Dario Šarić

Dario Šarić (born 8 April 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Šarić began his professional career in 2009 with Zrinjevac.

After joining Zagreb mid-way through the 2009–10 season, and spending much of the 2010–11 season on loan with Dubrava, Šarić won the Città di Roma EuroLeague (IJT) in May 2011, alongside teammates, Mario Hezonja and Dominik Mavra, and progressed to the Final Four of the tournament, where his team eventually won.

After he had registered a triple-double in the final game with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, in addition to 10 drawn fouls, he was named the MVP of the tournament.

In 2010 and 2011, Šarić was nominated for the FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award.

In 2012, he was selected to play for the World Team, for the second year in a row, at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon.

In the all-star game, the international players of the World Team beat the US team, with Šarić scoring 13 points and leading in rebounds (14) and assists (5).

He signed with Bilbao Basket and was loaned to Split in 2012.

However, due to a sanction by FIBA, forcing the Spanish team to pay a buyout of €550,000, he didn't sign with Bilbao.

After that, he trained with Split, but was not playing games with them.

In November 2012, he signed a four-year contract with the Croatian club Cibona.

Again, in 2012, he was nominated for the FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award, finishing second.

Šarić had initially decided to declare for the 2013 NBA draft on 4 April 2013.

However, two days after the initial declaration, he decided not to participate in it and had planned to play for KK Cibona for at least one more season.

Šarić would, however, officially declare himself for the draft once again on 14 April 2013.

Finally, Šarić withdrew from the draft altogether, because of his desire to stay in Europe for another year, to gain experience.

In 2013, he won the Croatian National Cup and Croatian League championship with Cibona, and won the MVP award for the Croatian finals.

He was named the 2013 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year in February 2014.

He was also named the ABA League Top Prospect for the 2013–14 season.

He was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

He also represents the senior Croatia national team.

In April 2014, he was selected into the ideal team and also named the MVP of the Adriatic League, averaging 16.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists in the regular season.

In the Final Four of the competition, Cibona eventually won the league championship, and Šarić was also proclaimed the MVP of the final four.

On 24 June 2014, he signed a 2+1 contract with the Turkish team Anadolu Efes.

Cibona also received US$1.2 million in the name of buyout from Anadolu Efes, as Šarić was still under contract with them.

He signed the offer days before the 2014 NBA draft commenced.

The Orlando Magic selected Šarić 12th overall in the 2014 draft, but his rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Elfrid Payton on draft night.

After the draft, Šarić stated that he planned on playing in Europe for at least one more year, but promised that he would eventually play in the NBA.

At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Šarić's father criticized Efes's head coach, Dušan Ivković, for not putting Dario in the roster for the Turkish Super League games, openly threatening possible termination of the player's contract, if the situation didn't improve.

He was named the EuroLeague 2014–15 season's MVP of the Month for the month of November, becoming the youngest player in EuroLeague history to win the monthly MVP award.

Over 4 EuroLeague games in November, he averaged 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

Over 27 EuroLeague games played in 2014–15 season, Šarić averaged 9.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game.

In January 2015, he was named the 2014 FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year, his second consecutive award.

Anadolu Efes finished their participation in the EuroLeague season, after they lost their quarterfinal playoffs series to Real Madrid, by a 3–1 series result.

He joined the Philadelphia 76ers in 2016 playing 2 seasons for the team before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In May 2016, he finished second, for the second straight season, in the EuroLeague Rising Star voting.

On 15 July 2016, Šarić signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.

In just his third NBA game, on 1 November 2016, Šarić scored 21 points in a 103–101 loss to the Orlando Magic.

After a season with the team he was traded to the Phoenix Suns in the 2019 offseason and played 4 seasons for the team before being dealt to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2023 trade deadline.

That following offseason, he joined the Golden State Warriors.