<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-external-affirmation-zaccharie-risacher-latest-award');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Quin Snyder offers “external affirmation” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s latest award');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hawks-news-Quin-Snyder-offers-external-affirmation-take-on-Zaccharie-Risachers-latest-award.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Quin Snyder offers “external affirmation” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s latest award</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T17:34:15-07:00">April 1st, 5:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T17:34:15-07:00">April 1st, 5:34pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-completes-feat-not-seen-before-in-atlanta-history">Risacher is once again being rewarded</a> for the strides that he’s taking in his first year, as he was once again named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for the second straight month. Head coach Quin Snyder has been vocal throughout the season about Risacher’s growth, and he <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1907214627198718348" rel="noopener">continued those same sentiments</a> as he spoke about the rookie winning the award once again.</p><p>“The external affirmation is great,” Snyder said before their game against the Portland Trail Blazers. “I’m excited for him. His teammates are excited for him. I’m sure he’s excited, but that hasn’t been the driving force that’s guided him to where he is. It’s one of those things where you hear about focusing on the process, and here’s an example when that focus and that experience happens.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">During pregame, Quin spoke a lot about Zaccharie Risacher’s progress through the season + winning Rookie of the Month again</p><p>“It's fitting, given his approach, that he's gotten better throughout the course of the season. To me, it's the same relentless work ethic, the mental… <a href="https://t.co/GaHOiPVLy2">pic.twitter.com/GaHOiPVLy2</a></p><p>— Malik Brown (@_MalikATL) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MalikATL/status/1907214627198718348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“He’s had the 0-for-8 games and he’s kept shooting. Defensively, he’s had matchups where he’s giving up some strength and he’s working harder, and he’s gotten better in every way that you can get better, and it’s a credit to his approach.”</p><p>Over the past few months, Risacher has been shooting the ball at a high clip, while also finishing at the rim. The one thing that is obvious over the course of the season is his confidence, and the team has put him in a perfect position to succeed.</p><h2><b>Zaccharie Risacher wins Rookie of the Month</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/accharie-Risacher.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the month of March, Risacher averaged 16.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game. He’s helped the Hawks stay afloat in the Eastern Conference and had one of his best games of the season against the Milwaukee Bucks scoring 36 points.</p><p>“I’ve been so consistent over the course of the year about what I’ve said about Zacch and what he’s done in games,” Snyder said. “I mentioned the post-practice film. As much as anything, mentally, the way that he’s approached the year about him starting, finishing, playing, shooting, and it all fits into everything that I’ve tried to articulate.”</p><p>Risacher has gone through the ebbs and flows of being a rookie, but as the season comes close to a close, he’s figuring things out.</p><p>“It’s fitting, given his approach, that he’s gotten better throughout the course of the season,” Snyder said. “To me, it’s the same relentless work ethic, the mental toughness, the passion, the way that he’s approached this situation is the reason that we’re seeing what we’re seeing, and I think it’s affirming to him.</p><p>“Although I don’t think that he needed awards for affirmation. He wasn’t wondering why he wasn’t Rookie of the Month in December. He just kept working.”</p><p>Risacher has now found himself <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-where-his-focus-is-amid-roy-race">in the Rookie of the Year conversations</a> alongside Alex Sarr and Stephon Castle. As of now, it looks like Castle might be the frontrunner, but if Risacher can finish the season strong, he’ll make a good case.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder offers “external affirmation” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s latest award

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-reason-behind-third-quarter-success');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals reason behind third-quarter success');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawks-news-Zaccharie-Risacher-reveals-reason-behind-third-quarter-success.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals reason behind third-quarter success</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-23T21:02:17-07:00">March 23rd, 9:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-23T21:02:17-07:00">March 23rd, 9:02pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-where-his-focus-is-amid-roy-race">Risacher has been playing some good basketbal</a>l down the stretch of the season, and his development has been on full display. One thing that has popped out when watching Risacher is his play in the third quarter, where he’s heated up several times and helped the Hawks win games in the end.</p><p>That’s what happened in their recent win against the Philadelphia 76ers, as Risacher scored 16 points in the third quarter, shooting 6-for-8 from the field and 3-for-4 from the 3-point line. After the game, Risacher shared with ClutchPoints <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1903992041731658196" rel="noopener">what has led to his success</a>, specifically coming out of halftime.</p><p>“I’m not sure if it’s about the third quarter, I just play free everytime in step on the court and try to do my best,” Risacher said. “I feel like a player who can play really well as soon as he gets his rhythm. I just try to play the right way, try to compete every time, try to play hard. This season, I’ve played some great basketball in the third quarter, but I don’t think about it. I just hoop, that’s it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Zaccharie Risacher has played well in a few third quarters this season, including tonight (16 points). Asked him what has led him to play well after halftime:</p><p>“I feel like a player who can play really well as as soon as he gets his rhythm. I just try to play the right way, try… <a href="https://t.co/2MoD5MJs9R">pic.twitter.com/2MoD5MJs9R</a></p><p>— Malik Brown (@_MalikATL) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MalikATL/status/1903992041731658196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Risacher has steadily improved throughout the season on his 3-point shot, and he’s credited the continuous work he’s put in to get to this point.</p><p>“I’ve been working on my shooting for a long time,” Risacher said. “I just keep being consistent, even when I have great games, even when I have bad games, I just keep working. There’s no perfect answer, I do what I gotta do to make sure that I’m getting more comfortable and getting more consistent with my 3-point shot. The way to achieve it is being consistent the whole year.”</p><h2>Zaccharie Risacher hard work is paying off for Hawks</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher-1.