The 76ers currently have two players in the Olympics, Sergio Rodriguez and Dario Saric. Both of them are new additions to the Sixers, and head coach Brett Brown has noticed their play:
Brown and Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo visited the NovaCare Complex on Monday, and during a brief interview near the practice fields, Brown mentioned how much he was enjoying watching Dario Saric and Sergio Rodriguez – two Sixers players he hasn't had the chance to coach yet – in the Rio Olympics. Both of them, he said, “thought the game” very well. They anticipated plays. They were unselfish. They reminded him of players he had coached on some great San Antonio Spurs teams. And they weren't the only Sixers who played this way.
“This is where this thing spins off,” Brown said. “This was my Spurs world. If you take Ben Simmons and you take Dario and you take Joel Embiid and you take Sergio, those are world-class elite passers. The pass is king. That's what makes the world go round when you talk about offense: Do you share? Those four we have, they pass.”
Sergio and Dario have had superb Olympic performances, with Sergio averaging 7.8 points, 2 rebounds, and 4.5 assist per game, and Dario averaging 13 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.
With both of these players having great Olympics so far, hopefully they can continue their success and translate that play on to the court.
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