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

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What makes you think Luka is not doing that? First year his left hand was a problem and he worked on that. It is not a problem anymore. Than he added mid range shooting. I don't agree he is not improving all the time. I also don't think he is out of shape, at least in the context of not doing anything during summer. Luka had just two weaks off, otherwise it was competitive basketball and preparing for the new season. I think 2 months of international activities took its toll. I think he is still in a process of recharging the batteries to be his best self.

I didn't say he hasn't improved in areas or that he's being lazy in the offseason.  There are different levels of being in shape and Luka skews far closer to Shaq's mindset of playing himself into shape rather than the year round commitment seen from Kobe.  We've seen concerns about his fitness every year so this isn't a one-off occurrence.  And yes, he's shown improvement in areas like defense...when he tries.  So how about he stops chewing the refs ears off and stops leaving his teammates out to dry by having them play 4v5 when he doesn't get a call he thinks he deserves.   And if you are going to beg for calls, how about becoming a decent free throw shooter?  

There are shortcomings I'm more willing to overlook, like his 3PT percentage or turnovers.  There are things I think he needs to be better at are easily achievable for him.  Change your diet (hire a chef), change your offseason regimen, hit your free throws, stop bitching to refs, stop getting technical fouls, put effort into getting back on defense.