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Josh Childress might jet to Greece, will others follow?
sports.yahoo.com 7/21/2008 — We're too early in the game to even guess at whether or not a trend of American-born players eschewing solid stateside contracts in favor of more lucrative deals with international teams will develop, but it is worth bringing up. Understand, though, ...
We're too early in the game to even guess at whether or not a trend of American-born players eschewing solid stateside contracts in favor of more lucrative deals with international teams will develop, but it is worth bringing up. Understand, though, ...
Josh Childress Seriously Considering A Move From Atlanta Hawks To Play In Greece
FanIQ.com 7/21/2008 — We all knew Brandon Jennings eschewing the college game or NBDL for an opportunity to make money playing professionally in Europe would ignite trend. More NBA caliber talent coming out of high school who aren't interested in college with bypass the ...
We all knew Brandon Jennings eschewing the college game or NBDL for an opportunity to make money playing professionally in Europe would ignite trend. More NBA caliber talent coming out of high school who aren't interested in college with bypass the ...
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Brandon Jennings is headed overseas because America won't pay him yet . Carlos Delfino can hack it in the NBA, for sure, but the money— even from a second-division team —is better in Moscow. But Josh Childress? According to Yahoo! , ...
Multiple Sources: Childress Not Bluffing, Will Go To Greece
www.ajc.com 7/23/2008 — If you thought the tango Josh Childress danced with Olympiakos was simply a negotiating ploy, you were wrong. Childress is still in Athens and won’t leave without making a decision on his immediate future. At least three people close to him are convinced that he is “gone.” There has been no official word, of course, but that could come as early as this morning
If you thought the tango Josh Childress danced with Olympiakos was simply a negotiating ploy, you were wrong. Childress is still in Athens and won’t leave without making a decision on his immediate future. At least three people close to him are convinced that he is “gone.” There has been no official word, of course, but that could come as early as this morning
Childress leaves Hawks for Greece
www.ajc.com 7/23/2008 — Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the closet as a true Atlanta sports fan, things go even crazier than they’ve gone in the past 15 months. Former Hawks swingman Josh Childress has signed with Olympiakos...
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the closet as a true Atlanta sports fan, things go even crazier than they’ve gone in the past 15 months. Former Hawks swingman Josh Childress has signed with Olympiakos...
Childress' Decision to Go Euro Is Momentous
www.sportingnews.com 7/23/2008 — Wow. Josh Childress will sign with Olympiakos of Greece:
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Is the NBA’s Trickle to Europe About to Become a Flood?
thebiglead.com 7/23/2008 — 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 ...
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 ...
Josh Childress update: Signs with Olympiakos!
www.ballineurope.com 7/23/2008 — According to the Lithuanian basketball web site krepsinis.net (thanks to Zaidaw), Josh Childress signed with Olympiakos. To make it less a rumor, but a more reliable note: Here (picture of Josh signing), here and here also reports and ...
According to the Lithuanian basketball web site krepsinis.net (thanks to Zaidaw), Josh Childress signed with Olympiakos. To make it less a rumor, but a more reliable note: Here (picture of Josh signing), here and here also reports and ...
Josh Childress Chooses Greece Over NBA
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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 ...
Say Goodbye to Josh Childress, Say Hello to Some NBA Soul-Searching
myespn.go.com 7/23/2008 — Josh Childress, former sixth overall pick in the NBA draft, and a player who played very well for an Atlanta team that put a real scare into the eventual champions, is leaving the NBA to play for Greece. He signed a contract today with Greek ...
Josh Childress, former sixth overall pick in the NBA draft, and a player who played very well for an Atlanta team that put a real scare into the eventual champions, is leaving the NBA to play for Greece. He signed a contract today with Greek ...
Atlanta's Sund Delivers a Simply Awful Response to Childress Going Greek
nba.fanhouse.com 7/24/2008 — Content not just to punch Atlanta's fans in the groin area by letting Josh Childress get away, Hawks boss Rick Sund delivered what has to be one of the worst explanations in recent memory. (Kevin McHale's postscript on the Dwane Casey firing can't be ...
Content not just to punch Atlanta's fans in the groin area by letting Josh Childress get away, Hawks boss Rick Sund delivered what has to be one of the worst explanations in recent memory. (Kevin McHale's postscript on the Dwane Casey firing can't be ...
The Josh Childress Homesickness Cure
myespn.go.com 7/24/2008 — New place. New surroundings. New world. Plans to stay for quite some time. Anyone could get a little homesick. Anyone could feel that longing for the familiar surroundings of home. Experts say the thing to do is to not become a shut-in. To get ...
