The Toronto Raptors saw their typically solid locker room vibes crumble to dust last season, as Fred VanVleet struggled, Scottie Barnes stagnated, and Nick Nurse got fired. Masai Ujiri’s quest to fix things up and get everything back on the right track needs to address some of the issues off the court.
With VanVleet now a member of the Houston Rockets, insiders like Michael Grange are starting to show just exactly where many of the bad vibes emanated from. It appears that VanVleet and Pascal Siakam may have been at the center of a power struggle alongside the younger players.