HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[omahen]

You won't get a single argument from me that Cuban is a terrible owner and the stink of his failure reaches all parts of this franchise.  

I'd love if Dirk sat Luka down and explained how important finally stepping away from the national team and that summer grind was for him.  I think Luka would receive that coming from Dirk.

I'd love it even more if Luka came to the realization on his own.

But you have to take it into account, that winning a title with your country or make it to the finals against USA is likely the biggest achievement a player like Luka or Dirk can have. Dirk did miss some summers, but he was still more often than not available for Germany. Slovenia or Germany are not USA with endless amount of talented players. Germany had Dirk and a bunch of "nobodies", Slovenia has Luka. USA team can easily afford to miss several stars and still have the best team. Slovenia has troubles making it to the tournament without Luka. Iztok Franko wrote a nice article on it a while ago (too lazy to find it, sorry).

I am just trying to show the issue is not that easy. I agree rest is important if you want to be the best possible version for NBA season.