Goran Wins Most Improved

Shabazz · Post by **Shabazz** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:22 am

http://nba.si.com/2014/04/23/goran-drag ... ba-awards/

Congrats to Gogi.

Hopefully his career trends the way of past winners like Kevin Love, Zach Randolph and Paul George and not former Suns Boris Diaw, Hedo Turkoglu and Aaron Brooks.

Big Jake Little Jake · Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:28 am

Nice! Way to go Dragon. He had a hell of a year.

That fadeaway baseline/elbow jumper was a big reason he had such a good shooting year. I wonder what move he'll add next year?

TOO · Post by **TOO** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:38 am

Weird, I figured he had no shot because #mcdo didn't trade for Pau Gasol.

carrrnuttt · Post by **carrrnuttt** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:40 am

Congrats, Gogi!

Well-deserved!

Post by **Mori Chu** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:59 am

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Weird, I figured he had no shot because #mcdo didn't trade for Pau Gasol.

LMAO. #mcdoOUT!!

Congrats to Goran. Well deserved. You could make a case for about 5-6 guys on our roster as being "most improved," but none more than the Dragon.

Post by **carey** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:03 am

Grats to the fire breather. I'm sure he'd have rather been an All-Star but this is nice too.

Ring_Wanted · Post by **Ring_Wanted** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:03 am

Great news. It's always nice when this award goes to somebody who's actually improved and didn't just got more minutes. The line is not always clear but this time it's actually the most improved player in the NBA. Let's see if he is voted in the second or third NBA teams.

TOO · Post by **TOO** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:27 am

Dragic: 199 driving layups this season (including reverses). Made 76.9%, blocked 6 times LeBron: 192 driving layups, 78.1%, blocked 8 times

virtual9mm · Post by **virtual9mm** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:51 pm

NVM my post in the news thread, I didn't see this one!

Based on the ballots I've seen posted online, I think that Goran will also get either 2nd or 3rd team All-NBA as well. Well deserved.

virtual9mm · Post by **virtual9mm** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:54 pm

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dragic: 199 driving layups this season (including reverses). Made 76.9%, blocked 6 times LeBron: 192 driving layups, 78.1%, blocked 8 times

IIRC, a lot of people on this board called it -- move him into a Ginobili (as starter) role and he will excel. What's amazing is how he did this when Bledsoe was out, when he was getting intensively defended night after night, often on a bad ankle.

Can he do the 50-40-20pt thing again? I can see him even improving upon his percentages -- but his scoring average might drop to 18-19 with Bledsoe + other offensive threats around the entire year.

Flagrant Fowl · Post by **Flagrant Fowl** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:06 pm

Well deserved.

Fun fact I just learned: Goran has a brother named Zoran who plays in Spain.

Post by **carey** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:25 pm

virtual9mm wrote:[Can he do the 50-40-20pt thing again? I can see him even improving upon his percentages -- but his scoring average might drop to 18-19 with Bledsoe + other offensive threats around the entire year.

It's extraordinarily difficult to repeat. Since '93 James has done it once (in a MVP year), Novwitski once (MVP year), Durant twice, and Dragic this season.

Post by **INFORMER** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:49 pm

virtual9mm wrote:
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dragic: 199 driving layups this season (including reverses). Made 76.9%, blocked 6 times LeBron: 192 driving layups, 78.1%, blocked 8 times
IIRC, a lot of people on this board called it -- move him into a Ginobili (as starter) role and he will excel.

Funny thing is that he probably won this award with his play at the point guard position when Bledsoe was out.

Captain Marv-el · Post by **Captain Marv-el** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:14 pm

Congratulation

You most improved Superman in this Town from the eyes and feelings of hopefully* many women and men too,
Blessings and Thank you for Standing Up for Improvment!

Because: 'You Show and Prove'

Post by **Mori Chu** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:47 pm

I doubt Dragon will get 20 ppg next year if we retain most of our current roster and add rookies/FAs. But I'd be delighted to see him stay around his current level. He's efficient and he makes the team better. I'm fine with him scoring 15-18 ppg if he keeps up his good numbers and gets others involved.

Wally_West · Post by **Wally_West** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:41 pm

Dragic is a true Dragonborn!

Post by **Superbone** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:42 pm

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! Congrats to The Dragon! He had a fantastic year.

The Bobster · Post by **The Bobster** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:27 pm

Well deserved - Dragic was the biggest on-the-court reason for the Suns improvement this year.

JeffreyLee · Post by **JeffreyLee** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:41 pm

Good for you Goran, i see an Allstar game in your near future. I would like to see his assists go up, but with 2 point gaurds i guess thats a stat you cant really take in to account.

SDC · Post by **SDC** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:33 pm

i would have voted for gerald green. looking at the pdf file, the people whose opinions i value the most voted for green.

i may be a dragic fan, but GERALD GREEN deserves the award.

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