FIBA Qualifying Tournament: USA loses to Germany|Gold medal between Germany+Serbia

[dirkfansince1998]

That's the downside to international players, though I suppose even Americans are involved in this summer/fall stuff pretty often, nowadays. 

I know the situations in Germany and Slovenia are quite different, with the population of Slovenia being much lower and their love of basketball much higher, but at what point did Cuban finally talk Dirk into skipping most of his national team events? Does anyone remember how old he was when he started holding out of that stuff?

Dirk took a break from national team events after the 2008 Olympics. Did not play in the 2009 eurobaskets and 2010 world cup. Returned after the championship in 2011.