
Mavs Moneyball Was a bit disturbed the other day to hear Mark Cuban offer this statement to our friends over at the Two Man Game (and Bryan Gutierrez in particular) in response to a question about whether the Mavs failure to go after guys like Goran Dragic last summer is something they might try to redress this summer: ""We don't try to win the summer. We don't try to say okay, we're going to give a guy a lot of money. He's got to be worth the money. There are guys that are team difference-makers and none of these guys that you've mentioned (like Goran Dragic) went to a team, that signed as a free...
Dallas Mavericks May 7, 2013
Bright Side Of The Sun This game was never going to be a contest, as it seems the Suns waived the white flags before even leaving the locker room. Not only were the Suns without starting point guard Goran Dragic (ankle?), they were also without starting center Jermaine O'Neal (shin?). This left Kendall Marshall running the point along with Scola and Morris in the post, and Hamed Haddadi seeing extended minutes as the backup. The Denver Nuggets were able to easily handle the Suns, with Wilson Chandler (21 points) and Andre Iguodala (20 points) leading the charge. The Suns were led by Luis Scola and his 17 p...
Phoenix Suns April 19, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy The Arizona Republic reports that Suns guard Goran Dragic won't play in Wednesday's season finale at Denver because of a right ankle injury. The report says Dragic requested to sit out this game. Kendall Marshall will start at point guard for the Suns.
April 17, 2013
Arizona Republic After the Suns' final practice of the season Tuesday -- one that lasted less than an hour -- point guard Goran Dragic emerged from the locker room with four stitches over his left eye and an even more painful memory of the second-worst season in franchise history. The Suns are 25-56 heading into today's season finale at Denver and have clinched the worst record in the Western Conference.
Phoenix Suns April 16, 2013
Arizona Daily Star PHOENIX - Luis Scola had 26 points and 15 rebounds, Goran Dragic added 21 points and 14 assists and Phoenix snapped a franchise-record seven-game home losing streak with a 119-112 victory over…
Phoenix Suns April 15, 2013
Bright Side Of The Sun When your best player is somewhere between the 10th and 20th best at his position - PG Goran Dragic - and your top draft pick is in the top 6 overall it makes sense that, despite it being a down year, whoever the Phoenix Suns draft will instantly become the most talented player on the team. This 2013 NBA Draft has no LeBron James. Heck, it doesn't even boast a Kyrie Irving or even a Damian Lillard for that matter. Yet, when David Stern calls out a name in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft for the Phoenix Suns, that player will have the greatest upside and talent on the team. The Su...
Phoenix Suns April 12, 2013
Arizona Republic Suns point guard Goran Dragic doesn't like to sit out games, no matter how much good it might do him. Resting the 26-year-old Slovenian for a back-to-back set at Utah and Sacramento in late March might not have been wholly about keeping Dragic fresh -- gift-wrapping the Jazz a win would only help the Suns' draft stock by hurting the Los Angeles Lakers -- but it accomplished that goal anyway.
Phoenix Suns April 11, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Suns guard Goran Dragic notched his 16th double-double of the season during Tuesday's contest against the Rockets. Dragic finished with 15 points and 10 assists in the 101-98 defeat on 6 of 10 shooting from the field. He went 1 of 3 from downtown and also added four steals and one block to his stat line, while logging 38 minutes of game action.
April 10, 2013
Arizona Republic They are three point guards whose season averages are separated by only 1.4 points, 1.6 assists, 0.3 steals. 2.1 field-goal percentage points and 2.0 minutes. Only the standings differentiate where the intertwined NBA lives of Goran Dragic, Jeremy Lin and Raymond Felton placed them.
Phoenix Suns April 8, 2013
Arizona Republic The Suns have lost eight consecutive games but at least one of their players is finishing the season strong. Point guard Goran Dragic was brilliant in Phoenix's 111-107 loss to Golden State on Friday, scoring 32 points on 11-of-13 shooting while playing 43 minutes. The performance may have been the exclamation point on what has been a strong second half for Dragic. Check out his numbers pre- and post-All-Star break:
Phoenix Suns April 6, 2013Bright Side Of The Sun For those not paying attention to every moment of every Phoenix Suns game late this season, there was yet another instance of an opposing player trying to punk Suns point guard Goran Dragic. I applaud Michael Beasley for defending Goran Dragic. He has raised his reputation a few notches in my book. I can count on more than one hand, maybe even more than two hands, the number of times opponents have tried to get into the head of Dragic this season and in his first 2+ years with the Suns. He is not the biggest player on the team, and certainly not the most muscle-bound. He's a sma...
Phoenix Suns April 5, 2013Arizona Republic Each week, azcentral sports spotlights a member of the Suns. This week's visit is with Dragic, who returned to the Suns this season after beginning his NBA career in Phoenix from 2008 to 2011. Question: Have you picked up any hobbies outside basketball?
Phoenix Suns April 5, 2013Arizona Republic LOS ANGELES -- Ryan Hollins decided to play tough guy when his Clippers were leading the Suns by 25 points and nine minutes remained in Los Anglees' rout. And that was not the worst part of Hollins' tactics. Hollins, a 7-foot center, picked on Goran Dragic, a 6-3 point guard, with a backcourt Flagrant Foul 1 on an inbound play because Dragic tried to use his body into Hollins for separation to get open against his pressing (again, with a 25-point lead and nine minutes to go).
Phoenix Suns April 4, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Clippers center Ryan Hollins has been seeing a bit more run recently, but he brought his night to an early, self-imposed end Wednesday against the Suns. Hollins was ejected in the fourth quarter, after a flagrant 2 foul on Suns' guard Goran Dragic. He finished with seven points and one turnover in nine minutes.
April 4, 2013Bright Side Of The Sun Lindsey Hunter was talking small victories and Goran Dragic praised Markieff Morris' effort.
Phoenix Suns March 31, 2013
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