76ers president Bryan Colangelo was basically asked Friday morning if his team was tanking.
It seemed like an obvious question after the Sixers traded away their best shooter in Ersan Ilyasova and an accomplished rim-protector in Nerlens Noel.
But Colangelo calmly looked the questioner in the eyes and said: "Dario Saric."
"He answered that question for us that he is capable of moving into a much more significant role," Colangelo added. "If you look at the path of our basketball team in the last month, month and a half, Dario has performed as even or above Ersan.