Arrived in Toronto in the “sign-and-trade” which sent Kyle Lowry to Miami, Goran Dragic had left the Raptors a month ago for “personal reasons”. Even if the Canadian franchise had taken the opportunity to praise the professional state of mind of the Slovenian, especially as a mentor to the youngest, the tendency would be to a departure of the veteran who would aspire to play in a team built to seek a NBA champion title.
The video of his return to training posted on his Instagram account, where we see him lining up the races and the 3-points from different spots, confirms this probability a little since Goran Dragic has chosen to go to Miami, his former team. , to get back on your feet.
The message was notably commented on by a visibly nostalgic Jimmy Butler, the Heat star having split a “brother” in Slovenian (“Brate”) with four exclamation points.
Note that Goran Dragic had awkwardly expressed his desire to join Luka Doncic at the Mavs during the offseason in order to be able to evolve alongside his most worthy successor, with whom he notably won the EuroBasket 2017 in the Slovenian selection.
In difficulty like the majority of other NBA teams due to the surge in positive cases of Covid, Toronto does not seem to count on him any more, as Nick Nurse suggested on Tuesday : “I don’t think bringing Goran Dragic back is part of the plan, although we have fewer players. I do not think it is topical ”.
The player and his franchise could agree on a buyout in the coming weeks, with Goran Dragic’s final year of contract amounting to $ 19.4 million.
| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | FROM | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | FROM | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | FROM | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | FROM | 21 | 35 | 44.7 | 32.6 | 69.8 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 25.6 |
| Total | 220 | 34 | 45.6 | 33.1 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 25.7 | |
