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Eddie House and Tony Allen to Return to Celtics
Boston Sports Buzz - Red Sox Patriots Celtics Bruins MLB NFL NBA NHL Baseball Football Basketball... — The Celts already let one of the contributors to their 2007-08 Championship season get away - I'm referring, of course, to James Posey, who just signed an inflated 4-year, $25 million deal with the Hornets - and they seem determined not to let that happen again as reports have the team coming to terms with free agents Eddie House and Tony Allen. Apparently, both players will be coming back on 2-year deals, with the second year of House's contract being a player option. Rotoworld expects to see Eddie House backing up both guard positions and Tony Allen focusing primarily on backup shooting guard duties. Losing Posey to the Hornets and not having ...

All Greek to Childress?
Lakers Blog — An interesting rumor generating through the mill. Restricted FA Josh Childress has apparently grown so frustrated with those running Atlanta's negotiating table that the swingman (kinda pointless to clarify, since he's a member of the Hawks roster ...

Value of Euro vs. Dollar Impacting NBA Signings? [NBA]
Deadspin — ... In conjunction with Delfino's signing, Yahoo Sports reports that Josh Childress is considering a three-year $20 million dollar offer from a Greek team. Effectively this is more money than Childress could receive from the Hawks and it also raises some interesting competitive balance questions. Namely players being able to step outside the NBA and receive more money than they can in a slalary-capped NBA. ...

Is the NBA’s Trickle to Europe About to Become a Flood?
The Big Lead — Late Sunday, an extremely random and perplexing story appeared over at Yahoo Sports - Atlanta Hawks’ sixth-man Josh Childress was entertaining the idea of playing in Greece. Huh? Three days later, Childress is gone - just like the Hawks’ hopes for a return to the playoffs next year. In a move that trumps the Baron Davis and Elton Brand moves earlier this month, Childress will be playing for Olympiakos next season, and when he’s not island-hopping, he’ll be enjoying his lucrative deal that apparently exceeds 3-years, $20 million (the Hawks were offering 5-years for $33 million according to the ...