Wang Yi looked at everyone, then began to speak:
"Although our official line is that he was injured during practice, David Hiller isn't an idiot. He'll definitely expose what happened."
"In my estimation, his most likely move is to call the police. If he does, we'll be lucky if they refuse to take his report. But once they do, the investigation and evidence-gathering will affect our team in all sorts of ways."
"Especially if Doug is found guilty of deliberately assaulting him. Doug could very well be taken away, which would be a huge blow to our team."
Everyone nodded at his words.
Doug snorted. "If I really get taken away, I'll kill him!"
Wang Yi glanced at Doug and ignored him, then continued:
"Logically, David Hiller would have called the police the moment he woke up. The reason we haven't rushed to deal with this is that, based on many past cases, when someone first calls the police, they treat conflicts within a team as internal disputes and don't bother getting involved."
"After all, this is an NBA team with a huge amount of public attention. If the police mishandle things, they could bring a lot of trouble down on themselves."
"After David Hiller's first attempt to report it fails, he'll most likely wait until his injuries improve a little, then go to the police station in person."
"In that situation, the police won't be able to stay out of it."
"So we need to cut off his route to reporting it."
At this point, Wang Yi turned to Doug and said in an unmistakable tone, "To keep this from affecting our team, Doug, you have to use your family's influence to cut off his route to reporting it."
Clearly, Wang Yi had thought this through carefully.
Doug snorted.