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Hawks have found many ways to make <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-rookie-season-mindset">Risacher successful this season</a>, but it hasn’t been forced. His IQ and skills have allowed him to be in the right place at the right time, and as the season has progressed, he’s gotten more comfortable.</p><p>“I don’t think our team has a grand plan to make Zacch successful,” head coach Quin Snyder said. “Zacch is just playing good basketball. I think the way Trae is willing to pass the ball ahead fits in Zacch’s ability to run. What Zacch has done is he’s started to space more in the halfcourt, and at 6’10 he’s open from three.”</p><p>Risacher seems like the type of player that doesn’t get too high or too low, and he trusts the work that he puts in every day to be where he is now, which could possibly win him the Rookie of the Year award.</p><p>“I’ve been working the whole year and my whole life,” Risacher said. “I just keep the consistency every day, and I trust the work I put in. I’m just glad I’m able to showcase what I can do. I’m glad I’m able to help my team win games, and that’s what is most important to me.”</p><p>With only a few games left in the regular season, it will be a sight to see Risacher finish the year strong, and hopefully, his strong play can help the Hawks get into the playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals reason behind third-quarter success

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-where-his-focus-is-amid-roy-race');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals where his focus is amid ROY race');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawks-news-Zaccharie-Risacher-reveals-where-his-focus-is-amid-ROY-race.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals where his focus is amid ROY race</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-22T16:45:11-07:00">March 22nd, 4:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-22T16:45:11-07:00">March 22nd, 4:45pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the NBA regular season coming down to the last final weeks, that means that award races are heating up as well. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-dyson-daniels-reveals-2-player-inspirations-dpoy-campaign-heats-up">Atlanta Hawks have some candidates on the team</a> for a few awards, one that includes Rookie of the Year. Zaccharie Risacher’s play this season has led him to have the third-best odds of winning the award, and a strong finish to his first year could help take the honor.</p><p>Though winning the award would be nice, Risacher has his <a href="https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-hawks/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-making-a-statement-in-competition-for-nbas-top-rookie/C6EZCMRZTRBBZIJOINDYBYF47U/" rel="noopener">focus on something more important</a> for the team.</p><p>“It would mean a lot for me,” Risacher said via Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But right now, I just focus on the moment. And yeah, we’re trying to get a good spot for the playoffs. And I feel like I’m just focused on what we can do as a team right now, than an individual award. But yeah, obviously would be great to have it, but right now it’s just not where my focus at.”</p><p>The Hawks are currently seventh in the Eastern Conference and are fighting to get a playoff spot. Getting in the top six is the goal, but staying in the seventh spot gives them an advantage in the Play-In tournament by hosting a game at home.</p><p>Risacher has been a big help to the Hawks during this stretch, and it’s helped with Rookie of the Year odds rising.</p><h2><b>Zaccharie Risacher has a mature mindset in rookie season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher_c3a946.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Zaccharie Risacher has not had the season of a typical No.1 pick in the past. Most of the time, there is immense pressure on those picks to perform at a high level and lead their team. For Risacher, he came into a situation where the Hawks already had some developed young stars on the team, and all he has to do is fit in and play his game.</p><p>The pressure could still affect Risacher, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-rookie-season-mindset">he has a specific mindset</a> that has helped him through his rookie season.</p><p>“I feel like I don’t judge me, I just make sure to have the right mentality, make sure I put the work in every day so I can get better on the court and help my team to compete and win games,” Risacher said after their game against the Philadelphia 76ers. “I just know what I do. It’s a long journey, it’s a long process and of course, the goal is to progress every day which I wanted to do since Day 1.”</p><p>“Take the analytics, which are telling, Zacch has shot like 2,000 shots since September,” head coach Quin Snyder said. “There’s some things he’s doing with his feet that are a little different. His balance is better, and he’s maintained his confidence. I think that’s a credit to him.”</p><p>It’s obvious that Risacher’s hard work is paying off, and it’s paying off at the right time for the Hawks as they try to win as many games as they can down the stretch of this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals where his focus is amid ROY race

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-rookie-season-mindset');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals mature rookie season mindset');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher-reveals-mature-rookie-season-mindset.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals mature rookie season mindset</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-12T17:42:28-07:00">March 12th, 5:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-12T18:24:41-07:00">March 12th, 6:24pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-completes-feat-not-seen-before-in-atlanta-history">Risacher has continued to grow</a> throughout his rookie season, and it looks like <a href="https://x.com/esidery/status/1899912537535107485?s=46" rel="noopener">he’s putting everything together</a> at this point of the year. Head coach Quin Snyder has noted all season that Risacher’s growth is not linear, but it’s hard not to notice the strides that he’s made over the past few months.</p><p>Risacher notices too, but he also doesn’t put too much pressure on himself when judging his play. He knows the hard work will pay off, and he’s being rewarded for it right now.</p><p>“I feel like I don’t judge me, I just make sure to have the right mentality, make sure I put the work in every day so I can get better on the court and help my team to compete and win games,” Risacher said after their game against the Philadelphia 76ers. “I just know what I do. It’s a long journey, it’s a long process and of course, the goal is to progress every day which I wanted to do since Day 1.”</p><p>From the beginning of the season to now, Risacher has been doing a lot of different things, and though people may prefer the eye test, the analytics are also showing growth in his game.</p><p>“Take the analytics, which are telling, Zacch has shot like 2,000 shots since September,” Snyder said. “There’s some things he’s doing with his feet that are a little different. His balance is better, and he’s maintained his confidence. I think that’s a credit to him.”</p><p>Risacher has been shooting the three-ball well over the past handful of games while also staying aggressive going to the rim, and it’s helped the Hawks during this time of the season when they’re trying to have good seeding.