What a difference a Calderon makes to the Raptors. Eh?
Calderon outscored Chris Paul 22-12. Calderon shot 8-8 from the floor, 4-4 on 3's & made both FT.
I thought Paul was a GREAT defensive player & Calderon didn't play defense. hmmm!
Last night Calderon shot 9-10 & made all 4 of his FT against Super rookie Derek Rose.
I could go on & on. But, the media & haters will post that Calderon sucks, & every PG in the East is better.
Even though Calderon has a higher FG%, higher 3%, and is shooting 100% on FT. Last season Calderon joined Steve Nash as the ONLY NBA players to shoot 50-40-&90%. Calderon will Join Larry Bird as the ony two players in NBA history to shoot 50-40 & 90 in a season TWICE. Unless Nash or Nowitzki get a little hot. Did I mention that Calderon led all NBA PG in assists to turnover ratio last season?
Calderon will have more assists & fewer turnovers than any East guard that makes the all-star team. And, Calderon will have a higher combined shooting % than any player in the NBA. and, calderon will shatter the NBA record for highest FT% in a season. And yet, Barkley, Kenny Smith, & C-Webb named 7 PG in the East as deserving all-star consideration, none of them Calderon.

Sometimes the pundits just have an odd dislike of the Raptors in general, but Calderon is an invaluable cog to this team. Seriously, I don't think most fans understand how efficient his game is sometimes. Even though his defense leave a lot to be desired, he has to be one of the top 7 PGs in the league. I'd rather have Calderon running the point that Baron Davis, because I know what I'm gonna get on a nightly basis

time to suit up M.J.! THEY NEED JORDAN!..so sad to see chicago not be able to win..bring back pippen and jordan..at least that would be entertaining..

Hey, coach! if the players don't want to play defence, then put people on the
floor who will. joakim noah is pitiful on the floor, it seems he never knows
where to be, whether on offence or defence. put gray in the game , at least he can score.

How can a team such as the Chicago Bulls become better? Defense, defense and more defense. Too many gunners and not enough defensive stoppers. A coach rather he's a season veteran or a rookie cannot and will not be successful in Chicago until he teaches defense and team play (such as distribution of the basket- ball) to
discipline players. Thank God for Derrick Rose and the discipline he brings to the Bulls. You know you don't have
to be a great team (all super stars ) to be competitive in the NBA.

The trouble with the Bulls is that they won't play D. Del Negro needs to find 8-9 players who will play D and stick to that rotation. Until he does the Bulls will falter. As far as bringing back Michael and Scottie get real. The only balls they can play with are their own.

I honestly don't see why the Bulls are playing such horrible defense. They were one of the best defensive teams 2-3 years ago, and their core players are basically the same. Hinrich, Deng, Gordon, and Nocioni were the key players on their playoff teams and they still are. They don't have Ben Wallace anymore,but they were good before that. There's something to be said about losing Tyson Chandler, but they've added Noah and Tyrus Thomas, who are defensive-minded players. Unless you're going to say that Chris Duhon is head and shoulders above Derrick Rose (I couldn't type that with a straight face) , I think you have to blame Vinny and the coaches. There's just no other excuse for this lackluster defensive play.

Alright shouldn't john paxson eventually have to take the blame for constantly constructing underachieving teams, i remember john paxson's career defining moment in game 6 of the 93 finals, and yes that was a big shot but it could be argued that pax hasn't done that good of a job being a g.m. The bulls have some good players but they seem to have no chemistry as a team and even if pax deserves to get canned unfortunately he wont because he more than likely is tight His boss Jerry Reinsdorf so more likely my cousin Vinney will get canned sooner or later.

Unbiased fan you make a compelling case for Jose Calderon being recognized as one of the top point guards in the nba but sorry man he still isn't better that Chris Paul Calderon is better than most thou.

