Goran Dragic on Suns' troubles: 'They're always changing something'

By Brett Pollakoff
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Goran Dragic was a key part of the Phoenix Suns team that won 48 games in 2014, which was Jeff Hornacek's first season as an NBA head coach. 

But things have gone off the rails in Phoenix ever since, and thanks to locker room issues (and not enough basketballs to go around), Dragic demanded a trade in the middle of last season. He's now a happy member of the Miami Heat, but had no trouble giving his assessment of his former team from afar.

Via Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports:

“It feels like they’re always changing something,” Dragic told Yahoo Sports. “They’re not like Miami, San Antonio, those teams that are really loyal when they find something.”

“I always believe when you find some pieces that you leave those pieces [alone]. But then you upgrade the other positions. Like San Antonio is doing. They always have the Big Three, but then it’s a good team. They always find another player at another position, so they’re always good. But that’s not my call,” Dragic told Yahoo, with an uncomfortable chuckle. “I was just there to play basketball. I tried to do my job.”

Dragic isn't wrong, and this isn't a form of sour grapes.

Constant roster upheaval is likely at the top of the list in terms of the issues facing these Suns, and a player would have a unique insight into how that actually affects a given team's roster.