José Calderon is a member of Spain's Golden Generation, having won the World Championships and two Olympic silver medals with the national team. Although he didn't achieve similar success in the NBA, as a losing draft, he was able to survive 14 seasons in the league and set his own record, which is already a great success.
Born in 1981, Calderon had previously played in the Spanish league before officially entering the NBA in 2005 as a member of the Raptors. As the quintessential European point guard, Calderon knows the game very well and is always able to make the right decisions on the court, averaging 5.5 points and 4.5 assists per game in his rookie season.
In the following seasons, Calderon improved steadily, and in his third year, he gradually became the starting point guard of the team, averaging 11.2 points and 8.3 assists per game and only 1.5 turnovers, which is the highest assist-to-turnover ratio in the league, which is enough to see his ability to control the court. In addition, Calderon's three shooting percentages this season were 51.9%, 42.9% and 90.8% of the 180 club, and his projection ability is still coveted by many teams.
In the summer of 2008, he secured a five-year, forty-million-dollar contract extension from the team and gained a foothold in the NBA. Calderon is good at blocking and dismantling, his passing is selfless and cautious, he rarely makes mistakes and loses power, and he also has excellent psychological qualities in shooting accuracy. In the following season, Calderon shot 98.1 percent from the free throw line, which is still NBA history.
In the following seasons, Calderon has maintained a stable performance, but unfortunately it is not timely, when the Raptors are still a weak team, and when they officially rise in 13 years, Calderon was traded to the Pistons, and has not been able to show his talent in a team.
Calderon's final peak was calderon's 13-14 season, when he became the Mavericks' starting point guard, averaging 11.4 points, 4.7 assists per game and 2.4 three-pointers per game from 44.9 percent three-point range. In that playoff that year, he still averaged 10.3 points, 4.4 assists and 47.8 percent three-point shooting per game. Unfortunately, the team met the season's championship Spurs in the first round, and the seventh game was still eliminated.
As he grew older, his condition deteriorated. He went to the back to the Knicks, Lakers, Hawks, Cavaliers, Pistons and other teams, only in the 17-18 season with the Cavaliers through the first round of the playoffs, but unfortunately still failed to win a championship ring regretfully announced retirement.