thebiglead.com - 7/23/2008
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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 ...
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Josh Childress Leaves Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola for Gyros and Souvlaki
RealClearSports - Blog —
... for the Italian club Virtus Roma, and now Childress off to Greece, this could be the start of a new trend (and a scary one if your David Stern). The Big Lead points out that these aren't the only two examples this summer: "Bostjan Nachbar (Nets to Russia), Juan Navarro (Memphis to Spain), Carlos Delfino (Toronto to Russia), Primoz Brezec (Toronto to Rome) and Jorge Garbajosa (Toronto to somewhere)." ...
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nba.fanhouse.com 7/23/2008 — That headline deserves a few !s, if you ask me. It really happened, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution 's Sekou Smith : Atlanta restricted free agent Josh Childress signed a fat contract with Olympiakos of Greece -- bigger than the ...
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nba.fanhouse.com 7/23/2008 — That Atlanta retains the domestic rights to new Euroleague star Josh Childress has been discussed. Basically, if Chills comes back to the States next summer, he is still a restricted free agent of the Hawks. If he signs an offer sheet with another ...
Hawks GM Rick Sund's Statement on Josh Childress —
NBA.com: News 7/23/2008
"We were informed this morning by Josh Childress' representatives that he has signed with Olympiakos in Greece, and we want to wish him the absolute best with his future career in FIBA.
"We have a great deal of respect for Josh and appreciate his ...
Goodbye Atlanta, Hello Greece —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/23/2008
Josh Childress will follow the likes of Juan Carlos Navarro, Primoz Brecec, Carlos Delfino, and Bostjian Nachbar, as Childress will go over to Europe to play basketball next season instead of playing for the Atlanta Hawks.
Childress will sign a ...