</p><h2><b>Zaccharie Risacher showing flashes in rookie season with Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher_1ce444.jpg"><figcaption>Mady Mertens-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Quin <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-dyson-daniels-assessment-hype-fans">Snyder has spoken highly of Zaccharie Risacher</a> during his rookie season, and he’s continued to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-hawks/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-playing-through-rookie-whistle-treatment-and-getting-better/4Q7HPDCDARCA5EJ2FWRY63WGZE/" rel="noopener">see the flashes</a> just like everybody else.</p><p>“I think with Zacch we’ve seen not just flashes, but periods where [he’s growing]. I’ve mentioned this about his success not being linear where he has opportunities in games where he does something, and you’re like, ‘Okay.’ For me, things I’ve seen him working on, sometimes for people who are just watching, that’s a flash that they haven’t seen the work that’s been put in,” Snyder said.</p><p>“I’m in a great environment with a lot of great coaches, and we’ve been working on a lot of stuff since the beginning,” Risacher said via Lauren Williams of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “So, it’s nice to see that all the work pays off in games. But yeah, I gotta be physical. I gotta be prepared to deal with contact. And yeah, when I drive.”</p><p>The future looks bright for Risacher, and with the season far from finished, he could still have a lot to show.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher reveals mature rookie season mindset

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-completes-feat-not-seen-before-in-atlanta-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Zaccharie Risacher completes feat not seen before in Hawks history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawks-news-Zaccharie-Risacher-completes-feat-not-seen-before-in-Atlanta-history.jpg"></figure><h1>Zaccharie Risacher completes feat not seen before in Hawks history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-10T22:07:51-07:00">March 10th, 10:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-10T22:07:51-07:00">March 10th, 10:07pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks may be in the middle of yet another uninspiring season, but the development of their young players gives reason to be hopeful for their future. On Monday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-unselfishness-headlines-reasons-recent-nba-honor">despite being without Trae Young</a>, who was out with a quadricep injury, the Hawks took a 132-123 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, thanks to huge nights from Dyson Daniels and Zaccharie Risacher, who had 25 and 22 points, respectively, to lead the way.</p><p>Risacher hasn’t been the most consistent player for the Hawks in his rookie season, which is to be expected from someone as young and inexperienced as he is. But with his latest 20-point outing, he made history for the proud Hawks franchise by being the teenager with the <a href="https://x.com/StatMamba/status/1899283749537222899" rel="noopener">most 20-point games in franchise history</a>, according to StatMamba on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>Risacher won’t be turning 20 years of age until the eighth of April, and yet here he is, flashing quite a well-rounded offensive game. He may not do much shot-creation for the Hawks, but as a teammate of Young’s, he is a perfect fit as someone who can hit open shots and defend multiple positions. And with his youth, it will be a huge surprise if he doesn’t round out his ballhandling to become a more well-rounded offensive talent.</p><p>The 2024 NBA Draft class may not have drawn the most positive reviews from analysts, but Risacher is proving that he can be a huge contributor for the Hawks from day one. He has been garnering more and more trust from head coach Quin Snyder, and the future is looking very bright for the 19-year-old forward.</p><h2><b>Hawks’ young core is shining through</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawks-Zaccharie-Risacher-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Hawks were one of the league’s feel-good stories to begin the season; they had two of the biggest breakout stars in the association in Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels, although their season outlook began to grow dimmer in the aftermath of Johnson’s season-ending injury.</p><p>With the trade of De’Andre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Hawks have opened up a larger opportunity for Risacher — something he hasn’t quite yet maximized, but has shown flashes of seizing by the scruff of the neck. The 19-year-old is a very streaky shooter, and when he’s not scoring the basketball, he doesn’t impact the game as much.</p><p>Nevertheless, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-dyson-daniels-assessment-hype-fans">Hawks drafted Risacher knowing full well</a> that his offensive game wasn’t very polished yet, and they are giving him plenty of time and opportunities to develop into the player they believe he can become.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zaccharie Risacher completes feat not seen before in Hawks history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-dyson-daniels-assessment-hype-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Quin Snyder’s honest Zaccharie Risacher, Dyson Daniels assessments will hype fans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawks-news-Quin-Snyders-honest-Zaccharie-Risacher-Dyson-Daniels-assessments-will-hype-fans.jpg"></figure><h1>Quin Snyder’s honest Zaccharie Risacher, Dyson Daniels assessments will hype fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-10T21:45:50-07:00">March 10th, 9:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-10T21:45:50-07:00">March 10th, 9:45pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In a game where the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/is-trae-young-playing-tonight-hawks-vs-pacers-injury-report">Atlanta Hawks were missing Trae Young</a> for the night, they were still <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1899277790668533929" rel="noopener">able to get a nice win</a> against a depleted Philadelphia 76ers team. Caris LeVert was also out, which meant the Hawks needed to find someone to control the offense and score the ball. That was the least of their problems, as Zaccharie Risacher and Dyson Daniels stepped to the plate to give the team an extra lift.</p><p>Risacher finished the game with 22 points and eight rebounds, while Daniels finished with 25 points, six rebounds, and eight assists. It’s obvious the two have grown since the beginning of the year, and head coach Quin Snyder has seen the progress.</p><p>“If you were to go back and look at both of them in November, take the analytics, which are telling,” Snyder said. “Zacch has shot like 2,000 shots since September. There’s some things he’s doing with his feet that are a little different. His balance is better, and he’s maintained his confidence. I think that’s a credit to him. </p><p>“Dyson is in a similar position. As the year goes on, he’s been attacking the rim even more, shooting the ball. Those guys are just playing with confidence. They’re going to make some mistakes; they’re young. And that’s part of the process.”</p><p>Daniels did it all for the Hawks against the 76ers, controlling the offense and hitting some shots when they needed the most. Risacher was the same way, hitting threes, driving in the lane, and even had a putback dunk.</p><h2><b>Dyson Daniels and Zaccharie Risacher’s growth is on full display</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher_21d64e.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Dyson Daniels took care of most of the ball handling duties during the game, and he’s continued to grow that part of his game since the season started.