"Jose Calderon walked out of the Raptors locker room about an hour before his team was to face the Boston Celtics on Sunday afternoon and in the distance a voice called out:

"You're big time now, dog."

And truer words have never been spoken.

The major transaction the Raptors made Saturday — jettisoning Jarrett Jack, David Andersen and Marcus Banks for Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojakovic — not only gave general manager Bryan Colangelo some future flexibility but it gave Calderon a chance to breath."