Jun 28, 2008 5:03 AM EST

A buyout will cost Goran Dragic, a second round pick, more than $1.5M US dollars after the Suns kick in the allowed $500,000, making it unlikely that Phoenix will see their newest point guard next season, the East Valley Tribune is reporting.

“We’re going to try. We’ll do what we can,” David Griffin said. “This year, we can only do what we can do. It’s a lot of money, and the exchange rate doesn’t help. Maybe it takes a year.”

General Manager Steve Kerr, who had never seen Dragic before the workout, would rather not wait.

“We’re going to roll up our sleeves and see what we can get done,” he said. “After what I saw, the sooner he gets here, the better.”

Via East Valley Tribune