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Zaccharie Risacher is probably a name you haven’t heard much since he was selected first overall in the 2024 NBA Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, Risacher is already on the move.<\/p>\n

Another NBA trade dropped Sunday, sending the 21-year-old to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> and bringing Atlanta’s underwhelming gamble to an early end.<\/p>\n

MAJOR NBA TRADE WON’T BE OFFICIAL UNTIL LEAGUE’S INVESTIGATION INTO TEAM’S SALARY CAP ACCUSATIONS IS COMPLETE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Atlanta received Lu Dort from the Thunder, Oklahoma City<\/a> secured two second-round picks, and Dallas landed Risacher and guard Ryan Nembhard from the Hawks.<\/p>\n

Top picks rarely get cut loose this quickly. While draft-night trades happen in minutes and Andrew Wiggins was famously flipped 57 days post-draft for Kevin Love before ever putting on a Cavaliers jersey, a top pick getting dealt for purely basketball-related reasons after two years is a whole different category of rare.<\/p>\n

WIZARDS SELECT AJ DYBANTSA FIRST OVERALL IN 2026 NBA DRAFT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Moving on after just 142 career games puts Risacher in rare company alongside Markelle Fultz, who was traded from Philadelphia after 33 games across two injury-plagued seasons, and Pervis Ellison, who lasted just one year in Sacramento before being shipped out.<\/p>\n

Unlike Fultz or Ellison, Risacher wasn’t sidelined by a shoulder condition or persistent health red flags. Atlanta simply pulled the plug, deciding not to stick with the top pick after just two seasons.<\/p>\n

Risacher was part of an underwhelming 2024 NBA Draft class that featured names like Alex Sarr and Cody Williams in the top 10. Risacher was far from the runaway No. 1 overall projection, with many arguing for Sarr at the time.<\/p>\n

That year’s poor selections were also underscored by Wembanyama going the year prior and Cooper Flagg<\/a> a year later.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-8 Risacher entered the league as a long, two-way wing whose upside was tied to his shot-making. He averaged 12.6 points as a rookie before slipping to 9.6 in his second season.<\/p>\n

Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com \/ Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/atlanta-hawks-dump-former-no-1-pick-zaccharie-risacher-disappointing-two-year-stint <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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