hoopsvibe.com - 8/26/2008
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Toronto is a multicultural city with a large proud and powerful Chinese population. Calderon after inking a lucrative extension this summer and landing the starting point guard spot may rightfully face a backlash from the city 8217 s diverse fan base ...
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The AltRaps Blog —
... teammate T.J. Ford over the starting point guard spot. Until recently, his conduct on-and-off court had been exceptional. Something chaned at the Olympics, though. During Sunday’s final, Calderon and his teammates protested every call, which led to two fourth quarter technical fouls. Jay Triano, an assistant coach with Calderon’s own Raptors and game analyst with CBC, criticized Spain’s poor sportsmanship on-air. Hopefully, the Jose that Toronto knows and loves returns –and soon. - HoopsVibe I don’t care what anyone says, but Humphries is not a viable backup forward (8-10 ...
Chris Bosh had a great Olympics but who really cares?
Arsenalist —
... There’s some discussion about Calderon’s rough Olympics where he couldn’t play in the Gold medal game, whined about the refs and made a stereoptypical gesture at someone. I hardly call it rough, I do all these things in a day and people still return my calls. Seriously, summertime is so slow that if a crow shits on a cow it’ll make front page news. ...
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From the Bench To His Blog, Sore Loser, Calderon Continues Spain's Whining
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