Bill P while your at they should bring back dennis rodman, they could scrape his drunk a*s off the pavement and put him in uniform and the bulls would win another championship. Your too much Bill p

Feb. 19 trade deadline get something done

Yankees Rule ,the Yankees wont win in 09 they have some questions that need be answered about their pitching staff like can J.J Burnett stay healthy during the season and make it to the playoffs with pitching arm still working. and will C.C be able to handle pitching in a place that he originally didn't want to go to. What are the yankees going to to do about their catcher situation? On the plus side they have mark t. will will help protect a-rod and strengthen the yankee offense.

guys don't blame the bulls, the raps were just unstoppable. look out celts, were coming for you.

if i was paxson ill hold on to tyrus thomas n derrick rose.thomas is getting better and better.if chris kaman can get healthy any time soon i would like to see da bulls trade for him for anybody on the team except for rose n thomas.we desperately need a center.make a package deal for amare stoudemire.come on paxson make a damn trade.we could also use a shooting guard like corey maggette.trade them noah n gordon for maggette.man im just a frustrated bulls fan.i wouldnt mind taking a chance on eddy curry too

My comments about jordan and pippen were meant sarcastically b-ball insight and furthermore i think i know they are too old..dennis rodman..hmm..now thats a good idea..hey maybe we can get old paxson to lace em up for a final shot..lol..your too much b-ball insight..hey how about bill cartwright and bill wenninton teaming up with joakim noah and put on the old three headed monster and play hack a shaq!..lol..until chicago learns how to play defense,god help them..

funny stuff bill p

man i use to be a die hard bulls fan even when we were losing but right now [profane]k the bulls

I've been a Bull's fan for many years. It's hard to believe they win any games the past few years. John paxon needs some nodose to wake up. Rose is excellant. But joakim (JOKE for short) is a total waste. There is NO inside threat or power forward player of any mentioning. Are we just content to fill the roster with lifeless individuals? Will the Bulls match the Cub's string of listless years?

When are they not defenseless?

The Bulls organization should realize that Paxon is a failure and all his decisions have been failures. Vinny Del Negro as coach!!!
Come on, enough is the enough!!!!!
Get rid of these loosers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for god sake i could run thbis team better than del negro i mean his lineup changes and all of that its ridiculous trade for a big man and give gordon up he shoots to much and isnt that great on defense keep hinrich and deng they are good players and never take tyrus thomas out of the lineup he will get better let noah go he isnt what he was like at florida and gray will come along he just doesnt get enough minutes the lineup should be gray thomas deng hinrich and rose with nocioni gordon noah comming off the bench bottom line it would work out great

Paxson needs to make a move now!!!! We were like 3 games under and are now free falling out of the playoff race. If Paxson can't do it then get someone who can!!! Im done with this guy. He was a nice player but is sucking as a GM. Get rid of Gordon and Hughes. Noah and Gray need to leave too. Those two are fourteen fett of useless space! Gordon can score but his salary is way too big and he's not a real team player. Make moves or say hi to another top ten pick...... I like getting good talent but I would rather see a winning season.

I think Jose Calderon kind of lost in the early of season, part of that because the new players and old players been trade. But it's they get Marion, I think Marion will get benefit from Calderon's play. Calderon is average 9 assist before injury. I think his number could increase once the team play better than 16-28.
Bulls have all piece in the back court, but not the front. They don't have any player can take the jump shot, that hurt when you have a point guard like Rose, who can create space for their big man. So the main issue here for the bulls is get a big guy can shoot.
I don't understand why they trade the #2 pick for Thomas in the 2006 draft, because they know they need a big guy who can take jumper, but why they trade for Thomas??????
Thomas is another Ben Wallace when in the time they have Ben, then they trade Ben for Gordon, who is also not a jump shoot player. They need a guy like Brad Miller, but he is too old. I think they may try to shot for Chris Bosh in 2010. Why not. You have Rose, a excellent point guard, Deng, a average small forward, Thomas, who may become Ben Wallace, who play great defense in the old day.
Hughes, Gordon, krinich, and all the big man are useless, you know the basic great team is have a Big man who can play defense, score. PF who can post up and make 15 feet jumper. Wings player who can knock down 3s and defense trancation, and a floor general who run every play, and you win.
But the bulls are far from that and still fighting their way and find it.....

trade a Hinrich for Kaman , or Gordon for Boozer