Jose Calderon retires from Spanish national team
By Dan FeldmanAug 30, 2016, 10:28 AM EDT
Jose Calderon has won three Olympic medals – silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze this year.
Just three men's basketball players have won more:
Carmelo Anthony (three golds and a bronze for Team USA)
Gennady Volnov (a gold,* two silvers and a bronze for the Soviet Union)
Sergey Belov (a gold* and three bronzes for the Soviet Union)
Calderon, who turns 35 next month, won't catch them.
O. Cauchi of Sportando:
Veteran point guard Jose Calderon has officially announced his retirement from Spanish NT.
Calderon barely played in Rio. Spain is stacked at point guard with Sergio Rodriguez, Ricky Rubio and Sergio Llull.
The Lakers aren't as deep at the position with D'Angelo Russell and Marcelo Huertas. Calderon might have a bigger impact in Los Angeles – especially if he's not saving himself for Eurobasket 2017.