Up until the 2013-2014 season, many people, didn't know much about Goran Dragic, AKA the Dragon. Most fans, whether casual or passionate ones paid more attention to the Miami Heat and their chances at 3-peating (which, sadly failed), Paul George's potential rise to superstardom (super failed), and other stories revolving around the more interesting players and teams. Despite all of these more interesting story lines, his performance during the season as Phoenix's best player grabbed would grab the attention of the league. He set career highs three times in a month, and led the team to 48 wins, one game short of the playoffs during Eric Bledsoe's disappearance due to injury. However, following the season many things took place, before he ended up signing a 5 year, $90 Million contract with the Miami Heat! So what happened? …show more content…
He played in the Solvenian 2D League Club Ilirijia Ljubljana for a year before moving on the Slovenian Premier League A and Adriatic League club KD Slovan where he won Slovenian League Rookie of the Year. In 2006, he moved on to the Spanish ACB club Baskonia who would send him to the club CB Merica for a year. During the year, he was an all-star in the league. The following year, he moves on to his 5th team in 5 years, the Euroleague club, Olimpija Ljubljana. During that 2007-2008 season, the team won the Slovenian championship. It seemed that Goran finally wanted to play in the most competitive league in the world, so he decided to go into the 2008 NBA draft. He ended up being picked in the mid 2nd round, 45th overall by the San Antonio Spurs. They would then trade him on draft night to the Phoenix Suns for the 48th pick, Malik