AndSlovenian Goran Dragic announced his retirement from basketball after a career that lasted 15 seasons in seven teams in the NBA, and he will play a farewell match in his country next summer.
Dragic (37 years old) joined the NBA in the 2008-2009 season after a short period he spent in Europe and played for the Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks. .
In total, he played in 946 games, 530 of them starting, and averaged 13.3 points, 3 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
It was with the Heat (2015-21) where he had his best years, reaching the 2020 Finals, where Miami fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.
That season, 2019-20, he averaged 16.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.
In the 2017-2018 season, he was selected to the All-Star team, where he played as a backup for LeBron James.
In the 2013–14 season, with the Suns, he was named the NBA's Most Improved Player of the Year.
Dragic played his last game for the honor last year in a Bucks jersey.
According to information published by Charania, Dragic will participate in a farewell match in August next year in Slovenia.