France's Risacher goes to Hawks with top pick in NBA Draft in historic night for French basketball

Later note for you now in the French Revolution in the NBA continued Wednesday when Zachary Risache was selected first overall by the Atlanta Hawks. Another Frenchman, Alex Saw was picked second by the Washington Wizards. This marks the second year in a row that a player from France was the number one draft pick with this year 4 French players in all making the cut, three in the top ten. That's after the San Antonio Spurs chose Victor Women Yama last year, who went on to win Rookie of the Year. Westin Cornell told us. More from Los Angeles. Well, this has been an historic night for French basketball. It's only the 2nd nation after the United States to have three players in the top ten NBA draft picks. It's also another historic first. The first time Francis had two number one picks in back-to-back years. Of course last year was Victor Rambaniama, This year it is 19 year old Zachary Rizace. The small forward, who currently plays for Boulgombras near Lyon, has been drafted by the Atlanta Hawks for next season. The player, who is 2.06 meters tall, was emotional after that first pick, telling reporters he was happy to be part of something so special for him. Country helping France make history Another teenager, Alex Sarr from Bordeaux, the 19 year old center will be heading to the US Capitol. The Washington Wizards made him #2 pick of the night on Wednesday. The Wizards have been suffering lately, the only 115 games last season, and they're hoping that this new arrival will help change things. SARS impressive resume could help. He left home at just 14 years old before playing in Madrid and then in the US Most recently he's been playing for Perth in Australia. Sarr will join another Frenchman at the Washington Wizards beat Alcudibari. He was picked just last year and has had a pretty great first season.