Comments on: The Calderon Question

By: bruce day

bruce day — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:24:10 +0000

i don’t know about you other guys,but i have a hard time bouncing a ball.if anybody has any pointers or helpful websites i can visit i would appreciate it.

By: Morning Coffee – Jan 8 | Slam Dunking

Morning Coffee – Jan 8 | Slam Dunking — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:59:45 +0000

[...] The Calderon Question : The Picket Fence Yes, the Raptors defense has improved since the beginning of December, but that can’t really be attributed to Calderon not being on the floor. There are two problems with this argument. The first being that the defense did not improve right away. The first six games Jack started, the Raptors gave up 106 ppg (including giving up more than 115 points in three games) and in four of the six games let their opponent shoot over (well over) 50%. If Jack was the difference maker, you would have seen an immediate improvement. There wasn’t. One of the Raptors worst defensive games of the season came six games into Jack’s reign as starting point guard, where they let Orlando shoot an astounding 67% from the field. [...]

By: Jdbar

Jdbar — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:33:11 +0000

Not sure if there’s such a thing as an “anti-fan” but you could have gone with “Calderon haters” instead. I’m glad you didn’t though; “haters” is one term I think needs to be permanently retired from sports talk vocabulary.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:51:34 +0000

Did you see the last game. Jose needs to come off the bench for Toronto to establish the intense defensive attitude that wins games. Then let him come in and put the daggar in. No question Jose is a great ball distributor, but he can’t keep up on defense. Remember they have DeMar who will most likely cover the weakest player (I know he doesn’t always, so keep your comments to yourself). But Jose is far more valuable to his TEAM the Raptors coming from the bench. And surprisingly enough, he will still get paid the same amount. And maybe be on a winning team, and advance further in to the playoffs. If Jose were on another TEAM maybe he should start. But this version of the Raptors — he’s a lethal weapon off the bench