Jose Calderon has been urged by Jay Triano to be more aggressive with his scoring.

In Sunday's loss to Dallas, Calderon had 15 points on seven shots to go with eight assists and eight rebounds.

“And he can do even more,” Triano said after team practice Monday. “I think there were a couple clips where he came off the screen in the second half and looked to be a passer. I’ve always said that you come off screens you can be a scorer. And if they take that away then you can be a passer.

“I just think sometimes he gets predictable with him coming off screens wanting to make plays rather than to play basketball.”

Calederon is averaging 9.6 points per game.

“Sometimes, the defense plays better defense, they double team me,” Calderon said. “If I got two guys with me, somebody’s open. So why am I going to shoot the ball? I just try to pass the ball to the open guy.”

Triano believes Calderon is more effective when he looks for his own offense.

“We want him to be aggressive and assertive and I thought he was in the first half [against Dallas, when he hit five of six shots],” Triano said. “In the second half, I didn’t think he was as much.

“Especially when we have guys out of the lineup, he’s got to look to pick up some of the slack scoring-wise.”