Josh Childress considering offer to play in Greece

Came across an interesting story on Yahoo.com. Or let me rephrase it, Brother Jon did. Apparently Atlanta Hawks Restricted Free Agent Forward Josh Childress (the guy who looks like Kid from Kid-n- Play) has received a serious offer for a contract from a Professional Team in Greece. So serious in fact that he's actually considering it... (more...)

In what is a major blow to the Atlanta Hawks and the NBA, Josh Childress has agreed to terms with Greek powerhouse Olympiakos. "Former Hawks swingman Josh Childress has signed with Olympiakos of Greece, a three-year, fully guaranteed contract worth far more than the $20 million initially believed to be his prize. Could there be a more stunning turns of events for fans...

Hawks' fans...you no longer have to worry about the status of free agent forward Josh Childress. He's decided he wants to eat falafel in the original Athens...Greece, that is...not the home of Sanford Stadium and R.E.M. The deal is the most lucrative current contract in European basketball (worth more than $20M reportedly), and is the biggest in Euroleague history. Not bad from a...

Then it would become the most impactful NBA-to-Europe move yet. It is one thing for NBA players with European roots to go back : It is an understood part of player movement and can be somewhat planned for. At the very least, at least teams will understand why it happened. But when a young, contributing rotation player born and bred in the United States with every logical...

Looks like it's official; Josh Childress has signed a 3-year, $20 million deal with Olympiakos.

It has been reported that Atlanta Hawk RFA Josh Childress is in Greece to consider signing with the Olympiakos. This is not good for a league that boasts having the best athletes in the world. Childress would be a good fit for another NBA team but he's getting impatient playing second fiddle to Josh Smith's contract situation, so he'd rather play in Europe than play for the Hawks...

This sets a huge precedent : Any good American NBA player with pride and the intention of improving his financial situation can seek out a contract with a European club - and have a real chance at landing a good deal. I can't even gauge right now who will be pulling a Josh Childress in the future, but that's the scary part : The world of player signings is going to become...

One would think that every kid in America playing basketball dreamed of playing for Olympiakos at some point. Or not. So why is it that Josh Childress decided that he wanted to flee America, the NBA, and more specifically the Hawks for Greece. And in the prime of his career to boot.For the Hawks Childress was a solid but unspectacular player who probably needed to work on his...

The Atlanta Hawks have not been very good this summer at the whole free-agent thing. They let Josh Smith sign wherever he wanted until those offers evaporated and now he's likely to re-sign only because that's where the most money is, and now they are letting Josh Childress entertain offers from Olympiakos, a Greek team. Childress is a good all-around player, kind of like...

They could be very good in a couple of years.

As a player, I was always a guy that sought contact. I was a small guy, but I played football as well so I was used to banging bodies. I played physical and I went hard to the basket because I knew many of my opponents didn't. I especially went after tall thin guys, I knew they disliked the physical contact.Here is a clip from one of the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league games...

After all the bad blood I have made from the Brandon Jennings debacle, here comes a story from ex Tar Heels that proves my point about getting an education. Sean May and Marvin Williams, both players from North Carolina's last championship team, are working towards their degrees at UNC.

Childress signed a 3 year deal with Olimpiakos in Greece. Childress averaged 11.1 points and over 5 rebounds a game last season as the 6th man for the Atlanta Hawks. This move is a common one but usually among lower tier foreign born players. Earlier this month hoops prodigy Brandon Jennings opted to go play ball in Europe for a year rather than try to qualify academically at Arizona...