By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Lost in Sixers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo's seemingly disastrous handling of the latest updates on the injuries to Sixers' rookies Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid has been how hot fellow rookie Dario Saric has been recently.
In his first season in the NBA, after spending two seasons in Turkey post being acquired by the Sixers in the 2014 NBA Draft, the 22-year-old Croation is averaging just shy of 11 points, six rebounds and two assists per game. In his last 10 games, Saric is averaging 16 points-per-game, 6.7 rebounds and is shooting at .463 percent, which is up rather drastically from his season average of .397 percent.
Saric was already scheduled to play in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star weekend this Saturday and now will also serve as a coach in the sixth annual NBA All-Star Special Olympics game:
.@Sixers @dariosaric, @hornets @FSKPart3 & @espn's @Rachel__Nichols to coach @SpecialOlympics East Team at @NBAAllStar! #PlayUnified pic.twitter.com/ns77Wk6Jhp
— NBA Cares (@nbacares) February 17, 2017
As the tweet notes, Saric will coach alongside Charlotte Hornets Center Frank Kaminsky and ESPN's Rachel Nichols in the event.
Though NBA All-Star Weekend may be one of the biggest weekend's of the year, both on the NBA calendar and in the entertainment industry, events like this have a meaningful impact on those involved. It's neat that Saric will be involved in this event and the weekend as a whole, as he quietly builds a dark horse case for NBA Rookie of the Year.
