Risacher? According to RealGM he is 179/488 from 3 for 37% since the 2020/2021 season.
2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread
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Risacher might just be the oddity who is a poor FT shooter but a good 3pt shooter. The FT shooting is consistently around 70% though, which is very odd for anyone remotely considered a shooter.
Ahh, looks like BBallReference doesnt factor in the French Junior league (which I guess isnt technically pro?)
It sounds as though the Pelicans are opting to allow the Lakers to keep their late lottery pick this year in favor of swapping picks next year. It makes sense, since next year's draft is better and the Lakers are likely to be worse next year.
If Buzelis shoots well in workouts, I'd expect he goes in the top 4. The combination of length and versatility is going to be appealing.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQUPpPuvcY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQUPpPuvcY
Not really
I understand he's in a slump but... he's still shooting 39% from 3 it seems? For some reason I was left with the impression that his season stats are much lower. Why are we taking about the small sample size(the slump... or the hot streak?), and not the bigger sample? I.e. his season and career?
The numbers I see above(thanks to @bigmike are much more positive than I thought with him?! Now I'm looking through his numbers with the national team - again... small sample(57 3p shots total) but even there he's at 37%. Again... his FT% has been around 69-70 for a while... not the greatest indicator... but maybe there is a chance he's actually going to develop a shot?
For me it's him and Ron Holland. I want to come out of this draft with one of them.
I've watched more Risacher lately and he's smaller than my mind he remembered and much better defensively on the perimeter than I remembered. More of a wing than he gets credit for.
Given that, I would think he's a good fit for the Jazz.
Given that, I would think he's a good fit for the Jazz.
Right….if he was shooting 80% from the line I think he would be a solid enough prospect to be top 3. And honestly he still might, the actual 3FG% is not bad at all. We can’t look at it as a hot streak or slump, just the overall sample.
He could be Otto Porter ish….but Otto Porter was freaking good. Can’t get enough 6’8+ two way guys.
I really need to watch him play. My mind right now connects him to his play last summer with the French U19 team and I can't imagine him as a lottery pick if he's anything like what I watched. He was SO PASSIVE! Remember Dante in his rookie year... that was what it was like watching him. Except... Dante was playing against NBA competition as one of the youngest and least experienced players in the league and Risacher was playing against U19 teams.
It depends on whether you believe in Buzelis as a connector and playmaker. I've been waiting all year for Risacher to show more on-ball creation, and it just hasn't happened.
I was reading a French fan's comments and it wasn't the first time I saw comments about his personality being "introverted" or "passive". Basically just roundabout ways to call him a little soft. I think that matters more if you're thinking about him as a star and less so if you're thinking about him in a smaller role....but I definitely think it's reflected in his play. Risacher has been on the map since forever, always seen as one of the most if not the most talented on his teams. I wonder if being the lead guy just doesn't suit him and he'll do better when "falling in line". Could be another Marvin Williams.
Pretty much a dream draft right there.
