For Los Angeles Lakers guard Jose Calderon, a life in basketball came naturally, even though the culture around him was really focused on another spot.
"When I was little, everyone else was playing soccer at that time," explained Calderon. "My dad played basketball and that's why I always had a basketball at home. I tried to start following him, going with him to practice and to games -- that's how got interested."
Calderon grew up in the small Spanish town of Villanueva de la Serena, where his father played for the local basketball squad.