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Rondo withdrew from Team USA the day of final cuts. Triano said that in Rondo’s time with the team, he “was the best on-ball defender in the world’’ but his offense kept him off the roster. “I just don’t think it was a real fit because he played the type of defense that they wanted, but offensively you’ve got to shoot the ball a little bit, especially from the 3-point line,’’ Triano said. “He ran the team really well, he could go past anybody, but I think it’s just a matter of chemistry and fitting. He was a heck of a player.’’ Boston Globe

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Regarding Bosh, Triano said: “We noticed a little bit of a change in Chris after the All-Star game last year but I can’t say that he knew 100% that [he was going to leave] and I can’t say that he didn’t know”. When asked whether Bosh shut it down late in the season, Triano wisely avoided the question. He also reiterated how not being “centered around one guy” is a good thing. RaptorsRepublic.com

Chris Bosh, Jay Triano 

Finally, his comments on Chris Bosh being a leader are absolutely refreshing. I cannot thank Triano enough for finally saying this out in the open and debunking the myth that Bosh was anything close to a leader. After a caller asked how the Raptors were going to fill the leadership void created by Bosh, Triano said: "When you talk about Chris being the leader in the lockeroom, I think it’s the one thing that he wasn’t for us. He did a great job of getting 24 points and 10, 11 rebounds on a regular basis, but Chris did not really take the leadership role into the locker room. He’s not a vocal person, he’s not a guy who really did that. I think in the years that he’s been here, he’s almost deferred to different people: Jermaine O’Neal, Jalen Rose, and Vince Carter in his earlier years, didn’t really defer to anyone last year and everybody kind of waited for him to take the reigns last year and it could’ve been been part of the issues we had." RaptorsRepublic.com

Chris Bosh, Jay Triano 

Regarding Turkoglu, he says that beating Turkey was “extra special” and that it was a bit of “sweet revenge”. He also called Hedo a “great person”. Go figure. RaptorsRepublic.com

Hidayet Turkoglu, Jay Triano 

Jay Triano gave an interview to the Fan 590 in which he said an utterly stupid thing. When speaking about the different challenges Team USA faced, he decided to give two examples: "It just seemed there was a different challenge everyday. To play the Russians in the quarter finals on 38 years to the anniversary of the date the Americans were denied gold by Russia in that very controversial game in the ’72 Olympics. Then to play in an Islamic country on the anniversary of 9/11 in the semi-final game and then to beat Turkey in Istanbul for the gold medal." RaptorsRepublic.com

Toronto Raptors, USA Basketball, Jay Triano 

The roster he'll take into the 2010-11 season certainly provides Raptors coach Jay Triano with a challenge. But Triano also sees the absence of a star as an opportunity. "We don't have anybody we have to cater to offensively," Triano said. "We're going to be a very balanced team and we're going to have different guys that are going to have to step up. And because of that, there are more things that we can do offensively." NBA.com

Toronto Raptors, Jay Triano 

"I like the international ball movement," Triano said. "I thought that the way that they move the basketball and the way that they make cuts, they have to do that sometimes to overcome the athleticism that some of the other teams have. So they're very precise with their offense." NBA.com

Toronto Raptors, Jay Triano 

The one thing Triano has found is that the Americans are always thoroughly prepared. It’s not as if they simply work on their own sets and systems and go out and play; every minute of every game is broken down in painstaking detail. “Coach K (head coach Mike Krzyzewski) works extremely hard and watches and breaks down every game after we play,” said Triano “We have had a couple video sessions go deep into the night. I think 3:15 was the latest but always close to 2 (a.m.) “It has been a great learning experience and even though every experience is a learning one, here is a coach who has four national (college) championships and two Olympic golds.” Toronto Star

USA Basketball, Mike Krzyzewski, Jay Triano 

The NBA regular season doesn’t start for Toronto until Oct. 27. “It’s unfortunate that he will miss the worlds and playing for his country which he loves to do,” Raptors coach Jay Triano said in an e-mail from Athens, where he’s working an assistant coach with the American national team. “The timing for him is not good, but he should heal sufficiently to be ready for camp and that will now be his focus.” Toronto Star

Toronto Raptors, Jay Triano 

The Toronto Raptors announced Monday the addition of Scott Roth as an assistant coach. Roth brings 25 years of experience as a player, scout and coach in the professional and international ranks to head coach Jay Triano’s staff. NBA.com

Toronto Raptors, Coaching, Jay Triano, Scott Roth 

The Raptors have shuffled the deck, but they basically replaced one low card with another. Adding Julian Wright, formerly of New Orleans Hornets, for Marco Belinelli likely won’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. Belinelli showed flashes, but his erratic shot selection and spotty commitment to defence led him to head coach Jay Triano’s doghouse too often and his role was bound to be small this season. Toronto Sun

Toronto Raptors, Julian Wright, Jay Triano, Marco Belinelli 

Tim Chisholm: ESPN reporting that Jay Triano is the likely replacement for the injured Mike D'Antoni with Team USA this summer. Great news if it pans out. Twitter

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