VAUGNESS!

Tom Moore, reporting for the Bucks County Courier Times that Dario Saric may stay in Europe another year, according to his source, who may or may not be speculating about the situation:

But the combination of all the money Saric would be leaving on the table by not playing a third season in Turkey and the Sixers picking Ben Simmons, who also is a power forward, No. 1 in the June 23 draft, has a league source believing it’s not going to happen.

“He makes 1.5 million Euros ($1.66 million US) playing in Turkey,” said the source Thursday night. “It’s a comfortable living. Why come over and risk that and go back to the rookie-scale contract when you’ve completed two-thirds of not having to be on the rookie scale? This is before the draft.”

It’s really hard to tell if this is new reporting and if the source is well-placed within the Sixers organization and knows something, or if it’s a league source speculating on the previously available info that Saric could actually make more money by staying in Turkey for another year. If the latter, the headline on the article is misleading.

I’ve reached out to Moore to see if he could provide some more color or context for the story.