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José Manuel Calderón Borrallo (born September 28, 1981) is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ==Early life and European career== José Calderón was born and raised in the town of Villanueva de la Serena, in Spain.〔(José Manuel Calderón – About Me )〕 His main inspiration for basketball came from his father, who used to play basketball for his hometown's team, Doncel La Serena.〔 José Calderón used to enjoy seeing his father play. He accompanied him to his games and practices.〔 Calderon left Villanueva to play for Vitoria-Gasteiz.〔 He received a proposal to play professional basketball after he won a junior team championship.〔 After a discussion with his parents, Calderón decided to carry on the professional basketball tradition.〔 Calderón was greatly focused on training for and playing basketball during this time in his life.〔 He was surrounded by motivated teammates who put in strong effort, and pushed Calderón to work as hard them.〔 Calderón later played for Lucemtum Alicante (second division), and he was able to lead his team to the ACB (first division).〔 Unfortunately, his team had to return to the second division because of fierce competition.〔 This helped Calderón adapt to the competition, and catalyzed an improvement to his game.〔 Calderón played in the ACB the next season, but for Fuenlabrada.〔 He averaged 9.7 points, and 1.7 assists in 18.6 minutes per game, and shot 83.2% from the free throw line.〔(José Manuel Calderón – Player Profile )〕 By the end of the season, he received an opportunity to play for the Spanish national team.〔 In 2002, he played for the Spanish national team in the World Championship at Indianapolis, where his team ended up in fifth place.〔 After the summer, Calderón signed with TAU Vitoria.〔 Calderon played three seasons with Tau Vitoria, resulting in plenty of wins.〔 His team became the Champions of the Copa del Rey (His Majesty’s Cup), and were also runners-up in both the ACB league and the Euroleague.〔 In 2002–03, he averaged 7.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals in the Euroleague. In 2003–04, he averaged 7.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.1 steals in the Euroleague. In 2004–05, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 steals in the Euroleague.〔(Calderon, Jose Manuel – Euroleague.net )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Calderón (basketball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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