Dragic's future?

[Effigy]

I think what we will see is that teams like Portland, Indiana and New Jersey will be extremely focused on Deron Williams all with Dragic as their "Plan B;" but before Williams signs anywhere Dragic will re-up with the Rockets on a very fair deal.

That would be really dumb on his part. Throw in Toronto and Dallas and only one of those teams is getting Deron, which leaves at least 4 rejected suitors with money to burn. Even if Dragic wants to stay in Houston and play 2 guard, he'd be out of his mind not to let the bidding war drive up his price first. Everyone here laughed at me when I said $10 million per year. We'll see....

[S.W.A.N]

Raptor fans seem to think it is a foregone conclusion that Dragic will be on their roster next year...

Not so much....

But we do think its likely he is our first option in free agency and we know we have to overpay to get top free agents north of the border

So 9-10 mill from raps on day 1 of free agency might get it done

[RolloTommasi]

Yea but Lowry > Dragic still

LOL, no

[RolloTommasi]

After thinking about it last night, i think we should keep both Dragic and Lowry until some great deal comes around.

Dragic wants to start, otherwise he'll go back to Europe

[aznkillabeezZz]

rockets need to retain him. He's playing as well, or better than lowry atm. I think he is more important piece than lee though. So they better hope he signs with us. Since he runs the team and playing like a mini steve nash ginobili right now.

And I think the reason, dragic and lee has been playing off their heads lately is because they have alot of playing time now..

Players like these both need playing time to produce. It's a repetition thing. And they're very athletic and skillful.

[iLL GM]

I think Indy will take a good, hard look at Dragic in the offseason. Deron Williams would be the ultimate free agent target, obviously, but I believe he'll be beyond our reach. Also, I think Nash would rather take MLE-level money to go to Miami than $8-10M to go to Indiana, so my guess is he's out of the picture. That leaves Dragic as the top choice.

Is Houston looking to have a sizable amount of capspace in the offseason, and if so, will they really want a luxury like Dragic (backup PG) taking a large portion of the capspace when there are more pressing needs elsewhere?

I can see Indy offering him $8-9M per-season, as well as the starting job. Would Houston be willing to top that?

[inquisitive]

I think Indy will take a good, hard look at Dragic in the offseason. Deron Williams would be the ultimate free agent target, obviously, but I believe he'll be beyond our reach. Also, I think Nash would rather take MLE-level money to go to Miami than $8-10M to go to Indiana, so my guess is he's out of the picture. That leaves Dragic as the top choice.

Is Houston looking to have a sizable amount of capspace in the offseason, and if so, will they really want a luxury like Dragic (backup PG) taking a large portion of the capspace when there are more pressing needs elsewhere?

I can see Indy offering him $8-9M per-season, as well as the starting job. Would Houston be willing to top that?

Are you guys not happy with Collison? He is doing a good job right?

[iLL GM]

I think Indy will take a good, hard look at Dragic in the offseason. Deron Williams would be the ultimate free agent target, obviously, but I believe he'll be beyond our reach. Also, I think Nash would rather take MLE-level money to go to Miami than $8-10M to go to Indiana, so my guess is he's out of the picture. That leaves Dragic as the top choice.

Is Houston looking to have a sizable amount of capspace in the offseason, and if so, will they really want a luxury like Dragic (backup PG) taking a large portion of the capspace when there are more pressing needs elsewhere?

I can see Indy offering him $8-9M per-season, as well as the starting job. Would Houston be willing to top that?

Are you guys not happy with Collison? He is doing a good job right?

He's been o.k. He's reasonably efficient, he's just too limited. He has sub-par point guard instincts, is small, and plays timidly. He's somewhere between the middle-to-bottom of the pack of starting point guards, and is probably best served as a spark plug off the bench. We have George Hill (currently starting), but he's about 80/20, SG/PG.

Deron Williams is probably out of our range, and Steve Nash would probably rather go to Miami for the MLE than come here. That leaves Dragic as the next-best option (although I'd probably take him over Nash due to age), so I expect him to be our primary free agent target.

I think we'll offer Dragic around $6-8M per-season, and the starting job on the East's current #3 seed, which is a pretty attractive offer, I'd think.