Raptors coach Jay Triano knows he has his work cut for him with the team's overhauled roster.

"Building a team is going to be one of the biggest things that I do with so many new players," Triano told the National Post. "A lot of it is going to be teamwork, a lot of meetings, so they all understand what's expected of each and every guy and what I expect of them. And then there's got to become a familiarity between each other."

Triano, who was named the team's permanent coach this offseason, will be trying to work Hedo Turkoglu, DeMar DeRozan, Reggie Evans, Rasho Nesterovic, Jarrett Jack, Marco Belinelli and Antoine Wright into the lineup.

"We might start [DeRozan] off in games, let him play with a real good bunch of players because if we don't start him, maybe we have a hard time getting him in," Triano admitted.

"You can't let a No. 9 pick rot on the bench and not develop him."