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

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I'd also like to point out that these problems with Luka and with the team seemed to intensify as soon as Barea was forced into retirement. 

Now, I NEVER would've guessed that such a move would've had this effect, but looking back it does make sense. A guy who was a champion on this team, so ensconced here that he didn't have to worry about what anyone thought about him, understood how to win and where the coaches were coming from AND who spoke a language that Luka has mastered much more than English??

This team has not been able to replace all of that yet, and they might never be able to. Since they couldn't interest a Chris Paul or a Kyle Lowry, we might just be stuck waiting for this team to learn all of these things the hard way. If so, I think it's going to take a while.