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Among the topics on the agenda: The need for better communication between the players from North America and the ones from Europe.
"A lot of times we let the simple things – a guy being from Italy – make the decision on whether you want to talk to that guy, or to the next guy," said Antoine Wright, the California-born reserve swingman. "If we want to win, we need to talk to each other. (The meeting) did a good job in addressing that problem."
Asked if there was a split between the players from different sides of the Atlantic Ocean – and the Raptors employ six players born in Europe – Chris Bosh, the Texas-bred captain, said: "It wasn't a split, in my opinion. It was more so just not knowing how to relate to different guys. Sometimes you're going to want to call somebody out if they don't rotate (on defence). Instead of calling somebody out because they didn't do their job or they're not playing hard, we kind of just kept it quiet. The more quiet you are, sometimes things get divided ... We can't be afraid to challenge each other. It's for the better sake of this team."
While some players said "everybody" had the floor at some point – from Bryan Colangelo, the GM, to assistant coach Alvin Williams – among those who didn't address the team were the franchise's two highest-paid players, Chris Bosh, the captain, and Hedo Turkoglu, the $52 million off-season acquisition.
"I'm tired of talking – I've talked enough," said Bosh. "It was good for me just to hear what everybody else has to say."
Said Turkoglu: "I didn't need to (talk) ... Everybody talked. I didn't have much to say. I just listened and I learned. We'll wait and see how it will go on. I've been in the league 10 years and I've been in this situation. I'll wait for my time to talk."
Triano said the meeting was called by him, and that he "asked questions" of players.
"I asked questions and I got answers from some of the guys I wanted answers from. I don't think I asked anything to Chris or Hedo," said Triano. "I had some things I had to address and I did ... What went on in there was our team stuff ... There was very little basketball stuff. It was more personal stuff in there."
Another topic addressed in the meeting was the recent tendency of players to air their grievances in the media.
