Raptors guard Goran Dragic will be away from the team for an undetermined period of time to attend to a personal matter, the team announced.
The former All-Star has played just five games for Toronto after being included in the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade with Miami in the offseason.
Here is the full statement from general manager Bobby Webster:
“Goran is taking some time away from the team, with our full support, to manage a personal matter. He has been a complete professional in the time that he has been with the Raptors – Goran has been a great mentor to our younger players and a valued teammate for our veterans.
“He will continue to work out and stay in shape during his time away. There is no definite timeline for this process, and we will advise updates as appropriate. Goran has the backing of Masai [Ujiri], Nick [Nurse] and the entire organization, and we wish him nothing but the best.”
Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca tweets that this could be a long-term situation, with Dragic staying in Slovenia to attend to the personal matter until a trade or buyout agreement is reached.
Dragic, 35, holds career averages of 13.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 4.8 assists over 872 games (27.9 MPG). He averaged 8.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in the five games with the Raptors (18.0 MPG).
Trade him and a bad contract to the rockets for john wall.. let both teams buy them out and let them both come home to Miami… win… win… win
Why not make it a 3-way deal and get LA to throw in LeBron so he go home to Miami, si si si.
the rockets and raptors are both trying to clear their books with these players, while saving money… appreciate your sarcasm but both are only paying them right now praying someone will make some sort of trade offer.
So switching players then buying them out does that how?
considering neither team has found a buyout with their current player… yes
Who exactly would be the “bad contract” the Raptors throw in?
above my paygrade… Dragic is about 25 mill this season… and I think Wall is around 44
Dragic is 16 mill this season. I believe what was reported.
his option with the heat was 24+ mill… how do you think he matched lowry?
Raptors would have to add 19 mil on top of Dragic for a trade to work. They’re not trading VanVleet for Wall lol.
as I said.. above my pay grade.. these GM’s seem to make the cap dance for them in situations like this… something about 15% margins and luxury tax exception stuff.. the heat have done this best over the years
Wtf does that even mean “above my pay grade”? Then stop saying dumb BS in the comments.
I think he means you have to be a math genius to comply with all the cap rules. Try reading the Bird Rights thing for example. I have a math degree and Calculus is a lot easier than pouring through NBA cap rules.
Sources tell me the matter is “Luka Doncic”
Trying to figure out why they do not play him at all. This benching him may have cost them a couple of games, even more if VanVleet wears out or gets hurt. When VanVleet was out for a couple of games Goran started. Masai maybe does not want to risk him getting hurt but dragging him (nice pun here) all over the U.S. to just sit is an insult. Goran can shoot unlike Siakam and a few others on this team that keep throwing up three pointers. Raptors must lead the league in airballs.
The young kids passed Dragic, why play him at the cost of developing your future.