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This debate has been raged repeatedly... but I don't see any argument for Dragic being a fit with Booker, especially the Dragic who played in Phoenix. Dragic back stabbed the team because he refused to play off the ball... he also was and still is a dog **** defender. It is hard to imagine a worse fit for Booker; a ball hog who doesn't give half a crap on D.
On skill-set alone Bledsoe is a better fit by 1,000 miles.
The problem is something Bledsoe and Dragic have in common... when the going gets tough... they are both quitting ass losers.
Bledsoe quit because he couldn't handle being on a rebuilding team. Dragic quit because he wanted the ball. Dragic would have had zero interest in playing second fiddle to a teenage Booker.
If I had a do-over in life I would have kept both Steve Nash and Goran Dragic. This is not to say Dallas didn't have a huge role in improving Nash's game.
The issue as I view it, Dragic should have always remained the Suns point guard. However, after they acquired Bledsoe in a ridiculously good trade, they wanted Dragic to play off the ball. And the acquisition of Isaiah Thomas didn't help things one bit. It just reaffirmed that Dragic would play the shooting guard role in Phoenix.
I don't blame the Suns for trying the Bledsoe-IT-Dragic trio but when push came to shove, Bledsoe and IT should have been the ones to go.
Dragic was always a bit of a combo guard in that he liked to shoot and create. I can't imagine a better fit next to Booker. I really like Rubio but a combo guard playing next to Booker is exactly what the Suns need. He would really take the pressure off Booker.