</p><p>“My junior career I was always a 1, always being able to play with the ball, I was always running the offense,” Daniels said. “When you get to the NBA it’s a little different, you’re usually coming to a team with a guy who’s already a primary ball handler, and you’re playing off the ball a little bit. That’s what I was in New Orleans, here in Atlanta we probably have the best ball handler in the league in Trae.”</p><p>“I’ve always had those skills, I’ve always had the vision, I think when guys go down I’m able to step up and play that role.”</p><p>Throughout the season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-quin-snyder-unique-comparison-zaccharie-risacher-rudy-gobert">Quin Snyder has said that success isn’t linear</a> when describing Zaccharie Risacher, but it’s hard not to see him playing better over the course of a month or so. For Risacher, he’s just trying to keep the main thing, the main thing.</p><p>“I feel like I don’t judge me, I just make sure to have the right mentality, make sure I put the work in every day so I can get better on the court and help my team to compete and win games,” Risacher said. “I just know what I do. It’s a long journey, it’s a long process and of course, the goal is to progress every day which I wanted to do since Day 1.”</p><h2><b>Collective group effort helps Hawks to win vs 76ers</b></h2><p>The Hawks took control of the game in the second and third quarters and led by as much as 22 points. Beyond Zaccharie Risacher and Dyson Daniels, it was a collective group effort from the team, as six players finished in double digits. Terance Mann was a force driving to the paint, Georges Niang knocked down some threes, and Onyeka Okongwu and Mouhamed Gueye were solid in the frontcourt.</p><p>With the win, the Hawks are a game-and-a-half ahead of the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic for the seventh seed, and the goal is to keep winning to stay in front of them.</p><p>“It’s kind of like a playoff run, we gotta win games to get there,” Daniels said. “They came in undermanned, but they still have guys who can play. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, and we had to play hard from the get-go, but to come in and play our game, I think the guys did well. The bench stepped up, guys came in and played their role. We have to finish games better, but I thought the three-and-a-half quarters, it was a good game.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Quin Snyder’s honest Zaccharie Risacher, Dyson Daniels assessments will hype fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-unique-comparison-zaccharie-risacher-rudy-gobert');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Quin Snyder reveals ‘unique’ comparison for Zaccharie Risacher, Rudy Gobert');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Quin-Snyder-reveals-unique-comparison-for-Zaccharie-Risacher-Rudy-Gobert.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Quin Snyder reveals ‘unique’ comparison for Zaccharie Risacher, Rudy Gobert</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-08T11:28:33-08:00">March 8th, 11:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-08T11:28:33-08:00">March 8th, 11:28am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder has had the chance to coach some amazing international players throughout his career, but more specifically, those from France. This year, he’s been given the opportunity to<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-adversity-rookie-season"> coach the No. 1 overall pick, Zaccaharie Risacher</a>, and throughout the season, he’s shown him nothing but love when talking about his growth.</p><p>For Snyder, he thinks that all of the French players in the league are special, and he spoke about it before their game against the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>“There’s a number of French players in the NBA right now – younger players – that are very talented and competitive, and you can see their progression and see how their career is going to have that arc,” Snyder said. “We have one of them on our team in Zacch. Like I’ve said before, his competitiveness is unique, especially for his age. Rudy [Gobert] had that level of fight in him. Rudy was incredibly competitive. anybody that watches Rudy and Zacch play, they’re different players, but they’re very unique.”</p><p>Snyder coached Gobert when he was on the Utah Jazz, and he watched him turn into a Defensive Player of the Year. He also was able to coach Boris Diaw, who was known as a “do it all” type of player when he was in the league.</p><p>“I don’t think I coached a player that passed the ball better than Boris Diaw. Just his feel for the game,” Snyder said.</p><p>Snyder has echoed the same sentiments about Risacher’s growth through the season, and it looks like he’s starting to figure things out more and more as the year winds down.</p><p>“I think with Zacch we’ve seen not just flashes, but periods of time where [he’s growing]. I’ve mentioned this about his success not being linear where he has opportunities in games where he does something, and you’re like, ‘Okay.’ For me, things I’ve seen him working on, sometimes for people who are just watching, that’s a flash that they haven’t seen the work that’s been put in,” Snyder said.</p><h2><b>Zaccharie Risacher continues to learn during rookie season with Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Zaccharie-Risacher.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-joins-impressive-company-breakout-game-vs-knicks">Zaccharie Risacher is getting better</a> as the season progresses, and his hard work is paying off. He recently was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month of February, and since the end of November, he’s shooting 40% from three. Though he’s seeing progress, there are still some things that he’s getting used to, like <a href="https://twitter.com/pointmadebball/status/1897830161338581462?s=46" rel="noopener">not getting foul calls</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’ve always bought into Zaccherie Risacher’s shooting upside</p><p>It’s what made him a valuable prospect being such a good shooter at his size </p><p>So seeing him hit 42% of his 4.2 3PA/g since January 1st is very validating after he started out slow from 3 <a href="https://t.co/mqxOtxw6fd">pic.twitter.com/mqxOtxw6fd</a></p><p>— Point Made Basketball (@pointmadebball) <a href="https://twitter.com/pointmadebball/status/1897830161338581462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I’m in a great environment with a lot of great coaches, and we’ve been working on a lot of stuff since the beginning,” Risacher said via Lauren Williams of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “So, it’s nice to see that the all the work pays off in games. But yeah, I gotta be physical. I gotta be prepared to deal with contact. And yeah, when I drive.”</p><p>It’s obvious that Risacher is still getting the rookie whistle – which is basically no whistle at times – but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to be aggressive when he’s on the floor.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder reveals ‘unique’ comparison for Zaccharie Risacher, Rudy Gobert

