7 International NBA Players to Watch at 2016 Summer Olympics

August 5th, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »

The 2016 Summer Olympics are a sports buffet that is too expansive to consume entirely. Even if you confine yourself to the 12-team basketball field, you still can't take it all in.

You have to pick your spots.

If all you want is uninterrupted dominance by Team USA, that's easy enough. Just watch Kevin Durant and Co. But if you prefer a broader sample, it can be tough to know which of the 35 international players with NBA ties warrant your attention.

This is a guide to which foreign talents bear watching—whether for pure aesthetics or, more importantly, signs of the impact they'll make on the NBA next season.

     

Dario Saric, Croatia

After two years overseas, the No. 12 pick in the 2014 NBA draft will ditch Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and join the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2016-17 season.

Admit it, you're curious.

Who is Dario Saric? What can he do? Is he ready?

The Olympics will provide the first big-stage chance for Saric to answer those questions, though his MVP performance in the FIBA Olympic Qu ...

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