Cavs Backup Point Guard Recalls His Overseas Journey to the NBA
If you’ve ever seen the documentary “Go, Tigers!” about high school football in Massillon, Ohio, one of the most memorable scenes is near the beginning, as nurses place tiny plastic footballs in the cribs of the newborn boys. The implication is that these young’ns are born to play football.
You might imagine that in the city of Villanueva de la Serena in central Spain, the babes were born to play soccer. But “La Villa” is a basketball town – and it's where Jose Calderon’s hoop dreams began.