Goran Dragic and the transfer saga that happened mid-flight!

The NBA’s trade deadline illustrates that, after all, the sport is a business in which players are moved around as if they were commodities, often with little notice.

in the case of Goran Dragic It’s a living representation that a player’s fortunes in the NBA can change at any time of the day, even while flying while the team is traveling to another city for a game.

This is what a Slovenian said in a podcast Thanasis Antetokounmpo, “Tanalysis Show”Dragic, then Phoenix SunsHe explained what happened when he was transferred to. Houston Rockets In 2011, he was traveling with the team to Canada to play the Raptors. On the trip, the Slovenian took a nap and it was Steve Nash who woke him up to tell him: “Sorry, G, you’ve been transferred.”

“We finished the training and got on a plane to Toronto, Canada. The trading deadline was at 1pm. The plane took off at 12:30pm and we had 30 minutes before the market closed.”Dragic explained.

“I was on a plane, and the plane took off. I remember perfectly well that I was next to Steve Nash. The flight to Canada was long, so I took a nap. When we landed, Steve woke me up and said, ‘Sorry, G, sorry.'”said the Slovenian.

I’m about to go to New Orleans…

But that wasn’t the end of it. The same point guard reported in a podcast: Thanasis Antetokounmpo At that moment, he was on the verge of being part of a move that could have shaken the foundations of the NBA, but in the end, it never happened: Chris Paul In exchange for the Lakers Pau Gasol.

“So, remember when I was already in Houston and that trade fell apart that involved Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Luis Scola and me? [Goran Dragic]”Kevin Martin, between the Lakers, New Orleans and Houston? I was involved in that move, but it never happened. I was going to New Orleans. Imagine if this move had gone through… my career would have gone completely differently.”declared the Slovenian point guard.

Meanwhile, the retired Slovenian point guard will officially say goodbye to basketball in a charity friendly match called “The Night of the Dragon” in honor of his nickname “The Dragon” to be held in Ljubljana on August 24 this year. The friendly match will feature several world basketball stars, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Steve Nash, Luis Scola, Marc Gasol, Jimmy Butler and Bogdan Vodganovic.