Phoenix Suns front office takes shots at Goran Dragic
By Sam Richmond
The Phoenix Suns front office fired some shots at Goran Dragic, whom they traded to the Miami Heat on Thursday, at a press conference on Friday
If there was any question whether the Phoenix Suns front office resented Goran Dragic for how he forced his way off the team, it was answered with a resounding “yes” on Friday.
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The Suns front office took a few shots at Dragic during a press conference centered on the moves the team made during Thursday’s trade deadline, one of which was them dealing Dragic to the Miami Heat.
On the idea that PHX traded its best player (Dragic), McDonough said, "Eric Bledsoe and Markieff Morris are still in Phoenix Suns uniforms."
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
Suns GM Ryan McDonough: "Sometimes, players gets a little selfish and are more worried about I, me and my than us, our and we."
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
McDonough said signing Thomas wasn't a mistake. "He played well & we played well." Said the 2-PG system proved it works but requires buy-in.
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
McDonough said he never saw a wish list of where Dragic wanted to go. Once he asked out, "We really didn't care if there was a list or not."
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
Suns president Lon Babby took offense to Goran Dragic's comments about not trusting the front office. "Unfair and unwarranted aspersions."
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
Suns president Lon Babby, referring to moves to add Bledsoe and Thomas: "If some of those moves ruffle Goran's feathers, so be it."
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 20, 2015
It certainly wasn’t a classy move from the Suns to go after a player in the manner that they did — painting Dragic as a selfish person seemed especially harsh — but Dragic attacked the Suns publicly first.
In confirming rumors that he demanded a trade, Dragic told reporters on Wednesday that he didn’t trust the Suns organization because they had broken promises to him.
The Suns wanted to get their side of the story out there and they certainly did that on Friday.
Dragic is averaging 16.2 points (50.1 percent shooting from the field, 35.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc), 4.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game this season.
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