03-02-2023, 01:17 PM
Luka needs to actually take an offseason. He needs to spend that offseason with someone who will work his ass and call him out. There is no one giving that to him in the Mavs organization. The one guy who probably did signed with the Knicks after the Mavs FO managed to completely bungle his situation no less than 4 times.
Cuban stepped in and shut down a lot of Dirk's international ball, specifically in 2009 and 2010 and we all know what happened in 2011 for the Mavs. Cubes doesn't have the stones to give Luka the same mandate.
Luka needs a stateside offseason in the worst way. Instead, he will be in the FIBA World Cup this summer. I understand and respect Luka's desire to bring something special to his home country. But Slovenia isn't paying him $40 million a year.
There will come a summer when Luka finally takes advantage of an actual offseason and the physical and mental improvements that could bring. Hopefully he is in a Mavs uniform for the NBA season that follows that summer.
Cuban stepped in and shut down a lot of Dirk's international ball, specifically in 2009 and 2010 and we all know what happened in 2011 for the Mavs. Cubes doesn't have the stones to give Luka the same mandate.
Luka needs a stateside offseason in the worst way. Instead, he will be in the FIBA World Cup this summer. I understand and respect Luka's desire to bring something special to his home country. But Slovenia isn't paying him $40 million a year.
There will come a summer when Luka finally takes advantage of an actual offseason and the physical and mental improvements that could bring. Hopefully he is in a Mavs uniform for the NBA season that follows that summer.