Mavs have a leadership problem | Cuban and Harlabob argue on Twitter

[Kammrath]

As a Luka fan I have to say I am pretty much fed up with Mavs.

As a Mavs fan I have to say I am pretty much fed up with Luka.


Point being: It goes both ways. 

Luka is an adult and has been for 4 years. Luka has been a leader on his international teams. He has clashed on his NBA teams with players who seemed to be trying to lead (the rookie year situation with DAJ/Wes is the most obvious). He has clashed with RC. 

It is not crazy of the Mavs to expect him to be the leader. It happens all the time on college teams that 22 year olds or younger are leaders and mature (to the extent they need to be). Sure, there are parts of Luka that will still be a "kid" for the next 5+ years and that's fine, but there are certain areas he HAS to mature in and he is being given $200M to do so.

Luka shouldn't bear all the brunt of leadership but he MUST do two things:

1) Lead and be mature where he can. 

2) Genuinely submit to the leadership and accountability of others (i.e. when your coach tells you to stop talking to the refs during gameplay, shut up and obey).

I personally think he has struggled mightily in both of these.