Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Players<br />
38<br />
Goran<br />
Dragic` # 2<br />
Dragic`<br />
Guard 6-3 190 Current <strong>NBA</strong> Season: 3<br />
Born: 5/6/86, Ljubljana, Slovenia Club: Union Olimpija (Slovenia)<br />
Acquired: Draft rights (45th overall) from San Antonio for draft rights<br />
to Malik Hairston (48th overall), 2009 second-round pick and cash<br />
Status: Signed through <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>; Team Option: 20<strong>11</strong>-12<br />
2009-10<br />
Made tremendous strides with his game and production in sophomore <strong>NBA</strong> season, both with <strong>Phoenix</strong>… Averaged<br />
a career-high 7.9 points (prev. 4.5), career-high 3.0 assists (prev. 2.0) and career-best 2.1 rebounds (prev. 1.9)<br />
while playing a career-high 18.0 minutes (prev. 13.2) in a career-high 80 games (career-best two starts)… Improved<br />
his shooting, finishing a career-best 45.2 percent from the field, including a career-high 39.4 percent from threepoint<br />
range (25th-<strong>NBA</strong>), fourth-highest among all second-year players… Shot better from three-point range as a<br />
sophomore (.394) than he did from the field overall as a rookie (.393)... In just his 33rd game of the season on<br />
Dec. 30, passed his scoring total from his entire rookie season (55 games)… Posted a career-high 241 assists,<br />
more than twice his rookie total, which he surpassed on Jan. 28… Made 74 three-pointers after totaling 20 in<br />
his rookie campaign… Single-season career-high 25 double-digit scoring efforts (16-9) after totaling six in 55<br />
games as a rookie in 2008-09 and now owns 31 double-figure scoring games for his career… Scored in double<br />
figures in a career-high four-straight games from Jan. 23-31… Registered three 20-point efforts (1-2), the first<br />
three of his career, the first two of which came on consecutive nights Jan. 25-26 after not tallying one in his first<br />
99 career games… That included his first career 30-point effort on Jan. 25 at Utah, scoring a career-high 32 points<br />
on a career-high 10 field goals and a career-best six three-pointers… Became only the seventh member of his<br />
2008 draft class to score 32 or more points in a game and five of the other seven were top-10 picks (three selected<br />
in the top four)… Became the first <strong>Suns</strong>’ second-rounder to score 30 or more points since Ced Ceballos on Jan.<br />
18, 1997… Averaged 4.7 assists in the season’s final 23 games… Recorded three double-digit assist efforts after<br />
the All-Star break, the first three of his career… Became the first <strong>Suns</strong> player since 2006-07 to record doubledigit<br />
assists in the same game as Steve Nash on Feb. 26 vs. LA Clippers… Tallied his first career double-double<br />
Feb. 23 at Oklahoma City, starting in place of an injured Nash and finishing with 16 points and 10 assists… Made<br />
two starts (Dec. 17 in place of Richardson, Feb. 23 the other) and in those opportunities averaged 12.5 points<br />
and 6.5 assists while shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three-point range… Led the<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> or shared the team lead in scoring once, assists five times and steals 16 times… Missed two games due to<br />
a right ankle sprain on March 4-6 (1-1).<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> Regular Season Statistics<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS – AVERAGES –<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AST STL BLK PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
08-09 <strong>Phoenix</strong> 55 728 88-224 .393 20-54 .370 50-65 .769 33-70 103 <strong>11</strong>1 29 3 246 1.9 2.0 4.5<br />
09-10 <strong>Phoenix</strong> 80 1442 222-491 .452 74-188 .394 <strong>11</strong>7-159 .736 38-133 171 241 48 8 635 2.1 3.0 7.9<br />
TOTALS 135 2170 310-715 .434 94-242 .388 167-224 .746 71-203 274 352 77 <strong>11</strong> 881 2.0 2.6 6.5<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> Playoff Statistics<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS – AVERAGES –<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AST STL BLK PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
09-10 <strong>Phoenix</strong> 16 236 43-100 .430 13-40 .325 23-31 .742 10-19 29 36 4 1 122 1.8 2.3 7.6<br />
Career Highs<br />
POINTS – 32 (1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
FGA – 13 (1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
REBOUNDS – 7 (<strong>11</strong>/<strong>11</strong>/09 vs. New Orleans)<br />
ASSISTS – 10 (3 times, last 3/26/10 vs. New York)<br />
BLOCKS – 1 (<strong>11</strong> times, last 4/9/09 at Oklahoma City)<br />
STEALS – 4 (2 times, last 1/23/10 vs. Golden State)<br />
FGM – 10 (1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
3-PT FGM – 6 (1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
3-PT FGA – 7 (1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
FTM – 7 (1/23/10 vs. Golden State)<br />
FTA – 8 (2 times, last 1/25/10 at Utah)<br />
MINUTES – 40 (2/23/10 at Oklahoma City)
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