José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish basketball executive and former player. He roughly spent twelve years in the National Basketball Association and has won multiple Olympic medals with Spain.
Calderon is 41 years old and here is everything you need to know about his net worth, salary, career, personal life, and more.
Jose Calderon Facts
| Birth Place | Villanueva de la Serena, Spain |
| Father’s Name | Sr. Jose Calderon |
| Mother’s Name | Lola Borrallo |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| College | NA |
| Net Worth (2022) | $30-40 million |
| Salary (2022) | NA |
| Age | 41 |
| Date of Birth | September 28, 1981 |
| Height (ft) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight (kg) | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Nationality | Spain |
| NBA Draft Year | 2003 – Undrafted |
| NBA Draft Pick | NA |
| Playing Career | 1998 – 2019 |
| Position | Point Guard |
| Teams | Diputacion, CB Lucentum Alicante, Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (Europe); Raptors, Pistons, Mavericks, Knicks, Lakers, Hawks, Cavaliers, Pistons (NBA) |
| Wife/Girlfriend | Ana Hurtado |
| Children | 1 |
| Endorsements | NA |
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Jose Calderon Net Worth And Salary
Jose Calderon is a highly successful basketball player across Europe. According to Wiki, his time in the NBA and with other teams has made him around $85 million in base salary alone. Calderon played as a guard. Of course, his contracts were not as lucrative as some of the other players who spent their entire careers in the NBA. But Calderon has been a major part of several NBA sides as a fringe option.
Calderon was part of a glitch that raised eyebrows amongst basketball fans. When you performed a Google search, Calderon was seen to be worth $2.2 billion. The screenshot went viral on social media before fans started to realise that the basketball player had been confused with Francisco Jose Calderon Rojas who had inherited the wealth from their father, who co-founded FEMSA. The Cavaliers guard was making $2.3 million during his final years instead.
His net worth is believed to be around $30-40 million.
Jose Calderon Basketball Career
Jose Calderon was born in Spain and got his love for basketball from his father, who played for Doncel La Serena. After winning a junior team championship, he got a full-time offer to play basketball professionally. He represented Diputación Foral Alava and then moved on to the Spanish second division in 1999. He helped them progress to the top flight before moving onto ACB team Fuenlabrada and then to TAU Vitoria. He averaged d 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 steals in the Euro League before declaring for the NBA draft in 2005.
Calderon went undrafted but he got an opportunity to join the Toronto Raptors, finishing third among the rookies in assists made. He featured in 66 games in his first year, struggling most with his shooting. But his abilities as an intelligent playmaker started to come to light. He spent the next 8 years with the Raptors, scoring a career-high 30 points in a 94-92 loss against the LA Lakers in 2012. He led the league in assists per turnover for the third time in five years.
Calderon went to Detroit in 2013 and finished the campaign averaging 11.3 points and 7.1 assists per game and 46.1% in three-point shooting. The Dallas Mavericks awarded him with a four-year $28 million contract in 2013 and was traded to New York a year later. The Knicks, the Hawks and the Cavaliers signed him on short deals after with Calderon appeared in the 2018 NBA Finals with Cleveland. He played his final season with the Pistons and then retired to join the National Basketball Player’s Association as a special assistant to the executive director in 2019. He won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, two Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Jose Calderon Personal Life
Jose Calderon was named a Right To Play Athlete Ambassador in 2007. He donated $1000 for every assist in a home game against the Chicago Bulls, ending the game with 14 assists.
He welcomed his first child with Ana Hurtado in May 2010. The former point guard is also a co-owner of an organic pig farm.
FAQs About Jose Calderon
Jose and Francisco Jose Calderon Rojas are Mexican billionaire brothers. The basketball player Jose Calderon is of Spanish nationality.
Yes, Calderon retired in 2019.
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