Will Calderon cash in this offseason?

If Ford is still there in Toronto he may look for as much money as possible somewhere he can go be a starter.

He has averaged 13.8 points, 9.9 assists and just 1.8 turnovers in his 28 starts while shooting 50.7 percent from the floor, 43.4 percent on 3s and 91.2 percent from the line.

Those are all-star caliber numbers. And he's still young with potential to get better.

5 years $50 million?

it's another paltry offseason for free agents, he'll be the rashard of this next year (though to a much smaller scale)

everyone is around the cap, the Raptors can give Calderon as much as he wants, and very few teams can give him more than the MLE

He's like, 25, isn't he? If he keeps up his numbers during the season, I can see teams offering him a Nash-like salary. However, with so few teams under the cap, I wonder who'll be able to offer anything.

My guess is 9-10 mil per

if the raps keep him and he gets that type of money, will he start ahead of ford?

It really only takes one team to be under the cap to be a big threat. I think Philly is that team. With Korver gone, Philly is at 31 million for next year, with a 9.4 million dollar cap hold on Iggy, and a 2 million dollar cap hold on Louis Williams. Assuming a cap of 57 million, they should have 10+ million available after draft day. More if they can deal Willie Green for an expiring contract.

Philly is not going shuffle around all their players so they have the money to screw over the raptors. And even then the raps will match and it would leave the sixers screwed.
Sixers can offer that 9.4 million and the raps will match without hesitation.