Minnesota Timberwolves: Player grades for first quarter of the season

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Dario Saric – Player Grade C+

Much like the Jeff Teague and Andrew Wiggins C+ grade, Dario Saric fills out in the C+ grade as well, mostly due to the fact all three of those players are meeting their potential on this team – yet.

Saric has been an infuriating player to watch over the course of this season. He created such a high ceiling for himself in his sophomore season, that his slump over this third season has been incredibly disappointing for the Croatian swiss army knife.

Moreover, this poor start in a Wolves’ jersey isn’t that far off from how poorly Saric was doing with the Sixers, who’s fans made it known via Twitter that he was having real problem when compared to the past few seasons.

However, Saric is a team player and a lot of his intangible talent can be seen in team stats, rather than just individual numbers.

When Saric is fitted in the Wolves’ lineup, they seem to have one of the better offensive and defensive ratings compared to lineups without him. In fact, he’s in two of the three best lineups the Wolves’ have played with this season (see prior slide for stats on Saric and Covington together).

The answer is probably clear and we’re looking too much into Saric, he’s a stretch four that has the ability to be a great role player and the NBA community making his ceiling an All-Star talent isn’t fair to him.

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