Reports: Goran Dragic does not want to return to Phoenix Suns next season
Feb 18, 2015, 3:20 AM | Updated: 4:08 am
Goran Dragic is reportedly ready to move on.
Dragic’s agent, Bill Duffy, informed the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday that the guard does not intend to re-sign with the team at the end of the season, according to reports from USA TODAY’s Sam Amick and ESPN’s Marc Stein.
ESPN sources say Suns trading Dragic by Thursday's 3 p.m. trade deadline is now regarded as the likely scenario
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 18, 2015
Yahoo.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski said Duffy provided the team with a list of teams Dragic would like to play for.
The Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat and New York Knicks are among preferred destinations for Goran Dragic, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 18, 2015
The Lakers and Houston Rockets are among the teams that have reportedly shown interest in acquiring Dragic should the Suns seek to trade him by Thursday’s deadline. But Stein said the Rockets are probably not in the mix.
ESPN sources say Rockets — for all their well-known interest in Dragic — are NOT a team likely to secure long-term commitment from the PG
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 18, 2015
Dragic, I'm told, prefers Lakers and other situations to Houston, which means Rockets would be risking lots to surrender assets for him now
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 18, 2015
Wojnarowski said the Suns may not elect to trade Dragic by Thursday’s deadline, as they might be in a position to offer him more money than any other team during the offseason.
If a trade does not occur, Dragic will have the opportunity to opt out of the final year of his four-year, $30 million contract with the Suns at the end of the 2014-15 season.
