Goran Dragic has announced his retirement from basketball. Dragic will play a farewell game in Slovenia later this season and then will call it a career.

Over 15 NBA seasons, Dragic played in 946 regular season games. He appeared in an additional 62 playoff games, over seven different postseason runs.

Dragic retires holding career averages of 13.3 points and 4.7 assists per game. He finished as a 45.9% shooter overall, including 36.2% on three-pointers.

Dragic began his NBA career with the Phoenix Suns in the 2008-09 season. In addition to two separate stints with the Suns, Dragic also played for the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks.

The 6-foot-3 has also played for his native Slovenia over several different international competitions. In 2017, Dragic helped lead Slovenia to the EuroBasket title. He scored 35 points in the victory over Serbia in the final game.

Bradley Beal could return as early as Friday's game for the Phoenix Suns against the Charlotte Hornets.

Beal has bene out since December 15th with a sprained ankle. Beal was initially expected to be out until early January. 

Beal has appeared in six games with the Suns, averaging 14.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 25.2 minutes.

The Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics averaged 5 million viewers, representing an 18% decline from last year's window. Despite the decline, it was the most watched game of the season thus far. 

At least four out of the five games saw a decline from last year, with figures not available for the Warriors-Nuggets matchup.

The opening game between the Bucks and Knicks averaged 2.49 million viewers, down 39% from the Sixers-Knicks last year.

The Mavs-Suns game was down 42% with 1.47 million viewers, with the Sixers-Heat down 73% with 1.3 million viewers.

All three NFL games on Monday averaged more than 27 million viewers. 

Frustrations are mounting as the Phoenix Suns have slipped to a .500 record and 10th place in the Western Conference. Multiple Suns veterans have expressed that the team needs to figure things out. For Eric Gordon, he wants a bigger role in the Phoenix offense.

"Early on in the season, it was better. And lately, there just hasn't been an emphasis [to get me more looks]," Gordon said. "So, it's definitely different. Lately I haven't been getting hardly any touches really."

Suns coach Frank Vogel agrees that Gordon needs to be more involved.

"We're looking at different guys. We need guys to step up," Vogel said. "I got to keep moving the pieces around in terms of how we're using certain guys. Can we get Eric Gordon more involved than I'm doing? I'm not doing a good enough job in making sure he's involved in the offense. He's a guy that can really help us."

Bradley Beal has been ruled out for at least two weeks with an ankle sprain.

Beal suffered the injury in Friday's game against the New York Knicks.

Beal has only played in six games this season.

The Phoenix Suns have claimed two-way player Theo Maledon off waivers. Maledon was waived by the Charlotte Hornets at the end of last week.

Phoenix has had an open two-way roster spot all season. Charlotte waived Maledon to add Nathan Mensah for some additional frontcourt depth.

In 13 NBA games this season, Maledon has averaged 4.2 points and 2.2 assists in 15.4 minutes per game. With several backcourt injuries last season, Maledon appeared in 44 NBA games for the Hornets. He averaged 6.7 points and 3.5 assists before re-signing on a second two-way deal with Charlotte over the summer.

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal's return the court wasn't long-lived. Beal was injured just 4:32 into his third game back from his back injury. Now, Beal appears likely to miss a few weeks due to a right ankle injury.

Beal landed on Donte DiVincenzo's foot early in the first quarter of the Suns loss to the New York Knicks on Friday night. Beal rolled his right ankle and later limped off the court.

The Suns Big Three of Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant have appeared in just two games together this season. One of those games was Friday night, when the trio played together for fewer than five minutes.

Bradley Beal left the Phoenix Suns' 139-122 loss to the New York Knicks on Friday night in the first quarter after spraining his right ankle.

Frank Vogel added that X-rays on Beal's ankle were negative.

Beal has appeared in six games this season. The trio of Beal, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker have played just twice together. 

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is poised to make his return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors. Beal has been out since November 12 with back soreness.

The 11-year veteran has played in just three games for the Suns this season. Phoenix has yet to feature all of Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in a game this season.

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal has begun to ramp up in the rehab process from his back injury. If all goes according to plan, Beal could return to the Suns in the next 10 days.

After being acquired from the Washington Wizards this offseason, the veteran guard has played in just three games this season. Beal was able to play in three games from November 8 to 12, before being sidelined with a reoccurrence of back pain.

Beal has now missed 11 straight games for Phoenix, and 18 games in total. If Beal returns on, or around, December 15, he'll miss an additional three to four games.