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#8 JOSE CALDERON<br />
GUARD - SPAIN<br />
Position: Guard Birthdate: September 28, 1981 (Villanueva de la Serena, Spain)<br />
Height: 6-3 High School: Tau Cerámica (Vitoria, Spain)<br />
Weight: 210 College: N/A<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> Experience: 3 Years Offseason Home: Villanueva de la Serena, Spain<br />
How Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Toronto on August 3, 2005<br />
Contract Status: Signed a contract extension through 2012-13 season.<br />
2008-09 SEASON: Averaged career highs of 12.8 points, 8.9 assists (fourth in the <strong>NBA</strong>) and 34.3 minutes in 68<br />
games (all starts) … Shot an <strong>NBA</strong> all-time single-season record .981 per cent (151-for-154) from the foul line … Led<br />
the <strong>NBA</strong> in assist-per-turnover ratio (4.21) for the second consecutive year … Paced the team in assists 58 times …<br />
Had 28 games with 10 or more assists … Registered 22 double-doubles, second on the team … Missed 14 games<br />
with a strained right hamstring … Dished a franchise high-tying 19 assists and scored 21 points Mar. 29 vs. Chicago<br />
… Became the all-time franchise leader in assists (1,795) Mar. 13 vs. Detroit in logging a 20-point, 11-assist game<br />
… Recorded 16 assists Mar. 3 at Houston … Missed the second of two free throws Jan. 30 vs. Milwaukee, ending<br />
a team-record streak of 87 consecutive free throws dating back to last season - the second longest streak in <strong>NBA</strong><br />
history … Passed Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf for second all-time in consecutive made free throws by going four-for-four<br />
Jan. 23 at Chicago … Missed 10-of-11 games between Jan. 4-21 with a strained right hamstring … Registered 16<br />
assists and 21 points Dec. 29 at Golden State … Had a perfect shooting game connecting on eight-for-eight from the<br />
field, five-of-five from three-point range and one-for-one at the charity stripe to finish with 22 points Dec. 14 vs. New<br />
Orleans … Tied Chauncey Billups’ team record of 51 consecutive free throws Dec. 9 at Cleveland and broke the<br />
record Dec. 10 vs. Indiana … Recorded his 1,500th career assist Dec. 5 at Utah … Posted season highs in points<br />
(26) and minutes (44) Nov. 21 vs. New Jersey … Missed his first game since March 21, 2007 (104 games) due to a<br />
strained right hamstring Nov. 16 vs. Miami … Set a career-high with nine free throws Nov. 5 vs. Detroit … Scored a<br />
game-high 25 points and added a game-best nine assists Nov. 1 at Milwaukee … Registered first double-double of<br />
the season with a game-high 16 points and 13 assists Oct. 31 vs. Golden State.<br />
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Has averaged 9.7 points and 6.7 assists in 291 regular season <strong>NBA</strong> games … Has<br />
shot .894 (455-509) from the charity stripe … Played six seasons in the Spanish pro leagues, including 2001-05 with<br />
Tau Cerámica Saski Baskonia Vitoria, averaging 10.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 214 games … Competed<br />
for Tau Vitoria in three Euroleague campaigns where he averaged 9.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 58<br />
games … Was a member of the Spain’s silver medal team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing … Helped Spain to the<br />
2006 FIBA World Championship title, averaging 7.2 points, 3.2 assists and less than one turnover per game … Was<br />
a teammate of former Raptor Jorge Garbajosa on Spain’s 2006 World Championship team and its 2004 and 2008<br />
Olympic Games entries … Named to Spain’s National Team for the 2002 World Championship of Basketball in<br />
Indianapolis … 2007-08: Averaged 11.2 points and a team-best 8.3 assists in all 82 regular season games …<br />
Produced then career highs in every statistical category except field goal percentage … Ranked fifth in the <strong>NBA</strong> in<br />
assists (8.3) … Averaged 13.4 points, 9.1 assists and 34.4 minutes in 56 games as a starter <strong>com</strong>pared to 7.4 points,<br />
6.6 assists and 21.5 minutes in 26 games in a reserve role … Paced the Raptors in assists a team-high 59 games<br />
… Had 31 games with 10 or more assists … Finished second to Chris Bosh with 25 double-doubles … Led the <strong>NBA</strong><br />
with a 5.38 (678/126) assist-to-turnover ratio ... Played 15 games without posting a turnover (min. 10 minutes<br />
played) … Shot .908 (109-for-120) from the charity stripe ... Finished the season ranked 10th in the <strong>NBA</strong> in threepoint<br />
percentage (.429, 79-for-184) and 18th in field goal percentage (.519, 367-for-707) … Averaged 14.1 points<br />
and 8.4 assists, while shooting .609 FG, .514 3FG and .944 FT, in February … Posted a season high with four threepoint<br />
field goals Jan. 29 at Washington ... Recorded a double-double in nine of 11 games from Jan. 23 – Feb. 20,<br />
averaging 17.4 points and 10.8 assists … Scored a season-high 24 points and added 13 assists and three steals<br />
Jan. 23 at Boston … Recorded his 1,000th career assist Jan. 16 vs. Sacramento as part of a game-high 14-assist<br />
performance … Played a career-high 54 minutes and scored 22 points during a double-overtime win Jan. 13 vs.<br />
Portland … Had 16 assists and added 15 points and a season high-tying seven rebounds Dec. 21 at Seattle …<br />
Recorded 16 assists and added 18 points Dec. 14 at Indiana … Collected his second-consecutive double-double<br />
with an 11-point, 11-assist effort Dec. 1 at Washington … Completed 80 consecutive minutes without a turnover<br />
(Nov. 23 - Nov. 25) with 25 assists … Made his first start of the season Nov. 21 at Memphis, finishing with a gamehigh<br />
eight assists and 10 points in 40 minutes … Collected his first double-double of the season Nov. 16 vs. Indiana<br />
with a game-high 10 assists and 15 points … Playoffs: Averaged a series-best 7.0 assists, with 11.8 points in 24.0<br />
minutes in five games … Finished with a 5.83 assist-to-turnover ratio (35 assists/six turnovers) … Had 18 points and<br />
set playoff career highs with four made three-point field goals, a game-high 13 assists and seven rebounds in Game<br />
3 in Toronto … Recorded 18 points and five assists and made three-of-five from three-point range in Game 2 at<br />
Orlando … Dished a game-high eight assists to go with nine points and three rebounds at Orlando in Game 1…<br />
2006-07: Averaged 8.7 points and 5.0 assists, second on the team, in 77 games, with 11 starts … Averaged 13.3<br />
points, 8.8 assists and 33.4 minutes as a starter … Ranked fourth in the <strong>NBA</strong> with a 3.52 assist per turnover ratio<br />
(387 assists, 110 turnovers) … Recorded double figures in points in 30 games … Had nine games with 10 or more<br />
TORONTO RAPTORS 2009-10 PRESEASON
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