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Zaccharie RisacherDallas Mavericks · #10

Forward · 6'8", 200 lb · Málaga, Spain · Age 21 · 2nd season

Zaccharie Risacher is a French two-way wing for the Atlanta Hawks and the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft — the second straight Frenchman taken first, after Victor Wembanyama. Born in Málaga, Spain to former pro Stéphane Risacher, he made the 2025 All-Rookie First Team, then saw a reduced role in a 'frustrating' 2025-26, averaging 9.6 points as a catch-and-shoot wing with defensive versatility.

MVP race · #152Forward rank · #87Balladex Impact · 56
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Dallas Mavericks · #10 · Forward
Zaccharie Risacher
Season avg9.6 pts · 3.8 reb · 1.1 ast · .455 fg
Career avg11.2 pts · 3.7 reb · 1.2 ast · .457 fg
Live win probabilityMavericks 56%
Balladex model · projected 118–116 · 100 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
8.7pts
4.0reb
1.1ast
56%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Zaccharie Risacher
Dallas Mavericks · Forward
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Ausar Thompson
Detroit Pistons · Elite stopper
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Zaccharie Risacher — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Two-Way Wing · No. 1 Pick · Impact 56
Zaccharie Risacher is a French two-way wing for the Atlanta Hawks and the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft — the second straight Frenchman tak
C
Offense
D
Defense
C-
Feel / IQ
D
Playmaking
Below average creator
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C
Scoring
Average scorer
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D
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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C+
3PT / spacing
Strong spacing
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C+
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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B
Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Zaccharie Risacher stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #241 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
56Impact index
124Star score
Career scoring average11.2 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file2
No.1 Draft pick (2024) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2025)
Stat explorer

Zaccharie Risacher — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
9.6 PPG
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D
Playmaking
1.1 APG
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D
Rebounding
3.8 RPG
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C+
Shooting
.368 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Zaccharie Risacher

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  42% confidence
8.8
pts
5.3–12.3
4.0
reb
2.3–5.7
1.1
ast
-0.2–2.4
21.8
min
proj
70
gp
health
.456
fg%
~base
.364
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 9.6 → projected 8.8 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.3
Development (his trend)
-0.8
Age curve
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Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season-0.8 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 21 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 75 / 67 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Zaccharie Risacher career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-257524.612.63.61.2.458.355
2025-266722.49.63.81.1.455.368
Career14223.611.23.71.2
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Dallas Mavericks built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

28–54proj record
#12conf seed
-5.1net rtg
110.4off rtg
115.4def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II.
How his role moves
Projected 28–54, 12th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
56 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No.1 Draft pick (2024) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Zaccharie Risacher

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Apr 8, 2005

The beginning

The No.

Dallas Mavericks

Turning pro

Drafted 1st overall, 2024 as a Forward.

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The No. 1 pick who followed Wembanyama — a French wing working through the hard part of expectations.

Chapter

Born in Málaga to a former French Olympian, Risacher came up through ASVEL and JL Bourg before Atlanta made him the No. 1 overall pick in 2024.

Chapter

He made the 2025 All-Rookie First Team and dropped 38 on Brooklyn as a rookie.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 8"
Weight
200 lbs
Experience
2nd Season
Draft
1st overall, 2024
Born
Málaga, Spain
Age
21
Jersey
#10
Beyond the game

Basketball is the Risacher family trade: his father Stéphane was a professional who won a silver medal with France at the 2000 Olympics, and his sister Aïnhoa plays professionally for LDLC ASVEL Féminin. Born in Spain and raised in the French system, Zaccharie represented France from the youth ranks up to EuroBasket 2025.

His young career is a study in expectations. Going No. 1 in the shadow of Wembanyama set a bar that a reduced sophomore role couldn't meet, and he was candid about the 'frustrating' season and his belief that he belongs — 'I belong on an NBA court. There's no doubt about that.' That mix of confidence and adversity, at 21, is the backdrop to a career still taking shape.

The person

A confident young two-way wing — a catch-and-shoot scorer working through a bumpy second season.

Catch-and-shootA capable spot-up and movement shooter (37% from three).
Defensive versatilityGuards both guards and forwards at 6-foot-8.
Self-beliefPublicly confident despite a reduced, 'frustrating' 2025-26 role.
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FAQ

Zaccharie Risacher — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Zaccharie Risacher, answered.

Where was Zaccharie Risacher born?
Málaga, Spain — though he is French, of Martiniquais descent, and came up through the French basketball system.
Why was Zaccharie Risacher a notable draft pick?
He was the No. 1 overall pick in 2024 — the second straight Frenchman taken first overall, after Victor Wembanyama.
Why was Risacher's 2025-26 season frustrating?
His role and minutes shrank under coach Quin Snyder, dropping him to 9.6 points a game and fueling trade speculation.
Zaccharie Risacher career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
87%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
87%
22 games missed
Games missed
22
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
75
24-25
67
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is steady87% of games over the last three seasons, low of 82% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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