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Toronto Raptors: 25 Best Players To Play For The Raptors

By Phil Watson

May 23, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; A general view of the Air Canada Centre with t-shirts laid out on seats in a Canadian flag pattern prior to Toronto Raptors hosting Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
May 23, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; A general view of the Air Canada Centre with t-shirts laid out on seats in a Canadian flag pattern prior to Toronto Raptors hosting Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 15: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Jose Calderon #8 of the Toronto Raptors in action against Deron Williams #8 of the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on January 15, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.The Nets defeated the Raptors 113-106. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 15: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Jose Calderon #8 of the Toronto Raptors in action against Deron Williams #8 of the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on January 15, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.The Nets defeated the Raptors 113-106. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

PG-SG. 2005-13. Jose Calderon. 7. player. 81. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Free agent, Aug. 3, 2005.

Spaniard Jose Calderon was undrafted in 2003, but the Toronto Raptors took a shot on the seven-year veteran of the Spain’s ACB—its top division—in August 2005.

It worked out well for the Raptors. Calderon led the NBA in free-throw shooting in 2008-09, finished fourth in assists in 2008-09 and 2011-12 and was fifth in the league in 2007-08 and 2010-11.

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and was then swapped to the

Detroit Pistons

as part of the same trade.

In parts of eight seasons in Toronto, Calderon averaged 10.0 points, 7.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 28.4 minutes per game, shooting .481/.388/.877.

He set an NBA single-season record with a free-throw percentage of .981 in 2008-09.

In the season split between the Raptors and Detroit in 2012-13, Calderon led the NBA in three-point shooting before signing as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks in July 2013.

In June 2014, he was traded to the New York Knicks.

Last season, he started 72 games for New York, averaging 7.6 points, 4.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 28.1 minutes per game on .459/.414/.875 shooting.

He’s been traded twice since the end of the 2015-16 season, going to the Chicago Bulls on June 22, 2016, and being moved to the Los Angeles Lakers on July 7, 2016.

He has one year remaining on the contract he signed in 2013.

Calderon is 16th in NBA history with a three-point percentage of .412 and 40th with an average of 6.5 assists per game.

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