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-quin-snyder-affirming-take-zaccharie-risacher-rising-star-selection');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops “affirming” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s Rising Star selection');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Quin-Snyder-drops-affirming-take-on-Zaccharie-Risachers-Rising-Star-selection.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops “affirming” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s Rising Star selection</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-28T17:23:16-08:00">January 28th, 5:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-28T17:23:16-08:00">January 28th, 5:23pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie Risacher was selected as a Rising Star earlier today and will represent the Atlanta Hawks during the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend. Risacher has had a rookie season filled with ups and downs, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-adversity-rookie-season">the future looks bright</a> for his career. Before their game against the Houston Rockets, head coach Quin Snyder <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1884380741921841422" rel="noopener">shared his thoughts</a> on Risacher being a Rising Star.</p><p>“It’s affirming,” Snyder said. “Anytime one of your players is recognized in that way, you’re excited for them. The most unique thing about Zacch is he just continues to compete. A game like this is a recognition of that level of perseverance that you need to continue to improve in your career, especially when you’re 19.”</p><p>Competing is exactly what Risacher has done, and it’s what has led him to be a starter in his rookie season. His numbers might not pop out, but his process on both sides of the ball has been encouraging. Throughout the year, Snyder and Hawks players have talked about Risacher and his continued growth.</p><p>“Anytime a rookie in this league, particularly a 19-year-old, there’s going to be ebs and flows, there’s going to be adversity,” Snyder said earlier this season. “I think he’s been tough-minded in how he handles that. One of the things that he’s done is kept shooting. Through that, we’ve talked about when he does drive the ball, his ability to pass, not necessarily have to create for himself, but create for other people. Shooting the ball allows him to do that.”</p><h2>Zaccharie Risacher representing Hawks during All-Star Weekend</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Zaccharie-Risacher.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Zaccharie Risacher got drafted to the Hawks in a situation that’s not very familiar with No. 1 picks. He came to a team that was pretty much established, which means expectations of him being a star weren’t high. Nonetheless, he’s still been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-vince-carter-approach-zaccharie-risacher">given advice from players</a> on the team such as Trae Young.</p><p>“I give him advice on some of the things that were given to me,” Young said. “If they weren’t given to me, I would’ve liked these things to be given to me. I want him to feel as less pressure as possible. When you go out there relaxed, and you go out there and feel confident in your game and play free, that’s when you perform at your best.</p><p>“Him being the No. 1 pick, that’s a lot of pressure in itself. As one of the leaders on the team I just want him to relieve as much stress and not put as much pressure on him. He’s 19; just let him go out there and play free and be himself, and that’ll ultimately make him his best version.”</p><p>As the season continues, the hope is that Risacher will show growth in many more ways and the Hawks put him in more positions to succeed,</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops “affirming” take on Zaccharie Risacher’s Rising Star selection

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-quin-snyder-truth-bomb-zaccharie-risacher-year-1-growth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops truth bombs on Zaccharie Risacher’s Year 1 growth');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hawks-news-Quin-Snyder-drops-truth-bombs-on-Zaccharie-Risachers-Year-1-growth.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops truth bombs on Zaccharie Risacher’s Year 1 growth</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-25T16:35:46-08:00">November 25th, 4:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-25T16:35:46-08:00">November 25th, 4:35pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-adversity-rookie-season">Risacher is still going through the motions</a> in his first year and the league, and from a developmental standpoint, it’s been nothing but positive vibes. The Atlanta Hawks’ rookie is doing all that he’s asked while also maybe playing more minutes than he or the coaching staff expected coming into the season. Nonetheless, Risacher is playing well on both sides of the ball, and head coach Quin Snyder is <a href="https://x.com/BTRowland/status/1861181940990087211" rel="noopener">excited about his growth</a> so far.</p><p>“Zacch, they say has a really high ceiling,” Snyder said. “Growth isn’t linear. He’s had 31-point games, four-point games, I don’t even know. And honestly, that’s not to me what his developmental arc needs to look like. </p><p>“He’s been a pleasure to coach; he’s a great teammate. The one thing people weren’t most aware of is his versatility on defense. He’s had to guard a lot of matchups. He guarded on the perimeter in the Eurocup and the French League, but we’ve asked him to do that in a lot of significant matchups. He’s risen to the occasion on that. I think he’s having a heck of a year and looking forward to continuing to see him grow.”</p><p>Risacher has definitely shown the ebbs and flows of being a rookie. One night, he can have a great shooting game, and in the next one, he could be struggling. The two things that have stayed consistent are his quality of shots and his effort on defense. Those two things have kept him on the court and in the starting lineup as De’Andre Hunter was injured for a few weeks.</p><p>Risacher will continue to grow as the season continues, and it seems like everyone on the Hawks is rooting for him to blossom into the impactful player that he can be.</p><h2>Hawks rooting for Zaccharie Risacher’s success</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-2_20ae8d.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-nsfw-demand-quin-snyder-knicks">Zaccharie Risacher had a 33-point game</a> against the New York Knicks earlier this season, Trae Young and Jalen Johnson praised the rookie for his play and the potential they see from him.</p><p>“It’s great to see; I’m not surprised, to be honest with you. I knew it was bound to happen eventually, and I know it’s going to continue to happen with the way he’s been playing,” Young said. “I struggled my first couple of months into my rookie year, and I was Rookie of the Year debates in the second half. You’re going to go through ups and downs, especially in your rookie year. I know he wants to win, I know he wants to contribute. I just want him to always stay positive and keep his head on the right path.”</p><p>“That’s why he’s the No. 1 pick,” Johnson said. “I know he’s going to continue to work, continue to work hard, and use this as a building block moving forward.”</p><p>It’s been noted that Risacher is not the typical No. 1 pick, and maybe that has worked in his favor, so there isn’t much pressure on him early in his career. The Hawks have not asked much from him, but he’s still playing well on offense and defense, and he should be a major piece of the team as he continues to develop.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder drops truth bombs on Zaccharie Risacher’s Year 1 growth

