Toronto, Anta Center.
Raptors Head Coach Dako knew this as he headed into the Player Tunnel, and he was trying to figure out how to deal with it.
He was thinking of speaking with each of those players one-on-one after the game. Such a serious conflict couldn't be resolved in a day or two, but they had to try. If they did nothing and let things get worse, the Raptors could forget about having a good season.
Still, it would be best if Wang Yi handled it personally.
As the team's leader, he could make things much easier if he stepped in himself.
But when Dako saw the look on Wang Yi's face, he gave up on that idea completely.
Ever since Wang Yi had joined the Raptors, he'd been firm in his stance.
He had no intention whatsoever of making peace with those guys.
As for going to them and talking things out himself, that was even less likely.
As he put it, he wasn't going to coddle their bad habits.
Sigh. This is tough.
People always said it was easy to coach Wang Yi. When you ran into a problem you couldn't solve, you just put Wang Yi on the court.
Wang Yi was also top-notch at handling team relationships.
If the coach couldn't resolve an internal issue, all he had to do was leave it to Wang Yi.
That was what Dako had thought at first, too.
But who could have expected Wang Yi to give him a warning shot the moment he joined the team, escalating a conflict that hadn't been all that serious into something this intense?
No. As head coach, he had to find a way to resolve the problems within the team, however slim the odds seemed.
And to resolve the team's problems,