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Josh Childress is going back to Greece. The former Hawks swingman said he is returning to Olympiakos for the 2009-10 season and will not opt out of his contract and return to the NBA.“I still have some unfinished business to tend to,” Childress said by phone early Tuesday morning. “I definitely ...
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It’s Still all Greek to Josh Childress
SLAM Online — Josh’s EuroTrip shall continue for at least another year: “Josh Childress is going back to Greece. The former Hawks swingman said he is returning to Olympiakos for the 2009-10 season and will not opt out of his contract and return to the NBA. ‘I still have some unfinished business to tend to,’ Childress said by phone early Tuesday morning. ‘I definitely have unfinished business in Greece.’ A restricted free agent this summer, Childress said his representatives spent the past two weeks in discussions with the Hawks and several other teams about potential sign-and-trade deals that would have allowed him to return to the NBA this season, but could never get the Hawks to ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com:  “Though Griffin hit a grand total of three 3-pointers in his two-year college career, he followed up that first layup Monday night by moving out to the perimeter for his next two buckets. On the Clippers’ second possession, Griffin got the ball from guard Mike Taylor, absorbed hard contact from Lakers big man Ben McCauley, squared up and went glass from 15. He bested that the next trip down with a silky 3-pointer. What got into Griffin? It might have something to do with the fact that Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy actually stopped practice the other day to implore the rookie to launch the ball when he’s got an open look. ‘I caught one almost in ...

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