Last season Goran Dragic established himself as one of top point guards in the league — averaging 20.3 points, 5.9 assists on 50-percent shooting. He helped the Suns win 49 games and they nearly got in the playoffs as an eighth seed. Offseason changes brought new players to the team this year. His usage and basic statistics have dropped a bit but teams aren’t thinking about that when he’s flying around screen. He isn’t shy attacking the rim and is not shy answering questions about other players in the league.

In a recent interview with Bleacher Report, he spoke about who’s hardest and easiest player to finish at the rim on.

From B/R:

Dwight Howard is the hardest because he’s so strong and athletic. Roy Hibbert is the easiest for me.

Interesting.

He had more to say about Hibbert’s reputation as a defender.

Everyone says he’s a great defender, but he doesn’t jump very high. You just need to lean into him and you can finish over him, or get the foul.

Even though most NBA players, writers and fans would note Hibbert as a good to great defender, Dragic is right. In the last four games against the Pacers, he’s averaging 23.5 points, 4.5 assists on 60-percent shooting. We saw during the second half of the 2013-2014 regular season how Hibbert can be scored on. Dragic and others displayed that.

This is not the first time Dragic has talked about attacking Hibbert’s 7-foot frame at the rim. Last April he spoke to Grantland about if he changes up his approach when going at him like LeBron does.

From Grantland:

No, that’s just how I am. Of course, in some games, you feel better about penetrating. You feel quick. In that game, I know Roy Hibbert is going to stay back and try to zone it.

If you want to watch Dragic do just that, he put it on display with a 28 point effort vs. Indiana last January.

Interesting note: The Suns declined a trade over the summer that would send Goran Dragic to Indiana for Chris Copeland and Roy Hibbert.

We’ll have to wait until the 2014-2015 for the next game. The Suns beat the Pacers by double-digits twice this season. I’m sure it will be interesting to watch the next time Goran Dragic drives to the rim when Roy Hibbert is patrolling the paint.