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/despite-zaccharie-risacher-breakout-game-nba-rookie-class-worst-start-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Despite Zaccharie Risacher breakout game, NBA rookie class having worst start in history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-breakout-game-NBA-rookie-class-having-worst-start-in-history.jpeg"></figure><h1>Despite Zaccharie Risacher breakout game, NBA rookie class having worst start in history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-08T13:15:03-08:00">November 8th, 1:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-08T13:18:30-08:00">November 8th, 1:18pm</time><address><a>Josh Silverstein</a>Josh Silverstein writes for The Association and writes, edits, and produces content for the video team as well. He's a writer for television/film/new media/stage/print and probably a few other mediums he's forgetting. He is also a wearer of many Mediums for those looking to buy him a shirt.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There was a lot of media attention paid last week to how historically bad the 2024 NBA rookie class has been, statistically speaking, through its first three games of the season. Well, luckily for Zaccharie Risacher, game number four on the schedule came around Wednesday night, and it offered an encouraging outlier in the lackluster rookie narrative.</p><p>Risacher scored 33 points on 11-18 shooting, and led the Hawks to a win against the Knicks. Those numbers finally moved the needle a little bit, and gave the league a rookie averaging more than 10 points a game.</p><p>But did Zaccharie Risacher’s breakout performance really change the outlook for the 2024 NBA rookie class? Not so much. Number two overall pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-embarrasses-alex-sarr-battle-top-2-nba-draft-picks">Alex Sarr</a> is still just at 9.8 points per game. Number three lottery pick Reed Sheppard is at a paltry 3.4 points a game for the Rockets.</p><p>Only three other rookies besides Risacher have hit the double digits points per game average so far — Jaylen Wells, Zach Edey, and Carlton Carrington — although it’s not really all the youngsters fault.</p><p>The biggest roadblock to increased scoring averages has been rookies not getting much in the way of decent playing time. Not sure whose idea it was, but with the level of parity in the league, it feels as though one coach started it and then all the rest made a makeshift pact to hold off on playing their rookies as much as possible to start this season.</p><p>Hopefully, one positive we can take from Zaccharie Risacher’s big game is that maybe it will convince other coaches to cast a bit of a wider net on playing time for Risacher’s fellow rookies.</p><p>Atlanta Hawks coach Quin Snyder’s <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/hawks-risacher-breakout-game" rel="noopener">comments after the</a> Knicks game regarding Risacher were pretty telling in that regard. “His progress isn’t going to be linear,” Snyder admitted. “He’s got to stay at it. We have confidence in him if he makes shots or he doesn’t. Today, he was really good on the defensive glass as well.”</p><p>If Snyder doesn’t believe <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-joins-impressive-company-breakout-game-vs-knicks">Zaccharie Risacher</a>‘s progress is going to be linear, it makes sense that his rise in playing time might not follow a set pattern either. But you only get better by playing more, so for all the NBA teams off to lackluster starts this season, the question remains — when are you going to start showing your rookies some love?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Despite Zaccharie Risacher breakout game, NBA rookie class having worst start in history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-joins-impressive-company-breakout-game-vs-knicks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher joins impressive company after breakout game vs. Knicks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-joins-impressive-company-after-breakout-game-vs.-Knicks.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher joins impressive company after breakout game vs. Knicks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-07T11:18:22-08:00">November 7th, 11:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-07T11:18:22-08:00">November 7th, 11:18am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Wednesday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-knicks-fans-blast-after-win">Atlanta Hawks picked up a big win</a> against the New York Knicks at home in a game that saw number one overall pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-nsfw-demand-quin-snyder-knicks">Zaccharie Risacher have his NBA coming out party</a>. The Hawks rookie scored 33 points in the contest, including 22 in the first half, consistently eviscerating a Knicks defense that evidently did not read the scouting report very closely.</p><p>In fact, so impressive was Risacher’s performance on the evening that he made an <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854566762370433159" rel="noopener">early career milestone</a> in the process, becoming just the fourth youngest player in NBA history to score at least 30 points and record zero turnovers in a game at 19 years, 212 days old, per Stathead on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>The three players who were able to accomplish the feat younger than Risacher were LeBron James (19 years, 36 days), Kobe Bryant (19 years, 116 days, and LaMelo Ball (19 years, 167 days).</p><p>Not bad company indeed.</p><h2><b>A sign of things to come for Risacher?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Risacher-vs-the-Knicks.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Coming into the draft, Risacher was viewed as the best possible choice out of a slew of bad options in a draft class that was widely viewed as one of the weakest in NBA history.</p><p>Although he showed some flashes in the preseason, Risacher largely struggled over the first couple of weeks of his career, showing a solid feel for the game but unable to cash out on many of his three point attempts.</p><p>However, that all changed on Wednesday evening at State Farm Arena, as the French rookie knocked down a three pointer on the opening possession of the game and did not look back from there, including launching a three in transition late in the second quarter after intercepting a pass from Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson.</p><p>Risacher also helped the Hawks seal the win by tying the game with a push shot from the paint late in the fourth quarter in what would become the most clutch shot of his young career.</p><p>The hope is now for Hawks fans that Risacher will be able to use the confidence he gained from this performance against the Knicks and apply it moving forward. His talent level and feel for the game were already undeniable, but if he is able to start knocking down perimeter shots with consistency, Risacher could end up proving the Hawks right by taking him number one.</p><p>In any case, Atlanta is next slated to take the floor on Friday on the road vs the Detroit Pistons at 7:00 PM ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher joins impressive company after breakout game vs. Knicks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-nsfw-demand-quin-snyder-knicks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Zaccharie Risacher reveals NSFW demand from Quin Snyder before breakout game vs. Knicks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-reveals-NSFW-demand-from-Quin-Snyder-before-breakout-game-vs.