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By Peter May
Special to ESPN.com Tuesday, July 17, 2001 Back in the summer of 1999, Rod Thorn was still one of the maestros at USA Basketball. He made it down to Puerto Rico for the Tournament of the Americas qualifying tournament and he must have had an epiphany in between bites of the crusted almonds. He knew the US team. But as he watched the tournament, he must have said to himself, 'if I ever get back into the business of running a team, I know the guy I want.' Was it anyone on the US team? Nope. How about the agile Daniel Santiago, who played ... Activate your ESPN Profile!
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