Selling the fans on Goran Dragic

[RoyToy]

Meh

 

[Ed O]

I'm not sure that's entirely true for every player. The system has a lot to do with it.

Steve Nash was 30 years old when he had his breakout and that's after he went to a system that pushed the ball and played at a fast pace.

I don't think this is correct--at least not how I define "breakout". Nash had four straight years of PER over 19.5 by the time he was 30.

He's also an aberration in terms of his development path. I think if we sign guys hoping for the next Steve Nash we're going to have a lot more disappointments than successes.

Ed O.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I saw that but you can't deny the fact that he went from all-star to MVP when he went from a middle of the pack paced team to the SSOL system.

 

[Sinobas]

At 26 a player often is what he is... and Dragic has had one good statistical season in his four year career. It's great that it's his most recent one, but he's not a proven commodity and he doesn't have a ton of upside.

I'm not even sure he's a starting-level NBA PG in the long run. I don't want to get stuck with a guy who's only good enough to be starting on bad teams and who has little room for dramatic improvement.

Ed O.

Some guys don't break out till they get starting minutes. As a starter this year, Gragic is averaging 19 points 9 assists,while shooting a sizzling 52/44. Those are much better numbers than Jeremy Lin put up during his "Linsanity" stint as a starter.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Here's a nice post on Dragic.

 

[HailBlazers]

Here's a nice post on Dragic.

That same draft saw Derrick Rose going at no. 1 and Michael Beasley second; it was the same year guards like Jerryd Bayless, J.R. Giddens, Mario Chalmers and Kyle Weaver were all selected before the 40th pick; these four currently struggle to make the regular rotation on teams like the Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz.

haha