This year's buyout market is particularly cold, except for TT, it is Dragic, and no players have reported buyouts except for these two. And TT chose to join the Bulls before, the Lakers intentional team once again failed, and today Dragic also has a home.
According to reports, Dragic, who became a free agent after the Spurs bought out, will join the Nets, after the Warriors, Clippers, Bucks, Nets, Lakers and Bulls are interested in the veteran point guard.
The final round was the Bucks and nets, and the reason for choosing the Nets was obvious, it was because of Nash. Of course, going to the Bucks has a better chance of winning the championship, but Nash didn't even go to the scene of the 75th Celebration of the All-Star Game, specifically to lobby Dragic.
Nash and Dragic, who had been teammates with the Suns for three years, were Nash's replacements, playing 190 games for him, and Dragic had previously called Nash his mentor in an interview.
Dragic's first game in the United States was the Phoenix Suns, and he learned a lot behind Nash, so he had the glory of the suns in the second house and the experience of reaching the finals in the Heat.
To make room for Dragic, the Nets will cut Javin Carter, and Carter will have little time left after Dragic arrives. The Nets are a big deal this time, cutting Carter and paying Carter's salary next year and the extravagant tax that comes with it.
Interestingly, Carter had just played a "one-man" type game before being cut, with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. It was probably the best game of his Nets career, but it came too late.
This season, Dragic has played in five games, averaging 18 minutes per game and averaging 8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists. The reason why I played 5 games is because Dragic has already decided that there is no problem of injury.
About Dragic, he has always been known as a defender, Doncic's big brother. Debuted in the Suns, became famous in the Rockets, and won the best of the week during the Rockets period. The second time he entered the Palace Suns, Dragic even won the honor of the fastest improving player and the third team in the 13-14 season.
In the Heat's years, Dragic has always been stable, and even became an All-Star player in 2018. In 2020, Dragic played bravely in the playoffs, bringing the Heat to the Finals with Butler and Hiro.
In the first game of the Finals, Dragic stepped on Rondo's foot after scoring six points and was diagnosed with a torn plantar fascia after the game, which was enough to keep him out of the finals.
In the second to fifth games that followed, Dragic watched the game on the field, and he was so anxious that he even shed tears on the sidelines. In an interview, he said: "I was asking why God made me hurt now. ”
When the Heat were trailing 2-3 in game 6, Dragic was determined to play with an injury, and he even had the luxury of running at full strength on the court, and he shot all four three-pointers, and finally played only 19 minutes to get 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Before the Finals, Dragic's playoff score had never been lower than 11 points, but the two games he played in the Finals combined were only 11 points.
Despite a thousand regrets, Dragic fell one step away from the championship. He died before he could get out of the division, and the hero was in tears.
He signed the Heat to a two-year, 37 million contract in the offseason, with Dragic showing loyalty and the Heat giving a rewarding contract. A season later, Dragic was transferred to the Raptors as a bargaining chip, ending a seven-year Heat career.
In dragic's seven seasons with the Heat, Dragic became third on the team's assists list, ranking eighth on the scoring list and fifth in three-point shooting.
For the Nets, Dragic is more adept at controlling the court and more experienced than Mills. And with 23 regular season games remaining, Irving can only play eight of them at most, and Dragic also has the opportunity to start.
With Dragic, the Nets' roster depth is terrifying, and everyone on the bench can be a rotation player. Of course, more importantly, with Dragic, the Nets can harden up again in Irving's attitude.