If Joel Embiid misses too many more games, Dario Saric is going to end up being Rookie of the Year. That’s cool. He’s actually been playing pretty well lately, which is way better than what Embiid has been doing, which is nothing. As my grandma always said “something is always more than nothing”. She was a wise grandma. Always eager to let us young’uns be moistened by her fountain of knowledge.
So yeah. Dario Saric. He had 20 points tonight, the latest in a string of decent scoring games for him. Has he finally figured this whole NBA thing out? Too early to tell, this could just be a random hot streak, but it could also be the start of a consistent 17 points per game for him. With Ersan Ilyasova gone (WHY DOES HE KEEP GETTING TRADED?), Saric should be in line for more minutes than ever, and he can handle it, because his knees and feet are totally fine. Unlike some other widely-hyped rookies on the 76ers.