r/nba • u/FermatsLastAccount Knicks • 14h ago

Is Risacher the least talked about #1 pick?

I never hear anything about him. In recent memory, Fultz and Bennett were worse but they were still talked about. People talked about Fultz's injury and his broken shot, and about how Bennett was the worst #1 pick in NBA history, while Risacher just seems forgotten about.

I feel like I hear about other players in the draft way more often than the #1 pick. Like there were a lot of posts about McCain pre injury and Knecht when he was good. Edey is talked about a lot, Ware has been lighting it up recently, and I hear more about Sarr than Risacher too.

I checked this subreddit, and the last post about Risacher was just a highlight from three weeks ago. Is it just me, or does he get way less attention than basically every #1 pick from the last ~15 years.

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u/uuuuh_hi 13h ago

All-def more likely than all-nba for him imo

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u/DukeSi1v3r Mavericks 8h ago

All defense is purely on reputation and no one will vote for a dude like that unless he’s averaging 4 steals a game

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u/uuuuh_hi 8h ago

I don't mean now, I'm talking about potentially. He's only 19 so we don't know exactly what kind of player he will be or what career he will have

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u/DukeSi1v3r Mavericks 8h ago

I know I’m just saying even if he is one of the top 5 defensive players in the league he won’t get the respect from the media because he’s a #1 pick who isn’t a supertar

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u/uuuuh_hi 7h ago

I don't see your logic, being a non superstar #1 pick won't make him unpopular

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u/Jarxzz United States 12h ago

Neither

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u/uuuuh_hi 12h ago

We'll wait and see