The Suns acquired shooting guard Goran Dragic from the Spurs for small forward Malik Hairston and a 2nd round pick in 2009. Dragic is 6′4″, 180 pounds and he’s from Slovenia. Dragic has played in 194 games (53 starts) in the pros overseas and he averaged 8.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Don’t expect much from Dragic in the near future for the Suns.

The Suns figured that they wanted a big man to back up Shaq this season and Lopez was the best center left on the board. Lopez isn’t much of an offensive player but he’s a good rebounder and defender. He is a big guy at 7′0″, 255 and he likes to throw his body around. Lopez played in 67 games (61 starts) at Stanford and he averaged 8.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 2.3 blocked shots per game. Lopez was picked with an eye on the future.

D.J. Strawberry’s main claim until now is that he’s Darryl Strawberry’s son, but he will try to change that with the Suns.  Strawberry is a tall (6′5″, 201 pound) shooting guard and he likes to play offense so he should fit right in on the Suns.  He played in 111 games at Maryland and he averaged 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game.  He shot 46.1% from the floor, 33% from three point range and 64% from the free throw line. 

How in the world did the Suns get lucky enough to pick Tucker with the 29th pick?  He was one of the best players in the country last season at Wisconsin and he should fit right in on the Suns.  He’s a great athlete and he’s a scorer.  Tucker has nice size at 6′6″,205 pounds and he has a nice array of moves on the court.  Tucker played in 134 games at Wisconsin and he averaged 16.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.8 steals per game.  Tucker also gets to the rim and that explains his 48% shooting from the floor, but he only hit 30.7% from three point range and 63.6% from the free throw line.  Look for Tucker to be a backup as a rookie but he could work his way into the starting lineup in the future.