The NBA trade deadline is less than a week away and Goran Dragic is still attracting interest. Despite having an average season compared to his career season last year. There are many teams that would happily take him on.
Sources said that the Rockets, who let Dragic go in free agency in the summer of 2012 but have him high on their list of free-agent targets this coming summer, are prominent among the teams hoping to engage the Suns in serious discussions about Dragic before the league’s annual trade buzzer next week.
The Los Angeles Lakers, who have also coveted Dragic for some time, are likewise presumed to be intent on testing the Suns’ resolve when it comes to their Slovenian point guard, since sources say L.A. plans to chase Dragic with an expected max four-year contract offer this summer valued at an estimated $80 million.
The Suns’ general stance in recent weeks and months has been to rebuff all trade interest in Dragic, who is widely regarded as their best player and the closest thing they have to a face of the franchise. But sources say Phoenix has likewise been trying all season to ascertain its chances of re-signing Dragic in July and might feel some pressure to consider trade options in the coming week if fears grow that it could lose Dragic without compensation in free agency.
I think that this will be a very interesting free agency for Dragic. He knows that if he wants playing time. He might have to ditch Phoenix. They’re stacked in the guard positions. In the long term they probably won’t miss him because they have Bledsoe and Thomas who are both starter worthy.
The Lakers and Rockets both could take a point guard. Yes I consider Patrick Beverley average. Dragic is clearly better. At this moment in time. It’s a crap shoot when it comes to guessing where Dragic will be next season.
