Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 6:28 pm  |  106 responses

Report: Raptors Open To Trading Jose Calderon


The Raptors PG recently told the Spanish newspaper, Marca, that he’d “like to have the opportunity to compete for something.” He may get his wish. ESPN reports that Calderon’s salary and GM Bryan Colangelo’s new direction for the team, has the Raptors’ front office considering moving Calderon for another PG: “Sources with knowledge of Toronto’s thinking say that the team is not just going to give Calderon away, especially when he’s back to supplying a typically efficient 10.6 points and 8.7 assists nightly, but I’m told that the Raps are indeed open to moving him. [...] Sources say that the Raps, if not outright shopping Calderon, have let it be known they’re willing to listen, since he’s no longer regarded as their long-term answer at the point. That’s because shedding Calderon’s nearly $11 million salary for next season would be another step in the reset that began with Bryan Colangelo’s drafting of Jonas Valanciunas in June and the hiring of the defensive-minded Dwane Casey as the new coach.”

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  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    WOW

  • CubicleWorker

    lol @ Bojangles!!

    “95% of canadians know 0% about basketball”

    Then you claim that LA should sign an amnesty player and trade for Calderon…you can’t trade an amnesty player in the season that you sign him

  • Lloyd

    I can’t hate Colangelo for over paying certain players like Kapono and Hedo. A good chunk of these NBA players are Americans or want to play in America. Most of them have the same mindset of Red and don’t want to be in Canada (Even though Toronto is an amazing city to live in). Colangelo feels like he needs to lure players here with money. What he needs to do is start from the ground up..get a solid coaching staff. Our player development is HORRIBLE. Teams like the Spurs can take a player and milk them for every ounce of talent and potential they got. Demar could have been an All-Star caliber player right now if he had the right guidance and coaching. A good pick in the draft won’t do much if that player won’t get nurtured and become better while he’s in a Raptor jersey.

  • bk

    No one in Canada wants to be from your broke a$$ country……..and give demar some time, he’s just to reliant on his new found jumper right now. And it isn’t their fault they suck lol, they just spent most of the last decade trying to build around a player that isn’t that good in Chris bosh…… And I ain’t hating because he left, I never liked the f***in guy

  • 4dHaters

    ya’ll are f**ked up on hating on DeRozan.Its his third year, and you cant really expect a non superstar to get it big on a team lacking of talent, especially now that Bargs and Bayless are injured. Its his job to step up, but hes a 9th pick, not a first pick. Give him so time, Bargs is in his 7th season and this is the first season he’s shown promise. If you call DeMar a bust, you should go tell him that yourself and apply for a job as an advisor to BC since you seem to know everything about basketball and development.

  • LongtimeRapfan

    Well, Demar is a decent player. He isn’t going to be a superstar..or might be an all-star 2-3 years into his career. He was the 9th pick! Johnny Flynn 2 picks above isn’t doing all star work.. 2 picks down Terrance Williams isn’t doing all-star work and the guy right above him Jordan Hill.. He is far from an all-star. He is doing Well for 9th pick. Tdot is a great place to play.. lots of fans and its 13th in the league in attendance with a below .500 team.. 2006-2008 it was around the top 7 in attendance with a decent team. If Calderon gets traded to LA it may be good for both franchises and LA is probably the only team that could take him with his 11 mil contract. I would also if it were possible try to trade him to Houston for Johnny Flynn and Thabeet. The salary cap would work. Not directly sure the situation in Houston but they definitively could compete for P-offs and there are still only 2 years on Jose’s Contract.

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