Later, Afroman; Childress signs with Olympiakos
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Robtastic posted 7/23/2008 from upsideandmotor.blogspot.com [flag] |
Looks like it's official ; according to ESPN, Josh Childress has signed a 3-year, $20 million deal with Olympiakos. LET THE GREAT EXPERIMENT BEGINNNN!!!!
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