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I think opposing guards really detest Calderon...

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I think opposing guards really detest Calderon... 

Post#1 » by Misher » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:39 am

It certainly seems like Jose talks smack to other opposing guards throughout the game. It was obvious in Boston and tonight against Milwaukee as well. My question is do you think he starts it? Opposing players just being bitter?JEuro prejudices making Jose a target to talk smack? Or is Jose just a genuine trash talker on the court encouraging it all?

I think Jose is a really feisty guard. He isn't a great defender but he is feisty. I remember playing against guards like that when I played in high school and HATED it.



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Post#2 » by Mack11 » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:41 am

Who cares. Its about time someone talked trash on our team. I hate this nice guy image we have going.
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Post#3 » by Duncanfan » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:44 am

Jose has more attitude than we all think. The way he gets into other guards' noses, he just gets them off their game.
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Post#4 » by Boogie! » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:44 am

i think jose's always chatting and it's hard to understand him sometimes so opposing guards think he's talking trash to them. if you're talking about last night though, eddie house is just a moron. the dude was trash talking in preseason. i mean come on chillout you suck buddy.
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Post#5 » by CB4_Toronto_Raptors » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:45 am

They detest him because he owns them.
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Post#6 » by BeNicePlz » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:45 am

Jose just don't give a ish.

That's why he's the pimp.
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Post#7 » by Bankai » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:46 am

I think it applies to the rest of our Point Guards. I dunno what it is about them, but they seem to be a magnet for quite a number of flagrant fouls.

Horford flagrant fouls Ford
Jones flagrant fouls Martin
Johnson flagrant fouls Calderon

Going to be concerning but I think this trend will continue for a while... :(
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Post#8 » by Darrick Martin » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:47 am

Trash talking is part of being competitive and can be a great asset to get into the opponents head.
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Post#9 » by Boogie! » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:51 am

Bankai wrote:I think it applies to the rest of our Point Guards. I dunno what it is about them, but they seem to be a magnet for quite a number of flagrant fouls.

Horford flagrant fouls Ford
Jones flagrant fouls Martin
Johnson flagrant fouls Calderon

Going to be concerning but I think this trend will continue for a while... :(


tj ford is a thug and has passed it on to jose latino heat calderon.
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Post#10 » by Indiana Jones » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:51 am

They don't like him because he owns them, and because he's...well i'm not allowed to say it or i'll get in trouble.
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Post#11 » by KRANG » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:11 am

Mack11 wrote:Who cares. Its about time someone talked trash on our team. I hate this nice guy image we have going.


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Post#12 » by ghuytro » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:11 am

I'm sure the three point hand gesture rubs them the wrong way too.
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Post#13 » by prototype » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:15 am

Oh yeah the three point gesture. I remember last season a player said if he saw him do that again he'd cut off his fingers. Which player was it?
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Post#14 » by andyo » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:16 am

It's just frustration, Jose is annoying off the screen with either his penetration (which he is starting to go to a lot now) and his jump shot.
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Post#15 » by zong » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:16 am

Mack11 wrote:Who cares. Its about time someone talked trash on our team. I hate this nice guy image we have going.
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Post#16 » by saham » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:19 am

prototype wrote:Oh yeah the three point gesture. I remember last season a player said if he saw him do that again he'd cut off his fingers. Which player was it?


As far as i remember, it wasn't a player, It was Tommy(the biggest homer, even bigger than Chuck) from the celtics commentary team.
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Post#17 » by ldnk » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:25 am

prototype wrote:Oh yeah the three point gesture. I remember last season a player said if he saw him do that again he'd cut off his fingers. Which player was it?


Larry Johnson? :(
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Post#18 » by bill russell » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:25 am

Mack11 wrote:Who cares. Its about time someone talked trash on our team. I hate this nice guy image we have going.


I like our sportsmanship but I don't think that it's incompatible with toughness and competitiveness and refusal to take any crap, and I like Jose for that. He gets compared to nash -- something I think is overblown because they have markedly different styles -- but they are alike in this one way: they are both fierce competitors. Never quit, never give an inch.
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Post#19 » by Raps-ody » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:26 am

It just makes me :rofl: :rofl: because you see him at ht handing out the Gatorade to his team mates so you get one side of his personality, and otoh, he clearly gets under the skin of other team players. (sometimes because he's owning them .. remember in the Arenas pg interview where someone (Norma???) asked him about Calderon, who had blown by him a couple of times and he was saying 'who?' as he clearly didn't really know or care about our backup pg, or was just being casual like he doesn't care, but then I'm pretty sure he mentioned him in his blog after another game)
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Post#20 » by bill russell » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:30 am

Raps-ody wrote:It just makes me :rofl: :rofl: because you see him at ht handing out the Gatorade to his team mates so you get one side of his personality, and otoh, he clearly gets under the skin of other team players. (sometimes because he's owning them .. remember in the Arenas pg interview where someone (Norma???) asked him about Calderon, who had blown by him a couple of times and he was saying 'who?' as he clearly didn't really know or care about our backup pg, or was just being casual like he doesn't care, but then I'm pretty sure he mentioned him in his blog after another game)

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