“I was offered the role of cheerleader in Dallas – I still want and can play” – Basketball – Sportacentrs.com

“We also talked with Dallas, who offered me a contract, but I didn’t accept it because they thought I would play only one game and then sit for five. I don’t want that,” the portal said Večer.com the linebacker said. “I don’t know why they wanted that role, you’d have to ask them (laughs).”

“I wasn’t ready to accept something like that, because I think I can still play 20 minutes. Chicago was a completely different option – they really need me and they want me to play. I don’t think I’m ready to end my career just to sit. would warm up on the bench and encourage his teammates,” continued Dragic, who represented the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets last season. He arrived in Brooklyn in February and played 16 games, starting six in the starting five and averaging 7.3 points, 4.8 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 fouls in 26.5 minutes.

After “EuroBasket 2017” ended his career in the national team, in June Dragic briefly returned to it to help Slovenia win important victories over Croatia (97:69 at home) and Sweden (84:81 away) in a strong team together with Doncic and his brother Zoran. Doncic averaged 26.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 4.0 turnovers and 2.0 steals, while Goran Dragic was the team’s second-leading scorer with 19.5 points, 2.5 assists assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 fouls. In August, Slovenia will start the next stage with a home game against Estonia and a trip to Germany, where they will also participate in “EuroBasket 2022” in September – in the subgroup they have to meet Germany, France, Lithuania, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dragic in conversation with Team but advised not to count on him too much in the final tournament: “At the moment, there are not many opportunities, because it does not depend only on me. If there were, then I would say that I will go and play. There is no decision at the moment and there will not be for a long time. Because I have to arrange my personal affairs , we have to go to Miami. I don’t know how long it will take.”

Dragic’s best seasons in his career were in 2013/14. and 2016/17 g., representing Phoenix “Suns” and Miami “Heat” respectively. In both, he averaged 20.3 points, nearly six assists and more than three rebounds.

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