HAAK72

http://www.josemanuelcalderon.com/

I apologize if this has already been posted...on the bottom right corner you can click the English version...his latest entry gives the Blazers hope!!!

GOD

very interesting. Sounds like he isn't too happy with the Raps. The Raps are going to NEED to get rid of either Ford or Calderon, and even that might not be enough.

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It's_GO_Time

Thanks for the info . . . maybe just a teaser, but it opens up a door of hopefulness.

Below is some other information relating to Calderon and Howard (both with threaeds on this board):

Dallas Mavericks SF Josh Howard’s ill-timed admission that he smokes weed in the offseason should not affect his trade value. “He’s not a two- or three-time offender,” says a league G.M. “He hasn’t even tested positive.” Or, as another G.M. says: “It’s not like he’s an ax murderer.” That G.M. adds that Howard might even deserve props for being honest. Mavs owner Mark Cuban said in an e-mail that he’s not looking to deal Howard. We’ll see. Cuban has few other options if he wants to rebuild the supporting cast around PF Dirk Nowitzki. …

Toronto Raptors G.M. Bryan Colangelo plans to keep restricted free agent-to-be Jose Calderon, which means he will have two choices for handling his point guard duo of Calderon and T.J. Ford: 1) Keep both and run the risk Ford will be unhappy if he loses the starting job or 2) Trade Ford. Moving him would be the best move, but getting equal value won’t be easy. He’s scheduled to make $16 million-plus over the next two years. …

SodaPopinski

Thanks for sharing - interesting piece.

I'm not sure we can guarantee him a starting role, although I'd like to think we could. Is Rudy going to come off the bench? Because if you pencil in Roy and Rudy as starters, I don't think Calderon starts.

Perhaps Rudy is our 6th man, similar to the role Ginobli plays in San Antonio.

I still hold firm to my prediction that Calderon will be our starting point guard in game 1 of the 2008-09 season.

-Pop

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PorterIn2004

Oh, I dunno. They just got bounced and bounced hard. He's upset. Once he's had a month or two to cool off though....

It's not that I don't hope you're right but I'd bet, given that that team did just make the playoffs and how loved he is by the fans there, that if they manage to move Ford for some reasonable upgrade at another position, he'd be fine with it. It's true, though, that in Portland he'd likely win more games total, get to play with the Big Three and Fernandez, and it'd make sense financially, too, so maybe.

Spoolie Gee

I like the idea of Rudy being our 6th man but I wonder if Roy couldnt play the 3 and be a "point-forward". He might struggle defensively with the stronger SF's in the league but having LMA and Oden behind him would help a lot in the post.

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HAAK72

...and if you read the entire entry, the worst part is that he is routing for the Lakers [err, Pau I should say but the Lakers nevertheless]!!! He will learn quickly to hate them with a passion as soon as he becomes part of the Rip City family!!!

hasoos

Interesting, but I don't see anything new. Plus I have seen players say that type of stuff before and then taking a fat contract in some craphole to play.

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Hasoos

Webster's Dictionary

Granted he's a marshmello but Roy shut down Carmello at the end of that Denver game this year.

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2005-2006 Give it time.
2006-2007 The time is near.
2007-2008 The time is upon us.

pac4eva5

wait, what?

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Yega1979

Eh? Jose could be the starting PG, Roy the starting SG, Rudy the starting SF.

Roy can play PG/SG/SF, Rudy can play SG/SF...no conflict there at all.

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Yega1979

Ya, Roy really needs to put on some muscle. His biggest problem last season was being able to get to the rim and finish.

I hope everyone goes to his site, emails him, and tells him to come to Portland! I did.

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"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

Hermann Goering, Nazi leader

PorterIn2004

I'm pretty sure the implication was that Carmello was the marshmallow, not Roy, though I don't agree either way.

Regardless, I don't agree with your assertion, Yega, that Fernandez can play SF. I think he's pretty exclusively a SG but I think he swings closer to PG than SF. He's smaller and much lighter than Roy.

B-Roy