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Obstructed_View
09-23-2008, 09:43 AM
Don't know if this is news, but ESPN thinks it is.
duncan228
09-23-2008, 10:50 AM
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104426


Phoenix Suns sign young European point guard Goran Dragic (http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3wZL2yxVA7wdy_wlMY97UMcpqMw)

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have signed Slovenian point guard Goran Dragic to a multi-year contract and say he will play for the team this season.

The Suns acquired rights to the quick, sharpshooting 22-year-old lefthander in a draft-day trade with the San Antonio Spurs.

The Suns see the six-foot-three, 190-pound European as a backup and eventual replacement for 34-year-old Steve Nash.

The NBA team reached a buyout agreement with Dragic's Spanish team TAU Ceramica.

"It's been a lengthy process," Phoenix general manager Steve Kerr said Monday in a Suns news release announcing the signing.

Although Dragic was the 45th overall pick overall, the Suns considered him second only to No. 1 pick Derrick Rose among point guards in the draft.

In a video shown on YouTube of the Suns headquarters during the draft, Kerr clenched his fist in triumph, then exchanged high-fives with everyone in the room after completing the trade that nabbed Dragic in the second round. The video also shows Dragic in a pre-draft workout for Phoenix. He did not work out for any other NBA team.

The Suns sent San Antonio their second-round pick - the 48th overall - along with a 2009 second-round choice and cash. The Spurs used that pick to select forward-guard Malik Hairston of Oregon.

Dragic had been part of the Slovenian national team since 2006. During the 2007 European championships, he played 28 minutes in Slovenia's upset of Tony Parker-led France.

Dragic spent last season with Union Olimpija, helping the team win the Slovenia League championship and the Slovenian Cup. He averaged 9.7 points, 3.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 13 games. He also averaged 12 points, 3.1 assists and 1.7 steals in 28 Adriatic League games.

"When I was a kid, it was my dream to play in the NBA," Dragic told the Arizona Republic after he was drafted. "It was my wish that the Suns pick me."

The Suns, in their first season under coach Terry Porter, hold their media day next Monday, then begin a five-day training camp in Tucson on Tuesday.
JMarkJohns
09-23-2008, 10:57 AM
Nice. That ends their possibility to sign Livingston, but he's was more of a question mark, anyways...
Xylus
09-23-2008, 01:01 PM
The Suns organization seems extremely excited about this signing, but they were excited about Marcus Banks, too.

If this guy can spell Nash a few minutes per game, I'll be happy.
sendman
09-23-2008, 01:20 PM
In Slovenian media it's been reported that Dragic signed 4 years deal with Suns for 10 mil. $.
Reggie Miller
09-23-2008, 01:40 PM
Goran Dragic sounds like a bad outcome of running with the bulls at Pamplona.
Obstructed_View
09-23-2008, 05:21 PM
The Suns organization seems extremely excited about this signing, but they were excited about Marcus Banks, too.

If this guy can spell Nash a few minutes per game, I'll be happy.

If the guy can play at all, you should be extatic. When's the last time there was an actual point guard on the roster along with Nash since he arrived? I can't think of one.
DPG21920
09-23-2008, 06:11 PM
Why has Hill not been signed?
duncan228
09-23-2008, 06:33 PM
Why has Hill not been signed?

He has.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2784516#post2784516
ducks
09-23-2008, 06:49 PM
he will not replace nash though like kerr thinks
MrChug
09-23-2008, 07:46 PM
Goran Dragic sounds like a bad outcome of running with the bulls at Pamplona.

Not bad...not bad :wakeup
JMarkJohns
09-23-2008, 08:29 PM
If the guy can play at all, you should be extatic. When's the last time there was an actual point guard on the roster along with Nash since he arrived? I can't think of one.

What? Yuta Tabuse doesn't *pause for effect* do IT for you?!
Reggie Miller
09-23-2008, 09:51 PM
Not bad...not bad :wakeup

I'm glad that someone appreciated it. I was particularly proud of that one.

By the way....



....Dragic Thread!
Obstructed_View
09-24-2008, 01:49 AM
What? Yuta Tabuse doesn't *pause for effect* do IT for you?!

Yeah, I'd have never come up with that one. Ever.
JMarkJohns
09-24-2008, 02:16 PM
Yeah, I'd have never come up with that one. Ever.

You gotta love 5-8, 160 pound backup PGs! He did however total 7 points and 3 assists in just 17 minutes... Double that, and you have yourselves 14 ppg, 6 apg, in 34 minutes. NOT TOO SHABBY!

LONG LIVE TABUSE!
:downspin:
Obstructed_View
09-24-2008, 05:52 PM
You gotta love 5-8, 160 pound backup PGs! He did however total 7 points and 3 assists in just 17 minutes... Double that, and you have yourselves 14 ppg, 6 apg, in 34 minutes. NOT TOO SHABBY!

LONG LIVE TABUSE!
:downspin:

Only trouble is that it wasn't 7 points and 3 assists in 17 minutes per game, those were his stats from the entire time he was on the team.