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Risacher's Efficiency Already Outruns His Role

A 36.8 percent shooter on 3.9 attempts a game, buried at 16.8 percent usage. Dallas has more use for him than that.

9.6 pts, 3.8 reb2025-26 Line67 games, 22.4 minutes
55.7%True Shootingon 16.8% usage
36.8%Three-Point Rate3.9 attempts per game
$17.4M2027-28 Salaryjump from $13.8M this year
By the Mavericks Nightly Desk · Wednesday, September 30

Zaccharie Risacher posted a 55.7 true shooting mark and hit 36.8 percent from three across 67 games last season, all on a usage rate of just 16.8 percent. At 21, on a contract that jumps to $17.4 million in 2027-28, the efficiency argues for a bigger role than the minutes gave him.

Zaccharie Risacher of the Mavericks
Zaccharie Risacher. Photo: Yoann210, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Efficiency Case

Risacher shot 45.5 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from three last season, numbers that built a 55.7 true shooting percentage in 22.4 minutes a night. His free throw line was the outlier at 64.4 percent, the one number in his shot chart that lagged the rest. Everything else points to a shooter who made the looks he got.

Underused At 16.8 Usage

A usage rate of 16.8 percent is low for a wing shooting this well, and his on-court numbers back that up: a 112.8 offensive rating, 112.6 defensive, netting out to 0.2 across 67 games. His assist rate sat at 6.8 percent and his rebound rate at 8.1 percent, modest totals for a forward pulling down 3.8 boards a game. The shooting carried the value; the rest of the box score stayed thin.

What Risacher Needs To Be

At 21 and in his second season, Risacher's job is simple: turn efficient volume into more volume. He is owed $13.8 million this season and $17.4 million in 2027-28, a second-contract number that expects more than 3.9 three-point attempts a night. He is not on the injury report entering camp, which means the only thing standing between Risacher and a bigger role is whether Dusty May hands him one.

How many points did Zaccharie Risacher average last season?

Risacher averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 67 games in 2025-26, shooting 45.5 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from three.

What is Zaccharie Risacher's contract with the Mavericks?

Risacher is set to earn $13.8 million in 2026-27 and $17.4 million in 2027-28.

By the Mavericks Nightly Desk, written from the club's data and the reports on file, with every name and number checked against them. How the desks work.

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