-Knicks.jpg"></figure><h1>Zaccharie Risacher reveals NSFW demand from Quin Snyder before breakout game vs. Knicks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-06T20:54:31-08:00">November 6th, 8:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-07T07:48:13-08:00">November 7th, 7:48am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks were in a heated battle with the New York Knicks that came down to the wire on Wednesday night, and along with getting the win, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-pulls-off-feat-not-seen-before-in-nba-history">Zaccharie Risacher had the best game</a> of his career. The 2024 No. 1 draft pick <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1854368108137623823" rel="noopener">finished with 33 points</a> and shot 6-of-10 from three, and it was one of those games that felt like it was going to happen.</p><p>After the game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-adversity-rookie-season">Risacher spoke about the confidence</a> that the team has in him and the specific demand that head coach Quin Snyder has for him.</p><p>“[Quin] basically tells me to shoot the f—— ball,” Risacher said. “And that’s not just from him. It’s from everybody from the coaching staff to my teammates. It helps with my confidence, especially coming from France and trying to adjust. It’s good to be in that kind of situation where you have that confidence from your coach and everybody else.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">No. 1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher had it ROLLING in the <a href="https://twitter.com/ATLHawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATLHawks</a> win!</p><p>🔥 33 PTS (career high)<br>🔥 7 REB<br>🔥 6 3PM<br>🔥 3 STL<br>🔥 11-18 FGM</p><p>A career day for a career just underway 🌟 <a href="https://t.co/b6nYLSM6HX">pic.twitter.com/b6nYLSM6HX</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1854368108137623823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Risacher has shot the ball a lot this season, but they haven’t turned into points. Against the Knicks, those same shots went in, and the helped the Hawks get the win. Not only was he happy, but his teammates were as well.</p><p>“I was super excited and they were super excited too. It made me super happy to see how people react to me being good and being able to help this team win,” Risacher said. “I just felt the love, and it was good vibes and energy from my teammates. It’s been like this from Day 1. They always try to make sure I’m good on the court and off the court. I’m really happy to have them.”</p><h2>Hawks defeat Knicks with big game from Zaccharie Risacher</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-2.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s always a big game when the Hawks and Knicks play each other, mostly because of the 2021 matchup in the playoffs. Tonight, it felt like one of those playoff games, and the Hawks used that energy from the crowd down the stretch to get the victory.</p><p>After the game, Trae Young shared his thoughts on Zaccharie Risacher’s big game.</p><p>“It’s great to see, I’m not surprised, to be honest with you. I knew it was bound to happen eventually and I know it’s going to continue to happen with the way he’s been playing,” Young said. “I struggled my first couple of months into my rookie year and I was Rookie of the Year debates in the second half. You’re going to go through ups and downs, especially in your rookie year. I know he wants to win, I know he wants to contribute. I just want him to always stay positive and keep his head on the right path.”</p><p>Jalen Johnson, who finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds, shared the same sentiments about Risacher’s performance.</p><p>“That’s why he’s the No. 1 pick,” Johnson said. “He showcased everything tonight. It was so fun just see him see the ball go in. It’s kinda been a tough stretch shooting for pretty much a lot of us. So seeing the ball go in, it was exciting. I know he’s going to continue to work, continue to work hard, and use this as a building block moving forward.”</p><p>There would be no surprise if Risacher has a big game like this again, as it looks like it’s just the beginning for the young rookie.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zaccharie Risacher reveals NSFW demand from Quin Snyder before breakout game vs. Knicks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-pulls-off-feat-not-seen-before-in-nba-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher pulls off feat not seen before in NBA history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hawks-news-Zaccharie-Risacher-pulls-off-feat-not-seen-before-in-NBA-history.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher pulls off feat not seen before in NBA history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-06T19:47:46-08:00">November 6th, 7:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-06T21:46:36-08:00">November 6th, 9:46pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the continued injury problems of De’Andre Hunter, the Atlanta Hawks have begun turning over the starting small forward position to the first overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, Zaccharie Risacher. Now, leading up to the Hawks’ Wednesday night clash against the New York Knicks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-zaccharie-risacher-adversity-rookie-season">Risacher has been very inconsistent</a> — making his breakout game in a 121-115 win feel that much sweeter.</p><p>Risacher had the game of his life on Wednesday night; he led the Hawks in scoring with a career-high 33 points on the night, and he did so on an efficient 11-18 shooting from the field (6-10 from three). Moreover, he filled up the box score, nabbing seven rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks. And in so doing, the 19-year-old French international <a href="https://x.com/statmuse/status/1854357375064449033" rel="noopener">became the first-ever rookie</a> in NBA history to reach those numbers in a single game, according to StatMuse.</p><p>Unlike in recent seasons, there hasn’t been much hype surrounding the first overall pick, and Risacher’s performances to begin the year haven’t done much in the way of convincing fans that the most recent draft class to enter the league is relatively lackluster compared to recent years. But in the Hawks’ win over the Knicks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-aggressive-take-zaccharie-risachers-first-nba-start">Risacher’s two-way potential</a> was in full display.</p><p>Risacher has the physical tools to be a disruptor on the defensive end. Standing at 6’9″ with a long wingspan, the Hawks rookie was flying everywhere on Wednesday, racking up deflections while being an overall nuisance to deal with on the weak side of the defense.</p><p>While the 19-year-old forward projects to be more of a complementary player on offense more so than a lead offensive initiator, operating on a team with Trae Young at the controls is perfect for where Risacher is at this point of his career. And with Jalen Johnson’s continued emergence and Dyson Daniels showing out on defense, the Hawks are assembling for themselves an impressive young core, and the league better take notice.</p><h2><b>Hawks are soaring on an upward trajectory</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-2.jpg"></figure><p>There was much pessimism surrounding the Hawks following a disappointing past two seasons as the Trae Young-Dejounte Murray partnership failed to work according to plan. Trading Murray away, a nightly 20-5-5 threat who emerged as one of the biggest threats in the clutch last season, only caused the Hawks’ stock to fall even further.</p><p>But the Hawks have been mostly competitive to begin the season, and perhaps they would be even better than their current 4-5 record had it not for their current injury problems. At the moment, Bogdan Bogdanovic and De’Andre Hunter are on the mend, and both of those players provide an additional scoring punch that could have helped the Hawks win one or two more ballgames.</p><p>So far, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-blunt-take-trae-young-carrying-load-amid-injuries">Hawks are re-learning</a> the blueprint of putting together the ideal roster around Young. Young needs to have positive defenders playing alongside him as well as players who don’t command too much of the ball while being capable of making plays all the same. And they seem to be better off now that the Murray era in Atlanta is over.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Zaccharie Risacher pulls off feat not seen before in NBA history

