After Victor Wembanyama last year, another Frenchman is expected to be selected on the podium of the 2024 NBA draft.
At 19 years old, Alexandre Sarr is a prospect with a special profile. The Frenchman born in April 2005 is expected very high in the NBA draft, which selects the best young people to enter the major basketball league. With his 2.16m and a wingspan of around 2.20m, Alexandre Sarr oscillates between the positions of strong winger and pivot. Born in Bordeaux, he quickly went into exile abroad, joining the Real Madrid training center at the age of 14, before playing for two seasons in the United States in the Overtime Elite league. Last season, Alexandre Sarr neither chose the Betclic Elite nor the American university championship like most young people with high potential, but signed in the Australian professional league, with the Perth Wildcats. It was during this season in Australia that he revealed himself, attracting scouts from all the NBA franchises who placed him in the top two of the 2024 draft, which will take place on the night of Wednesday June 26 to Thursday June 27 .
The brother of Olivier Sarr, who also plays in the NBA at Oklahoma, has a modern interior profile, whose physical and defensive abilities already seem ready for the NBA level. If the franchise having recovered the number choice, Atlanta, rather hesitates between another Frenchman, Zaccharie Risacher, and Donovan Clingan, Alexandre Sarr should not go beyond second place. Indeed, the Washington Wizards, who have the number two choice, seem very interested and could even offer an exchange to the Hawks to recover the number one choice and ensure the arrival of the Frenchman. He would then form a duo with Bilal Coulibaly, drafted last year by the Washington franchise and who had a superb season in the American capital.