Alex Sarr

[Northwest Roddy]

I'm telling you. The curse is over. So many good things happening to us. Sarr #2. Suns trade for Beal/ Bucks trade for Kuz. A new dawn. Thank you Atlanta, Phoenix and Milwaukee. If we get a top three pick next draft, then thank you Portland also...

[Tyrone Messby]

Zacc would’ve definitely been the old regime luck and player gone with.

[nate33]

Thank you Atlanta! My gratitude for today.

Zaccharie Risacher
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5211175/zaccharie-risacher

NWR, thank you for pointing out a huge reason for Wizards fans to be thankful. Alex is definitely better.

Risacher actually looked really good in preseason.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he turned out to be a real good player. I'm not sure if he has All-Star potential, but he might pan out as a rock solid starter in the Cameron Johnson mold.

That said, I do indeed like Sarr's upside prospects more. The start of this season is demonstrating that he has a real chance of being in the "star" tier of centers like Mobley, JJJ, or Chet rather than merely a "capable-starter" tier of centers like Daniel Gafford or Nic Claxton. It's still a little early to say anything definitive, but I really like what I see so far.

[The Consiglieri]

He seems, I don't know if streaky is the right word, but he seems to be very seasonal lol. Risacher started the season really slow last year too if memory serves, and from what I can recall he heated up and was a much different player February/March/April. I imagine he'll get back in rhythm again at some point.

I just think Sarr was always the better bet, I'd rather take a big swing on his length, size, and skills, then try and hit a single like the Risacher pick seemed like.

Very excited to see that the guy I preferred at slot, definitely looks better, for now anyway, than the other guys a lot of people wanted other than Castle (and I still like Sarr more as a process pick, over Castle, even if Castle looks better for now).

[Wizardspride]

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[nate33]

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That's unbelievable!

[nate33]

Sarr currently ranks 17th in the league in PER and 27th in BPM. He is 2 or more years younger than every name above him.

[prime1time]

Sarr currently ranks 17th in the league in PER and 27th in BPM. He is 2 or more years younger than every name above him.

Wemby is 21

[nate33]

Sarr currently ranks 17th in the league in PER and 27th in BPM. He is 2 or more years younger than every name above him.

Wemby is 21

I was just going by the Basketball Reference age, which I guess is the age at the end of the season or something. It lists Wemby as 22 and Sarr as 20. In reality Wemby is about 16 months older than Sarr.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Thank you Atlanta! My gratitude for today.

Zaccharie Risacher
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5211175/zaccharie-risacher

NWR, thank you for pointing out a huge reason for Wizards fans to be thankful. Alex is definitely better.

Risacher actually looked really good in preseason.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he turned out to be a real good player. I'm not sure if he has All-Star potential, but he might pan out as a rock solid starter in the Cameron Johnson mold.

That said, I do indeed like Sarr's upside prospects more. The start of this season is demonstrating that he has a real chance of being in the "star" tier of centers like Mobley, JJJ, or Chet rather than merely a "capable-starter" tier of centers like Daniel Gafford or Nic Claxton. It's still a little early to say anything definitive, but I really like what I see so far.

I agree that he's got the potential to be a real good player. However, he was the top pick last season. Is Risacher better than Sarr, Castle, Buzelis, Ware, McCain, KYSHAWN GEORGE, Filipowski, or Jaylen Wells?

EDITED - He actually put up good shooting and rookie scoring numbers. He is better offensively than Castle.

[prime1time]

Thank you Atlanta! My gratitude for today.

Zaccharie Risacher
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5211175/zaccharie-risacher

NWR, thank you for pointing out a huge reason for Wizards fans to be thankful. Alex is definitely better.

Risacher actually looked really good in preseason.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he turned out to be a real good player. I'm not sure if he has All-Star potential, but he might pan out as a rock solid starter in the Cameron Johnson mold.

That said, I do indeed like Sarr's upside prospects more. The start of this season is demonstrating that he has a real chance of being in the "star" tier of centers like Mobley, JJJ, or Chet rather than merely a "capable-starter" tier of centers like Daniel Gafford or Nic Claxton. It's still a little early to say anything definitive, but I really like what I see so far.

It'll be fun to watch Sarr develop. Still so much potential. If not for Wemby he'd be looked at very differently imo.

[awolfinwater]

Bryce Simon did a deep dive on Sarr vs. the Sixers on Sam Vecenie's substack. I'm not a paid subscriber but the first 4 minutes was insightful.

https://open.substack.com/pub/gametheorysamv/p/alex-sarr-vs-the-philadelphia-76ers?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5rints

[nate33]

Bryce Simon did a deep dive on Sarr vs. the Sixers on Sam Vecenie's substack. I'm not a paid subscriber but the first 4 minutes was insightful.

https://open.substack.com/pub/gametheorysamv/p/alex-sarr-vs-the-philadelphia-76ers?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5rints

Good stuff.

Two takeaways from that:

1. Sarr always goes over the left shoulder into the jump hook on his post-ups. Teams are now scouting that and completely disregarding any concern that Sarr will go across his right shoulder with the left hand. If Sarr figures that out, it'll improve his low post efficiency considerably.

2. Sarr still isn't strong enough to hold his screens. Guys are pushing through them and staying with the ball handler. It doesn't really look technique-related though. He just isn't that strong yet and has a high center of gravity. I'm sure it will improve.

[GoneShammGone]

LE BOUC BORDEAUX !!!!!!

[AFM]

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STOP SLEEPING!!!! THE SARR TRAIN IS LEAVING GET ONBOARD BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!

[lastemp3ror]

I was hoping that Sarr put together two good/great games back-to-back. Oh well.

[nate33]

I was hoping that Sarr put together two good/great games back-to-back. Oh well.

Yeah, last night's OKC game was probably his worst of the season, even though the box score doesn't look so bad. His hands were real bad. He mishandled some passes and failed to grab a bunch of rebounds that he should of had. He just looked a little more timid out there than he had looked the first 4 games. He kinda looked like the Sarr of last season, although his shooting form from 3 is better.

It's just one game though. And he still managed to pull down 8 boards in 26 minutes so it's not like it was one of those 2 rebound efforts we occasionally saw last season. If a bad game is 14 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal on a .583 TS% in 26 minutes, I'll take it.

[tontoz]

It is hard to completely transform your game in one year. He is clearly moving in the right direction but it will probably take awhile to get where he wants to be.

[DukeLecker]

He needs to add weight, strength and some girth. Hartenstein bullied him. Out physicaled him.

[pcbothwel]

He needs to add weight, strength and some girth. Hartenstein bullied him. Out physicaled him.

Hartenstein is 7'1, 270lbs, physical, and moves well... Hes a problem for most guys