<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Few NBA coaches know international basketball as intricately as Raptors assistant Jay Triano, a fact that hasn't escaped notice at the upper echelons of USA Basketball. Triano, who capped an illustrious international playing career by leading Canada to its second-best finish ever at an Olympic Games, is going to join the coaching staff of an American select team later this month. "First of all, he has the reputation as an excellent coach, he has vast experience in international basketball, he was a logical choice," Jerry Colangelo, managing director of the American Olympic team, said in a telephone interview last night. </div> The Star
