Philadelphia 76ers Destiny – Dario Saric Arrival Up To 99 er 100 Per Cent

Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Dario Saric (Croatia) reacts after being selected as the number twelve overall pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Dario Saric (Croatia) reacts after being selected as the number twelve overall pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Dario Saric (Croatia) reacts after being selected as the number twelve overall pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Dario Saric (Croatia) reacts after being selected as the number twelve overall pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

The Headlines In Croatia Read “Dario Saric 99 %  100% Going To Philadelphia”.  Perhaps the destiny of the Philadelphia 76ers is brighter than many expected.

It is the age old Shakespearean dilemma: TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION!

This is not the opening scene of HAMLET, nor is Dario Saric a despondent Prince Hamlet contemplating a disastrous ending after the death of his love, Ophelia.  This is about an NBA career, a career that is about to emerge from the dream to play for NBA.  Until an athlete reaches that pinnacle, the longing for the opportunity burns.  Longing that keeps you working towards the goal, improving, training, enduring.  A dream that knows no politics, age limits, or geographical boundaries.

On June 29, 2016, this was released:

And the final instrument to Sam Hinkie’s has joined the overture.

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It is a fire that is ignited in the hopes of a young man, a fire that burns until the day they step onto the basketball court of a live NBA game.  This fire, this passion, to play did not simply ignite in a young man from Croatia. It ignited in the hearts of his father, and of his mother.  Passed down like a family heirloom, this fire to play in the NBA is the Saric legacy.

Perhaps we have underestimated the compulsive force of that blaze in a young man’s heart.  In any objective assessment, it seems to make more sense financially for a young man to wait for the NBA if it were a matter of economics.  It is not just economics, is it? It is the passion of a young man.  Even more so, it is the promise of an honorable young man who has not forgotten the conviction of honor. That honor passed down from father to son, much as the love of basketball was.

We live is a skeptical world, a “show me” state of existence which taints our judgment, points our gaze downwards rather than upwards.  It is this world where we manage our expectations by expecting nothing, and lift ourselves up to hope only after hope is no longer needed.  Perhaps in the aftermath of the Philadelphia 76ers recent streak of futility in three years of NBA struggle, there is more to this story than just an arrival of a young Croatian seeking to fulfill his dream of playing in the NBA.

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