Risacher already has France and Euro 2025 “in mind”.

2024-10-21 20:13:00

On the eve of the start of the NBA season, the French team already sees its first, the number 1 in the 2024 Draft.

Zacharie Risacher in the French team? Vincent Collet’s staff would have liked to invite him at least for the preparation for last summer’s Olympic Games. The new coach Freddy Fauthoux will have no questions to ask himself: the number 1 in the latest NBA Draft is already impatient at the idea of ​​returning to the Blues. “It would be a dream to represent my country at the highest levelhe said Monday, during a video conference with French journalists, from Atlanta. I had the experience of doing it in February, during the shop windows, it was a special emotion”.

The son of Stéphane Risacher, 124 caps, had in fact had the opportunity to play against Croatia, in a qualifying match for Euro 2025. It is obviously without him and the other NBA players that the Tricolores will try to compose the ticket for the next European Championship . Championship in November, against Cyprus (21 and 24 November in Nicosia and Poitiers).

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I always do my best to make my dreams come true and achieve my goals. The French team is one of them.

Zaccarie Risacher

In any case, the interested party leaves no doubt about his availability for summer 2025. “I’m used to youth selections, great preparations, summers away from families and loved ones. I know what to expect and I’m super happy to say that. It would be a childhood dream. Knowing myself, I always try my best to achieve my dreams and achieve my goals. The French team is one of them. It’s definitely on my mind, even though I’m in the NBA.”. And add, regarding Euro 2025: “I’m thinking about it. There I focus on the NBA but obviously the Euro is on my mind. We remember that Zaccharie Risacher, 19 years old, played under the orders of a certain Freddy Fauthoux in Bourg-en-Bresse. No adaptation problems in sight with the staff…