Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is of the opinion that American basketball players should journey to Slovenia to get a better grasp on the game. The Mavs owner is certainly going to face some heat for the following comments.

Cuban has to be quite thrilled with what he's gotten out of rookie Luka Doncic thus far this season, as the Mavs forward is averaging 18.8 points, 6.6 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game.

So, with Doncic having gone through the basketball system in Slovenia, it's clear that some of the methods have paid off in a big way in helping him make an easy transition to the NBA.

And that has apparently led the Mavs owner to believe that all American basketball players would benefit from that particular experience.

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Here's what Cuban had to say about Doncic's development and how the American game could be improved, courtesy of George Efkarpides of Eurohoops:

“It is important because you’re used to people being older than you but I think he just learned how to play basketball and that’s the biggest gift. When you’re gifted as he is and you actually learn to play the game. If you look at the basketball education of kids starting at 11-years old in Europe and particularly Slovenia which is basketball oriented.

If we took our best kids and seven years before they are McDonald’s all-American, we sent them over to Slovenia to get an education, the league would be a thousand times better. They just learn how to play basketball while our guys learn how to dunk and put together mixtapes”.

Well, while Cuban feels pretty strongly about this idea, there are plenty of people that probably feel just as strongly in the other direction.

As for the Mavs, they'll try to snap a four-game losing streak when they head to Oracle Arena to take on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.