{"id":485332,"date":"2026-02-24T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=485332"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:05:38","slug":"dario-saric-eyes-euroleague-return-after-decade-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dario-saric-eyes-euroleague-return-after-decade-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Dario Saric Eyes EuroLeague Return After Decade in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a decade in the NBA without fully showcasing his potential, Dario Saric is ready to return to the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Croatian forward was waived by the Detroit Pistons after being included<a href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-trade-market-heats-up-timberwolves-pistons-and-bulls-strike-three-team-deal\/\"> in the trade<\/a> that sent Jaden Ivey to the Chicago Bulls. He is currently with the Croatian national team preparing for the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks-cbf.hr\/reprezentacije\/2026\/93123\/\">It\u2019s always great<\/a> to wear this jersey, in good times and in difficult ones as well. The Croatian national team is the greatest thing for all of us,\u201d Saric said.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the upcoming clash against Germany, he emphasized the level of the opposition: \u201cThey are still the European champions, even without their NBA players. They have guys who want to establish themselves and be part of a national team that is always fighting for medals. It won\u2019t be easy. I hope we prepare well and, especially in the first game in front of our home crowd, play a real game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will step on the court with the right mentality \u2014 maximum focus and maximum effort from the start. With that approach, we can expect a good result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his ten years in the NBA, Saric reflected: \u201cSometimes you find yourself in certain situations, like when Ben Simmons got injured in my rookie year and I immediately got the opportunity to play big minutes. Later on, maybe I didn\u2019t get that same chance in the starting lineup. That\u2019s something I\u2019ll reflect on at the end of my career. It could have gone better or worse. I\u2019m happy, and I hope to play at a high level for a few more years. Right now, my main goal is to return to the EuroLeague \u2014 to find a team and a system that fits me and allows me to readjust to European basketball\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With the EuroLeague transfer window closing tomorrow, it will soon become clear whether Saric will be among the protagonists of the competition\u2019s final stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Over his NBA career, the forward averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22 minutes per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over his NBA career, the forward averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22 minutes per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":338687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-485332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/2022Canu11Settembre0359.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485332"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=485332"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=485332"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=485332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}