If my memory serves me correctly, this is not as scintillating of a performance as the last time Dragan Bender scored 23, back in early 2018. I seem to remember a turnaround middy jumper, possibly multiple, a bunch of other impressive buckets and a general sense of “this is it, he’s finally breaking out”. You’re…
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Dragan Bender 14 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2020)
As much as it pains me to say it, Dragan Bender was getting held down in Milwaukee. You can make a compelling argument that he DESERVED to get held down, but it’s not an argument that I would agree with. He’s shown just enough skill in this league to deserve a rotation spot. Not a…
Read MoreDragan Bender 13 Points/4 Assists/3 Blocks Full Highlights (2/29/2020)
Tonight, the entire citizenry of Croatia, from stately Dubrovnik, crown of the sea, to glorious Zagreb, crown of the mountain valleys, was surely tuned in to watch this matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns. Representing Croatia for the Warriors was Dragan Bender; for the Suns, Dario Saric repped the beloved homeland…
Read MoreDragan Bender 12 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2019)
Dragan Bender can play. I know that preseason literally means nothing, it has no bearing at all on any sort of regular season reality, but here’s the deal: Bender looked 100-percent playable during those games. He wasn’t a world-beating stud or anything, but he was a SOLID stretch five with some passing ability. I thought…
Read MoreDragan Bender 12 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (4/9/2019)
Is this it for Dragan Bender in a Suns uniform? I haven’t heard any rumors one way or the other, so all involved parties must be keeping tight lips about the whole thing (or my insider sources in the Suns organization are screwing off and wooing cheerleaders instead of trying to dig up dirt on…
Read MoreDragan Bender 19 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2019)
Unlike Dragan Bender’s last game, where he added seven blocks and six assists to his total of eleven points, this game was not nearly as stat-stuffed. The only “miscellaneous” stat the Bender accrued here was one steal. Otherwise, he was all about scoring; nineteen points is two higher than his previous season high of seventeen….
Read MoreDragan Bender 11 Points/6 Assists/7 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Is this it for Dragan Bender? Are we seeing the last few games of his NBA career before he schlepps back over to Europe, never to return? The Suns, as we should all know by now, declined to pick up the last year of his rookie deal. He’s a free agent after this season, a…
Read MoreDragan Bender 13 Points Full Highlights (3/16/2019)
The Suns, if you remember, did not pick up Dragan Bender’s option for next season, making him a free agent for this upcoming offseason. The list of players who have had their options declined and still turned into something good is not very long. It might not even exist at all. So that’s not a…
Read MoreDragan Bender 14 Points Full Highlights (1/25/2019)
Okay. So it’s great that Bender has now had four “good” games in a row. They might not have been “good” in the way that a Luka Doncic game is “good”, but scoring in the teens is an accomplishment for Bender, and now he’s probably established himself as a player who deserves more minutes than…
Read MoreDragan Bender 17 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
“Dear Diary, I struggle to believe it, but the young Croatian, Bender, has played passibly well in three consecutive games. In discussions with my predecessors, all are in agreement that this is the longest streak of decent play that he has had in his tragic, unsuccessful career to this point. There is a shared astonishment…
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