Heading into the 2017-18 season, we have a better grasp on who Dario Saric is as a basketball player than at this time last year. As for his specific role with the Sixers moving forward, though? Well, that one is still up in the air for the 24-year-old Croatian forward, who finished second in Rookie of the Year voting a season ago.
We know that Saric is a favorite of both Sixers fans and his coaches. In gushing over Saric last season, Brett Brown recalled the Saric skepticism (“He’s never coming over!”) of Process critics when the 12th overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft was plying his trade in Turkey for two seasons.
Season preview: Dario Saric looks to take step forward as Sixers’ sixth man
