2022-23 Thunder player grades: Dario Saric

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The 2022-23 Oklahoma City Thunder’s season ended with the play-in tournament loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which means it’s time for reflection.

Being one of the biggest overachievers in the league, the Thunder finished with a 40-42 record after being predicted by many to have high lottery odds.

Now that the season is in the books, let’s go back and evaluate all 19 players who suited up for the Thunder this past season. Grades will be handed out to every player in terms of what their expectations were heading into the season and how they lived up to them.

The 14th player in this installment is Dario Saric, who provided the Thunder with a quality two months of wing depth. He’ll be a free agent this summer, so who knows what his future holds with OKC.

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(Editor’s note: We are starting individual grades for all players from the 2022-23 Oklahoma City Thunder. To access other reviews as part of this ongoing series, click here.)

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Saric’s tenure with the Thunder only lasted roughly two months, but he provided quality wing depth in his brief stint in OKC.

He was part of a trade deadline trade with the Phoenix Suns in order to make the finances work. Initially seen as a possible buyout option, the Thunder decided to keep Saric around for the last couple of months of the season, and was a pleasant surprise.

Replacing Mike Muscala, Saric gave the Thunder a veteran wing who was a well-rounded offensive weapon. In 20 games with OKC, he averaged 7.4 points on 51.5% shooting and 3.3 rebounds. From 3, he shot 39.1% on 2.3 attempts.

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The peripherals also showed that Saric was a really good pick-and-roll partner — as he was an 81.5 percentile roll man with OKC — and cutter — as he was in the 81.4 percentile with OKC. During his time with the Thunder, he was also in the 97th percentile for rim-finishing among bigs at 82.8% shooting.

Down the stretch of the season, the Thunder lacked serious depth at the wing/center…

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Publish date : 2023-05-07 15:43:40

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