Time to serve some crow.

Dario Saric is on his way to (Philadelphia/Las Vegas) today to meet with the Sixers and sign his contract. For the last two years – the timeline Saric himself set on draft night – the “anonymous reports” and hot takes that Dario wasn’t coming over this year were plentiful. But before we point them out to you and hand out some Ls, let me again remind you of Dario’s timeline:

  • On draft night in 2014, Saric said it would be two years and then he’d be in Philadelphia:
    • “Yeah, I sign before the Draft because I’m choosing a better option for me to stay two years more in Europe to get more experience, to bring my basketball to another level.I don’t know. I’m choosing before the Draft because I don’t know if someone in Philadelphia choose me because he know I’m no liar, and one day I’ll be back in Philadelphia for sure.”
  • June 2015: The Sixers look into bringing Saric over, but his Efes contract gets in the way.
  • July 2015: Dario re-iterates that he wanted to be a Sixer ASAP but his contract was a stumbling block.
  • November 2015: Dario Saric flat-out says he’s coming to the Sixers next season:
    • “I’m in constant contact with the Sixers, and they wanted me to come this summer, but I couldn’t get out of the contract. Next summer I have a way out, and I’m gonna take it. I’ll try to go out as the Euroleague champion. That’s the dream.”
  • December 2015: Dario says there isn’t an amount of money that could keep him in Turkey.
  • April 2016: Dario tells his Efes teammates that he’s leaving to play for the Sixers.
  • June 2016: Dario says he’s signing with the Sixers after his Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
  • July 2016: Dario unequivocally says he’s coming to play for the Sixers.
    • He’s on his way to sign the contract today.

Again, Dario never once said he wasn’t coming, and said he was (while sticking to a timeline set two years ago) no fewer than eight times. So, who gets crow?

Marcus Hayes

Howard Eskin

Even better, Eskin’s “who knows with this guy anymore” is priceless considering… well, the fact that Saric never wavered:

Of course, if he does come, it’s all because of Bryan Colangelo, this despite the fact that Saric said he was coming this season when Hinkie drafted him TWO FUCKING YEARS AGO:

John Smallwood

For this:

Personally, I remain skeptical that Dario Saric will be in a Sixers uniform for the 2016-17 season even with the latest reported tidbit that he has told his teammates in Turkey that he intends to come to the NBA this summer.

I remain skeptical… of Saric saying the same thing.

And this:

Saric, who was under contract in Europe when the Sixers drafted him, is still tied to his team in Turkey and might not come to Philadelphia next season, either.

 

The Critic of Hoops

And this is just very recently:

And on a “good piece” on why Saric was to be considered a liar:

Dick Jerardi

For painting Saric as a ghost:

Saric remains a mystery who may never show up. At the least, we know he is not Kristaps Porzingis, a franchise changer in New York.

 

Dei Lynam

JUST LAST NIGHT:

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Keith Pompey

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Tom Moore

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Everyone sucks.