interbasket.net - 7/21/2008
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Frustrated with the Hawks, Josh Childress is going Brandon Jennings and may make the move to Greek powerhouse club Olympiakos. Let basketball's globalization continue!
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Josh Childress may leave Hawks for $20 million, lifetime supply of gyros
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... not exactly blip players, so we have to take notice. But at the same time, they’re not exactly superstars, so it doesn’t make the headlines. Slowly but surely, Europe has been snatching away our low to midlevel free agents and at least a handful of talented prospects. The floodgates have opened. Tiago Splitter, Juan Carlos Navarro, Sasha Kaun, Carlos Delfino, Brandon Jennings, Primoz Brezec, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, probably Jorge Garbajosa, and now, possibly, Josh Childress. While Jennings is likely the biggest name of the summer to head across ...
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sports.yahoo.com 7/21/2008 — LAS VEGAS In a potentially stunning move that reflects the growing challenge Europe s basketball leagues pose to the NBA, Atlanta Hawks free-agent forward Josh Childress is strongly considering a three-year, $20 million offer from Greek powerhouse ...
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Childress Explores Options -- in Greece —
NBA.com: News 7/22/2008
In the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, Sekou Smith reports "Hawks restricted free agent swingman Josh Childress spent Monday in Athens, Greece, not Georgia, exploring his options beyond the NBA. Childress and at least one of his agents, Jim Tanner, were ...
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