Newly-acquired New York Knicks point guard Jose Calderon is looking forward to being coached by the team's rookie head coach, Derek Fisher, despite having just faced each other as recently as last season's National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs.

"It is strange, but at the same time, it's been really nice and normal,'' Calderon said. "It looks like he's been coaching for years now. The way he talks and makes himself understood, it's been easy. I know I look at him and played defense on him last year, but he's been great. He's confident.''

Calderon, who was traded along with center Samuel Dalembert, shooting guard Wayne Ellington, point guard Shane Larkin and two 2014 second-round picks in exchange for point guard Raymond Felton and Tyson Chandler, is coming off playing for Spanish men's national basketball team that was knocked out in the quarterfinals by France and must now adjust to learning Phil Jackson's vaunted "Triangle Offense."

That particularly famous offense is not the easiest concept to master.

"It looks easy but it's not,'' Calderon said. "It's complicated. If it wasn't, more people would be playing this way. But we'll be all right. That's what training camp is for. I know more today than yesterday, I know more now than early this morning. Every day we learn a lot. We're trying to get used to it, adding movement, adding passes. Like anything, it's repetition."

One player on the Knicks roster looking forward to playing alongside Calderon is power forward Andrea Bargnani, who was a teammate of the Spanish point guard from 2006 to 2013 as members of the Toronto Raptors.

"I played with him basically my whole NBA career,'' Bargnani said. "He's very experienced and really knows how to run a team. It's always been great to play with him. I know how he plays. He knows how I play. I was glad. The main thing is, what he wants to do first is run the team. Run the team and look for the right, good pass. It's his first priority and he's a great jump shooter. But running a team is first priority."

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