Despite recent reports to the contrary, Dario Saric does not appear to have changed his mind about joining the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2016-17 season.
Saric finished the Olympic qualifiers on Saturday and afterwards reaffirmed his plans to head to Philadelphia.
Dario Saric: "I'm going back home and then to the USA for the @Sixers"
— Eurohoops.net (@Eurohoopsnet) July 9, 2016
All offseason, the assumption was that Saric was coming to America. Some doubt was cast on that recently, but Saric sounds quite committed to making the jump to the NBA. Despite the noise, everything coming from the Croatian forward himself indicates that he’ll be playing for Philadelphia next season, and that seems to be the safe assumption going forward.
