Player Card: Jose Calderon

Offense: When Joses career began he didn't have much range on his jumpshot, he couldn't break down his man and get the basket, nor did he posess the typical speed and quickness that the average Point Guard in the NBA had. But one thing he always had was his unheralded natural ability to control the game with his scarily consisten ball-handling, and his ability to distribute the ball at a great pace with ease. He also posessed something rare in a money driven business; he was an exceptional team-mate. Last season Jose solidified his status as a capable NBA starter, and set records with his shooting ability. His shooting percentages especially showed just how determined he was, and still is, to improve his game. He is elite in the NBA for his shooting (all-time freethrow percentage record holder), and his ball-handling skills, and is now in All-Star contention. For a player at Joses position he has matered all the right things offensively.
Grade: A

Defense: He came into the NBA as poor defensive player, and hasn't proved that wrong to this day. It was exposed the most last year when he suffered from a foot injury that made his presence on the defensive end even more of a liability. The thing is, he is so sound with his own talents thaat he would be the first to admit his D needs some work. He lacks overall speed but he is tall enough to switch to guarding the SG sometimes. You can blame most of his weaknesses on the fact that he grew up in the offense driven European game. All that said, when Jose says he is going to inprove his game - you can't help but beleive it.
Grade: C+

Best: His ability to feed the ball to players in easy scoring positions as well as his impecable ball-control skills.

Worst: Again, he has lackluster defensive ability but, he is determined to improve. Gotta love that.

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-RaptorsGuy