Departure of Raptors point guard is going to be felt for years to come
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.VanVleet, and all leaders in any professional sports landscape, take on an additional role that is often akin to walking a tightrope. You become an extension of management and your head coach in the locker room often at your own expense. The job of getting in the face of teammates when they step out of line or get too selfish or simply do stupid things is not a role anyone seeks out. Go too far and you can lose the room.
On a personal note, VanVleet was the perfect mix of intelligence, tell-it-like-it-is directness, and with just enough humour thrown in to make it all work.Article content Even when VanVleet would remind the assembled masses that his own knowledge of the game went well beyond anything anyone in the room could hope to fathom, it wasn’t taken as a slight or a rebuke or even cockiness. It was the truth. No one questioned it.
VanVleet was already a mainstay in the rotation at that point as the leader of Toronto’s bench mob, but his role was vastly diminished in that series. It was a tough pill to swallow.
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