From our personal point of view, the relationship between the Toronto Raptors and Dragic has always been more difficult to rest assured.
As a matching asset in the Kyle Lowry deal, Dragic came to the Toronto Raptors in the transaction, and before that, Dragic made a series of inappropriate remarks about the Toronto Raptors team on social media, which also caused more doubts about the future partnership between him and the team. Although he said that he publicly responded to these remarks in the media, he publicly said that he would do his best to help his team and these young people in the team to grow.
But the occurrence of these things will always have some less favorable effects.
For Dragic, he is still able to deliver an excellent performance of 20+ per game on the guard line, of course, it is a pity that they reached the Finals in the season when the Heat reached the Finals, because their foot injuries did not give the team more help on the stage of the Finals. After a short offseason, Dragic, who returned from injury, still performed well, and he was still able to average 13.4 points per game during the season.
For such a player, any team with the ability to compete for the title wants such a veteran in their team's second squad. From these perspectives, Dragic still has a very high value in this league. In the planning of the Raptors' current lineup, Dragic and Maraic Forint as a backcourt combination of their team's second team, they will provide stable fire support in the team's bench lineup.
Of course, such an arrangement is not the best choice for the Raptors, considering that the position given by the team to Dragic comes more from the role of the sixth man, and in the future, after Siakam returns from injury, the team is likely to need to re-plan their second team candidates, whether it is Flynn, Boucher, Yuta Watanabe or Achuva, and such a change will be another challenge for Dragic.
As an organizer on the defensive line, Dragic can still play a big role in shooting, offensive organization and passing, blocking and dismantling, etc., and will also have a great guiding and growing role for young players in the team, so we are still very optimistic about his role in the new team in the new season.