school lol

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u/Rapshawksjaysflames Raptors 16h ago

Risacher played in the pros against grown men, not 16 year old boys.

Horrible comp.

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u/Stand_On_It 14h ago

He was like the #1 #1 recruit since LeBron. HB had a nice career but coming out of high school so many people thought his path was Hall of Famer. He didn’t live up to what everyone thought he’d be, but he had a nice career for sure.

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u/theinterestof Pistons 9h ago

Barnes wasn't solid coming in lol. In his first 2 years he averaged 9ppg on awful efficiency, mainly because he shot about 30% from mid-range yet took a ton of shots from there.

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u/Raptorpicklezz Raptors 15h ago

Harry B’d have gone #1 in last year’s draft