Okay, let's try not to get this too off-topic. Americans can't really understand the importance of Euros playing for their national team because it's an entirely different scenario for them. There is a lot of pride and unity tied up in those championships, and for Peja to declare he's not going to play for his home country when they HOST the championships is a big slap in the face...
And at the risk of once again being labelled a Peja basher, I have to say this is icing on the cake...
Peja's not going to play because it was such a hard NBA season for him? Oh, waaaaaah! It was a hard NBA season for Mike Bibby, too, who also has a family. What's Mike doing? He played in the SPDL league and he's reportedly spending time at the practice facility working his game.
Peja played 66 games. Mike played 80.
Peja IS soft. It's apparent he's also NOT committed to basketball in the off-season. I would absolutely love to be wrong about this - and I would gladly eat my words if we could see just ONE article about him spending time with a coach, working on his post game, etc.
We aren't going to see it, though...and that's too bad. Not only for us - the fans - but for the Kings.