Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard?

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Is Calderon top 10 and rising?

Yes
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No (I'm crazy)
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#221 » by noido » Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:45 am

Why would you bump a two and a half year old thread to laugh about it? I don't get it.

and FWIW At the time Calderon and TJ were really impressing as PG's for Toronto.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#222 » by Legendary 33 » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:19 am

lol
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#223 » by stacey_is_king » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:46 am

Man, looking at some of these old PG rankings is crazy. It changed pretty quickly.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#224 » by Kabookalu » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:52 am

noido wrote:Why would you bump a two and a half year old thread to laugh about it? I don't get it.

and FWIW At the time Calderon and TJ were really impressing as PG's for Toronto.


For whatever reason LethalJay is bumping up every old Calderon thread.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#225 » by SuigintouEV » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:18 pm

Calderon is what I like to call the QBPG
That QB doesn' stand for Queensbridge or Quarterback, though...

"Quintessential Bottom Point Guard"
as in
"Latin dude who always gets penetrated and never does much penetrating himself.

Gross? Try imagining watching it for 82 games a season x_X"
Just kidding, I like Jose, but he ain't top 10. Top 15 maybe, on a more balanced team that requires less of him a la Boston.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#226 » by penbeast0 » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:45 pm

The numbers are there but Jack taking his minutes and the constant attempts to trade him by the people here who see him play regularly indicate that he is less than the sum of his stats.

I think if he were in a good situation where they just let him play and accepted the good and bad of his game, he'd have a much stronger case.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#227 » by tsherkin » Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:12 pm

Calderon, as I've said elsewhere, is a fantastic 6th man, just not a starter.

Rondo, Kidd, Billups, a healthy Baron Davis, Wade if he's the PG this year, Devin Harris, Chris Paul, Westbrook, Nelson, Nash, Dre Miller, Tyreke Evans as a PG, Tony Parker, Deron Williams....

And then you've got guys like Steve Blake, OJ Mayo at the point, Mike Conley, Gilbert Arenas when he's a PG....

There are tons of guys who don't post stats quite as pretty as Calderon's but who are more useful to a team in a broader variety of situations. There's no way that Jose can be considered a top-10 PG by any sane talent evaluator. He's monstrously overrated as a starter by anyone who considers him anything but mediocre in that role.

Again, phenomenal 6MOY type player, but really not that good as a starter.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#228 » by depaso+ » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:20 pm

Choker wrote:...

For whatever reason LethalJay is bumping up every old Calderon thread.



Completely unacceptable.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#229 » by tsherkin » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:42 pm

Are you illiterate or are you simply asking to get into trouble, depaso+?

Public warning, no personal attacks on other posters, regardless of whether or not you agree with their posting style.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#230 » by LethalJay » Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:20 pm

I feel very threatened
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#231 » by ChiCitySPORTS#1 » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:26 pm

Kosta wrote:Obvious guys I would put ahead of him.

1. Paul
2. Nash
3. Billups
4. Baron
5. Arenas
6. Deron
7. Kidd
8. Tony Parker


Tyreke Evans, Derrick Rose, Monta Ellis & Stephen Curry, OJ Mayo, Jameer Nelson, and hell maybe even Mo Williams are better than Calderon.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#232 » by raptorforlife88 » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:51 pm

LethalJay wrote:I feel very threatened


Just asking but isn't bumping just one Calderon thread enough?
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#233 » by Kabookalu » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:38 pm

Awww I wanted to know what he said to me.




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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#234 » by depaso+ » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:22 pm

Choker wrote:Awww I wanted to know what he said to me.



Don't worry, it was about LethalJay.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#235 » by Canomad » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:02 am

off the top of my head in no particular order

nash
paul
rose
westbrook
williams
rondo
nelson
billups
kidd
harris
parker
brooks
jennings
evans
curry



and more i just rattled those off real quick no particular order i didnt rank whos best and whos the worst.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#236 » by noido » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:28 am

Choker wrote:Awww I wanted to know what he said to me.


That red text does tend to raise one's curiosity....
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#237 » by EdMar_Davis » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:16 pm

Calderon at one point was a top 10 pg, but half of the Raptors board at the time still didn't want him as the starter myself included. This **** is old.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#238 » by MLSE » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:19 pm

Why are people still answering this question, it was a sad move done by a poster who is known for doing this. It's a facepalm situation, since the question was asked in 2008.
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Re: Do you consider Calderon a top 10 point guard? 

Post#239 » by eskis » Mon May 6, 2019 6:32 pm

yes

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