The Finals are in full swing and are close to ending, but as soon as the champion is rewarded, the NBA will switch to the following season with, to begin with, its famous Draft. This year, the Hawks got the first pick and there is a good chance that a Frenchman will be called to this position, because Alexandre Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher occupy the Top 2 ESPN Projections.
Precisely, on the sidelines of the Finals in Dallas where he performed a few workoutsAlexandre Sarr was passing through on NBA Extra and he was notably invited to talk about what awaits him in less than two weeks (June 26).
“ For the moment, I haven't had more contact than that with the teams » reveals the interior passed through Perth this season. “ Whether it's Atlanta, Washington, Houston, they choose but these are three cities that I really like and I control what I can control. »
Goal number one
Hawks, Wizards and Rockets. In other words the order of the Top 3 of the 2024 Draft, from which Alexandre Sarr should not emerge, even if he still does not let himself be fooled by sharing his preferred destination, as was the case at the end of May, in the podcast of Paul George.
A month ago, the Frenchman said he was in any case enthusiastic about playing for Atlanta, a city he knows well having been part of the Overtime Elite league in 2021/22.
Having been immersed in the professional world for a year, Alexandre Sarr says he is already ready to face all the pressure, media and sporting, that he will face from next season. Even more so if he arrives with the status of number one in the Draft…
“ I am a competitor and I want to be first in everything I do. I would say that I am the best player in the Draft » said the 19-year-old young man, for example, last month. “ I don't know if it's that important, because I can't control it, but of course it means something. »
Then to add, always for NBA Extraon his future ambitions: “ It's being a player who wins titles, because that's the most important thing in a career, and being among the best players in the league. »
