Tag: Dario Saric

Why didn’t Croatians mobilize to vote Dario Saric into the All-Star game? Or did they actually mobilize but their efforts were so minimal that I didn’t even notice? He’s putting up better numbers than Zaza Pachulia, and the whole country of Georgia managed to cast like 500,000 votes for that dude who everybody hates now,…

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The 76ers, Dario Saric included, are in imminent danger of being engulfed entirely by their flashier rookie, Joel Embiid. When people will think of the 76ers, they will think of Embiid and nothing more; the two will be equal in the public’s eye. It’s already happening right now. A few Euros care about Saric, some…

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Philadelphia 76ers: winners of five of the last six. Do I have to take back all the mean things I said about them earlier? Their offense still is in the works (they don’t usually score very much in their wins) but their defense has been legit for a while now. Nobody would rank them the…

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Where’s the playmaking? I was promised playmaking from Dario Saric, and I have not received it. He flashed a bit of it earlier in the season, but lately the 1 and 0-assist games have been piling up for him. 2.5 assists per game isn’t terrible, and his assist percentage is about league average, but I…

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I am guilty of letting 76ers fans convince me that Dario Saric was going to be a beast the second he stepped on an NBA court. I admit it. Guilty as charged. I wanted to believe, and they wanted to believe, everyone wanted to believe, and people posted the highlight videos… How could anyone not…

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Some great camera work in this one. Dario Saric hits a late-game bucket to tie the game, and instead of showing him celebrating with teammates, they switch to a shot of the only 76ers fan they could find in Memphis. He looks happy, he’s cheering, that’s fine, until they panmed over to a couple of…

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Oh man. Here’s some words of wisdom from your number one bro DownToBuck: even if your local pizza place (which also happens to be your favorite) is offering a really sick special price on any pizza (ANY PIZZA, NO GOTCHAS HERE), don’t give in to temptation and get the extra large. Or, if you do…

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It says a lot about the current state of NBA rookie-dom that Dario Saric, who has been struggling mightily, is still probably the second-best first-year player so far this season. After Joel Embiid, of course, who has already won ROY. Have rookies always been this bad? Most of them usually are, but there’s normally more…

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Who in Croatia even cares about Mario Hezonja right now? Do his parents even care about him? I can imagine Hezonja’s dad sitting in his living room in Croatia, watching shady internet streams of 76ers games at four in the morning, getting hyped every time Saric does something good on the court. I can imagine…

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Someone must have informed 76ers commentator Marc Zumoff of the proper pronunciation of Dario Saric’s last name. Just yesterday, while Dario was scoring 21, it was “Sar-itch” this and “Sar-itch” that. Today, it’s more of a “Shar-itch”. Not as pleasing to this ignorant American, but I’m sure the other version was utterly maddening for the…

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