as for Jose minutes, yes they have gone down but look what happened just like last year. He got injured. Calderon does not have the toughness to compete 35+ mins a game and stay healthy.

As for Bosh’s trade value it is higher now. In the summertime it goes way down as he can leave and we get nothing or we sign him and get a minimal return. Why would the Raps want more young players when that will result in nothing more then a losing record ?

I still don’t get how you think right now we would get nothing in return when people are throwing players at us as Bosh is a hot player and has been all year.

I trust B.C in what he is doing but right now he has passed on some trade offers that I would of done in a heart beat. I still remember the G.S deal that was in the works for Bosh and even the Lakers now offering Bynum.

If you feel the team should deal Bosh than the train already left. Too late. At this point of the season the law of diminishing returns dictates they’d get squat. If BC were going to move him he would have been dealt at the deadline last year or this past summer. At this point he’ll ride Bosh to the end of the season and if he won’t resign they’ll get some young players back via a sign and trade.

In regards to Calderon logging high minutes, why do you think the team invested in a veteran point guard for a significant chunk of change last summer? To limit Calderon’s minutes.

Hate to burst your bubble but look at Jack’s numbers in the games previous to Calderon’s return. His percentages and stats in general dipped a ton due to fatigue.

As for Calderon he is not a starting PG in this leaue. last year he logged major minutes due to Toronto having no backup PG. What happened ? He got injured. This year he logs high minutes again and look what happened, he got injured.

Toronto needs to trade these 2 players while they have value. Jack can start and run the point as we are in desperate need of a SG. We need that wing player that can create his shot and be a defender on the Perimeter.

Brother Steve – Amen! I love the idea of a time share as it will keep both players fresh. From what I can tell neither player has an ego so that may just be how things play out for the remainder of the season.

SG60 – Great point, but I beg to differ. As a Kin grad my take would be the hammy took more than the summer to heal and Calderon forced things a bit during training camp and the first month of the season. It was rushing back from the hammy that strained his lower body and led to the hip issue. I’m not a doctor – nor do I play one on tv – but from my Kin background that’s my take. Again, just my two cents.

However, this season he took the whole summer off and was completely healthy according to himself, the team and the press. Despite this his defence was attrocious in the first several weeks of the season. Nobody mentioned anything about a sore hip until around the beginning of December. Was his hip a problem since the beginning of the season? If it was, it was never reported by the team or the press.

Let’s remember that fans can only comment on what they know and what we were seeing was terrible defence from a guy who was apparently healthy.

So give Calderon full credit for his excellent play since he returned from injury but don’t hammer fans for criticizing his defence in the first month or two of the season when he was supposed to be healthy.

If Jack and Calderon can share PG duties and play 24-28 minutes each per game without complaint, there is no reason to trade either player.

The Raps now have a scorer & playmaker to come off the bench and keep the second unit flying. Definitely enough firepower to get the Raps to the 5th seed in the East.