Luka turning into a diva, didn’t get along with Dennis smith jr too, starting to notice a trend.. lol jk
You're not far off. I used to frequent another hoops forum a few years ago and there was a user who was involved in the Euro hoops scene. He pointed out before Luka was even drafted that he was an egomaniac and toxic at times. Also mentioned KP's passive-aggressive nature. With that being considered it's not hard to see why that tandem would have interpersonal issues.
I worked in Houston in academic medicine many years ago. I would occasionally scrub up and observe open-heart surgery as part of my role. We would have residents come thru from Eastern Europe. Once, a Serb and a Croat were assigned to the same case. The two refused to speak directly with each other and used a nurse there as the go-between. The patient was lying there, chest cavity opened up, life in the balance, and these guys would not speak directly with each other. The ethnic hatred had become visceral and de facto congenital.
Luka is a great player. Most great players are divas, at least at some point. We just ignore that if they win. KP will need to just get with the program.
I'm a Euro and I like watching Luka play. But that being said, both Luka and KP seem quite unlikable as teammates. Like, I would obviously pretend to like Luka if I was his teammate, otherwise I'm getting cut from the team lol.
It's Latvia and Slovenia. And both are countries with the most normal, unassuming and modest people in Europe. Not to mention they're small nations with a population of 2 million each and over a thousand miles apart. So yeah, they're cool. If it were the 90s, then it's understandable, unfortunately. Even the Vlade and Dražen ESPN 30 for 30 paints a clear picture. The good guys are all the people that didn't give into nationalist politics and realised they share a similar language, culture, beliefs, wants and needs. The Serbs had a madman (Milošević) at the helm who wanted to reform the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as "Great Serbia", was strongly opposed to each republic's (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia) constitutional right to leave the federation and resorted to genocide in order to prevent them leaving. People on all sides suffered because of it. The Croats had an autocrat (Tuđman) who distributed all crucial positions in the newly formed nation to his criminal associates (the effects are still visible today - if you're a member of the leading right-wing party, you get a fast pass to success) and also allowed a massacre by Serbian forces to happen (Vukovar) in order to gain sympathy and help from the UN and NATO. Later on, they both sent paramilitary troops into Bosnia to fight for pieces of territory and committed atrocities there, Croatians in Ahmići (100 Bosniak civilians killed) and Serbs in Srebrenica (8,000 civilians). This year's Oscar nominee for best foreign film Quo Vadis, Aida? deals with the topic of the Srebrenica genocide. Haven't seen it, heard it's phenomenal, but unnerving. The Dayton Agreement, patroned by the USA, was signed in 1995 that ended the war in Bosnia and established Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign state. It is also known as a shambolic agreement that didn't resolve anything and created a country with an appalling political structure which completely undermined the resumption of normal life from its inception. Thanks, America.
The problem many parts of the world face and what inhibits any type of prosperity in these regions. In Asia, Japan is considered the odd man out by Vietnam, Taiwan, China and Korea because of past micro-aggressions but for the sake of economy and moving forward they have no problems with business dealings and manufacture Japanese products.
In YOUR opinion, what would've been the better solution? Or what do most Croats, Bosnians or most Serbs think would've been the best solution (if those countries all differ as to the better solution in comparison to The Dayton Agreement)? Also, thanks for the in-depth (yet quick notes-ish) breakdown of what happened. I thought I knew what led to the war but you provided helpful info.
Very high level of Euro trash vibes between Porzingas and Doncic.... expecting future alcoholism, Adidas track suits and either a sexual/domestic violence claim or car crash in the future.
Latvia is in the Baltics (with Lithuania, Estonia), between coastal Poland and Russia basically. Slovenia is on the complete other Southern side of the European Continent, next to the Adriatic Sea, Croatia and Italy. No, there is no ethnic or national hatred between the two nations (?). If the Mavs hate each other it's for personal reasons.
Dončić is a superstar in his early 20's, he got a bit carried away with the fame and will need time to settle down and mature. He is a quick learner and very self-reflective, however, so I don't worry about him. Porzingis has a history of being a prima donna (problems with teammates in NY, street fights in Latvia in the off-season) and shows no progress year to year, while his body keeps crumbling down. Phil Jackson was right to draft him and he was right to trade him. Either give absolute parliamentary power to Bosniaks or divide the state into 2/3 parts. The agreement was a necessity in order to stop the war and bloodshed, but it created a preposterous country with two entities: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska (literal translation is Serbian Republic). Republic of Srpska's population is 80% Serbian and they have their own parliament that frequently brings decisions that go directly against the BiH parliament. Herzegovina is 80% Croatian, they usually don't present trouble at the parliamentary level, but the vast majority of population has dual nationality and leaves for Croatia as soon as they're able to (half of Croatian athletes are Herzegovinian - e.g. Bojan Bogdanović, Zubac, Bender from the basketball world). It's an unsustainable system.
