2. Dario Saric, Philadelphia 76ers

Last ranked: No. 2

It’s not just the scoring surge, although 18.1 points the last 10 games is a nice line on in the campaign literature. Saric has been contributing in several areas, at 9.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists in the same stretch while shooting 44.6 percent, a big improvement from the season-long 40.2. His last five outings have been worth seven, two, four, eight and six assists, while topping 30 minutes twice and with no more than three turnovers in any of the five.