Miami Heat will have to look for a way to climb up the Eastern Conference standings without their starting point guard Goran Dragic. The team announced on Wednesday that the 32-year-old Slovenian had an arthroscopic surgery to deal with a lingering right knee injury.
Dragic previously missed 12 out of Heat’s previous 14 games trying to deal with the issue with rest and treatment. After that didn’t work out, he decided to undergo surgery.
He managed to play 14 games this season, averaging 15.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.
Miami’s head coach Erik Spoelstra said he is glad that Goran Dragic will resolve the issues with his knee.
“Goran is as dedicated as anybody. He was getting treatment around the clock and it just wasn’t responding the way he wanted to,” – said Spoelstra. “We feel good about the fact that there’s a solution now … This solution is the most promising. We will deal with it and he will be back this season.”
After stints with Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, Goran Dragic joined Miami Heat in 2015 and managed to establish himself as the team’s leading playmaker right away. He was particularly impressive in the last couple of season, which resulted in an All-Star appearance in 2018.
Dragic also had success on an international level, managing to get a win EuroBasket 2017 with Slovenia, after which he retired from the national team.
