Goran Dragić

Goran Dragic is one of those players I genuinely root for. Nicknamed the Dragon, he climbed from Slovenia and Spain into the NBA the hard way, then won Most Improved Player in 2014 and led tiny Slovenia to the 2017 EuroBasket title as MVP. That national-pride dimension is what moves me most. He bounced across Phoenix, Miami, Houston, Toronto, Brooklyn, Chicago and Milwaukee, a craftsman guard who reinvented himself wherever he landed. I respect players who carry a small country on their back and never make it look like a burden.

Name (English)

Goran Dragić

Name (Japanese)

ゴラン・ドラギッチ

Reading

ごらん・どらぎっち

Born

May 6, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Height

190 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Awards & achievements

• 2014 NBA Most Improved Player Award
• 2017 FIBA EuroBasket MVP

• Official sitehttps://www.goran-dragic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_1_dragon/
• Xhttps://x.com/Goran_Dragic
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran%20Dragi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AE%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369532

Tags

• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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