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Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zaccharie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-performance-close-win-pacers">Risacher is still adjusting</a> as he goes through his rookie season in the NBA, and he has the right support system around him to succeed. Early in the season, Risacher has gone through <a href="https://x.com/EDemirNBA/status/1853451133672407113" rel="noopener">what any normal rookie goes through</a> – tough shooting nights, defensive laps, and other things, but luckily he has a coach who understands that those things will happen.</p><p>“Anytime a rookie in this league, particularly a 19-year-old, there’s going to be ebs and flows, there’s going to be adversity,” head coach Quin Snyder said before their game against the New York Knicks. “I think he’s been tough-minded in how he handles that. One of the things that he’s done is kept shooting. Through that, we’ve talked about when he does drive the ball, his ability to pass, not necessarily have to create for himself, but create for other people. Shooting the ball allows him to do that.”</p><p>Not only has Risacher’s process on offense been well, but he’s also been playing solid on defense.</p><p>“He’s had some pretty tough defensive matchups. Whether it’s [DeMar] DeRozan or [Jayson] Tatum, and I think he’s competed,” Snyder said. “That’s really the biggest thing for me with Zacch, just compete, and don’t evaluate yourself right now by the results, particularly the box score. </p><p>“I think he’s been a competitor and his confidence is there. I think he just needs to keep playing.’</p><p>Risacher recently mentioned how <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-zaccharie-risacher-admits-regular-dude-reality">playing in the NBA has been different</a> than playing in France.</p><p>“Athleticism in the NBA is very different,” Risacher said. “There is not a league on the planet where you can see this type of length, athleticism and talent on the floor. Just adjusting to the speed of the games and the pace.</p><p>“Back in France I was super athletic, and now I’m just a regular dude.”</p><h2>Hawks giving Zaccharie Risacher advice early in rookie season</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zaccharie-Risacher-2.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Not only has Quin Snyder been giving advice to Zaccharie Risacher, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-vince-carter-approach-zaccharie-risacher">Trae Young has helped him</a> as well.</p><p>“I give him advice on some of the things that were given to me,” Young said. “If they weren’t given to me, I would’ve liked these things to be given to me. I want him to feel as less pressure as possible. When you go out there relaxed, and you go out there and feel confident in your game and play free, that’s when you perform at your best.</p><p>“Him being the No. 1 pick, that’s a lot of pressure in itself. As one of the leaders on the team I just want him to relieve as much stress and not put as much pressure on him. He’s 19; just let him go out there and play free and be himself, and that’ll ultimately make him his best version.”</p><p>Over the past few games, Risacher has had an increased role due to the several injuries to the team. As the season progresses and he gets a better feel for the game, Risacher will get more minutes, and he may get put into the games during crunch time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder on Zaccharie Risacher battling adversity in rookie season

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He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Washington Wizards swept their home-and-home series against the Atlanta Hawks, 133-120, on Wednesday behind a career-high 27 points from Bilal Coulibaly and a massive 16-4 run to begin the fourth period. Despite Trae Young’s 35 points and 15 assists, the shorthanded Hawks didn’t have enough gas to take the game when it mattered. Still, at least Hawks rookie and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-2024-nba-draft-grade-for-zaccharie-risacher">No. 1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher</a> got one over on Wizards rookie and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-2024-nba-draft-grades-every-pick">No. 2 overall pick Alex Sarr</a> with a filthy up-and-under move in the first quarter.</p><p>Check out Risacher’s filthy post move against Sarr in this clip shared by ClutchPoints on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Zaccharie Risacher with the SMOOTH pivot on Alex Sarr for the bucket 🔥<a href="https://t.co/ZukEHP7Zou">pic.twitter.com/ZukEHP7Zou</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1851770554711171094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Wizards def. Hawks despite Young’s big night</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Zaccharie-Risacher-shooting-over-a-defender.jpg"><figcaption>© Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Hawks were without defensive guard Dyson Daniels and sharpshooter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-bogdan-bogdanovic-out-four-weeks">Bogdan Bogdanovic, out with a hamstring injury</a> for at least four weeks. Moreover, wingman De’Andre Hunter also missed the game with a knee issue.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Wizards played without one of their best players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-kyle-kuzma-out-hawks-groin-strain">Kyle Kuzma, out with a right groin strain</a>. Despite the injuries, Young had a big night and helped his team outscore the Wiz in the first half, while Jalen Johnson exploded for 21 points and 17 rebounds on 9-21 shooting.</p><p>Young didn’t shoot the ball well, going only 12-28 from the field and 4-13 from the three-point line, but he received some support from Johnson and Zaccharie Risacher, who poured in 17 points for the Hawks.</p><p>However, turnovers in the third quarter caught up to the Hawks and gave the Wizards easy points, giving them enough momentum to break the game open in the fourth.</p><p>“I think <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2024/10/29/24282560/jalen-johnson-atlanta-hawks-washington-wizards-quotes-video-analysis" rel="noopener">we were battling fatigue</a>, is the best thing I could say,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said, via Graham Chapple for Peach Tree Hoops. “They were set in their defense, we were playing set defense a lot. Their length bothered us some.”</p><p>Likewise, Young lamented the injuries that depleted their roster for the game.</p><p>“It’s not great, it’s not fun. Obviously, I wish my team was full and healthy,” the All-Star guard said. “Wish I could have everybody out there with me…but they’re not and we’ve got to figure it out.”</p><p>Ultimately, the battle of the top rookies ended in Zaccharie Risacher’s favor, as Alex Sarr scored only 11 points on 3-9 shooting.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.3	3.7	1.2	0.5	0.7

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.3	3.7	1.2	0.5	0.7

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