New place. New surroundings. New world. Plans to stay for quite some time. Anyone could get a little homesick. Anyone could feel that longing for the familiar surroundings of home. Experts say the thing to do is to not become a shut-in. To get ...
Josh Childress Adapts to Greek Life Quickly
nba.fanhouse.com 7/24/2008 — Any concerns about how new Olympiakos star Josh Childress would adjust to life in a foreign country should be squelched by this video posted by TrueHoop , which purportedly shows our protagonist mingling with his new neighbors in an Athens nightclub ...
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NBA Weekly: Josh Childress, Emeka Okafor, and more
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 7/24/2008 — In this week edition of NBA Weekly: Josh Childress signs with Greece, Emeka Okafor might be dealt in a sign and trade, Marcus Williams to the Warriors, and more
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The Internets are alive: Josh Childress bolts for Greece
sports.yahoo.com 7/24/2008 — Opa! Ex-Hawks swingman Josh Childress has agreed to terms on a fat three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the shocking news ... JoshChildressCamp : "2008 Summer Camp has been ...
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It's Officially Time to Start the 'NBA Overseas Defection Watch' List
nba.fanhouse.com 7/25/2008 — "Oh, wow, Josh Childress jumped to Greece . That's wild. What a kooky thing to see. Man, what if this were to become a trend in a couple of years? How weird would that be? I mean, clearly it won't happen for a whi ... " Oh . Oh . Oh . For those of ...
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Josh Childress will be taking his game to Greece Hey, it is called free agency and Josh Childress took it to its extreme by signing with a Greek team. The team is called Olympiakos. So did Josh just get Olympic fever and get confused? No, he got 32.5 million bucks. Comparable to what the NBA was offering and ...
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Josh Childress Signs With Olympiakos Of Greece For Largest EuroLeague Contract Ever — FanIQ Blog
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Hawks General Manager Rick Sund has spoken up on the reports of Josh Childress negotiating with Greece. In today’s Atlanta Constitution Journal, he insists that Childress’s negotiations overseas are a development he was aware of and that negotiations are ongoing with Childress to bring him back to Atlanta. “We’ve had some dialogue during the negotiation process [...]
Josh Childress to Greece? — Sports On My Mind
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Josh Childress to Greece? — Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog
Over on Yahoo, Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Josh Childress is seriously considering an offer from 'Greek powerhouse' Olympiakos . The offer is being reported as 3 years for $20 million. Generally you see an agent use other teams to create leverage for a good deal. Josh Childress' has used Europe. You know what that means? The Euro Movement is on. Yes the Euro Movement (which is in no ...
Josh Childress considering Europe — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Atlanta Hawks free agent Josh Childress is considering his debut in Europe with Euroleague team Olympiakos from Greece. This is what Adrian Wojnarowski from Yahoo Sports reports today. Josh is taking advantage of his free agency either to either get a better offer from another NBA club, while many think that he is actually considering joining Olympiakos who made him a nice offer to re-enter ...
Josh Childress Really Doesn't Want to Re-Sign — Hoopinion
Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Josh Childress is in Greece today to meet with Olympiakos to discuss a 3-year, $20 million contract . Discussions might move quickly into consummation: Childress, 25, is so flustered with the Hawks’ refusal to make a sign-and-trade deal to another team, one source familiar with his thinking believes there’s “better than a 50-50 chance” he’ll sign with ...
Childress Might Go Chill in Greece!!! — SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
Josh Childress on his way to Greece? Yes Greece there is a report that Childress has and offer of a three year deal worth 20 million. Childress for the Hawks averaged 11 points and 5 rebounds a game. The owners of the Hawks, the Atlanta Spirt LLC. has not done a good job in negations [...]
Greece Is The Word For Atlanta’s Josh Childress? — SPORTSbyBROOKS
Josh Childress is apparently so fed up with the Hawks, he’s willing to flee the country & play in Greece rather than spend another season in Atlanta. YAHOO SPORTS’ Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the free-agent forward is strongly considering a contract from Greek basketball club Olympiakos, and the money being offered to Josh could sure buy a whole lot of gyros.  ...
Josh Childress To Greece? — SLAM Online
by Lang Whitaker One last post before the Return of Mutoni. According to Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sports, Josh Childress is seriously considering an offer to play in Greece. I emailed back and forth with Josh on Friday night, but he didn’t mention anything about his current contract stuff. Interesting stuff… And here’s my favorite Josh Childress photo for you…  ...
Briefs | NBA: Atlanta's Josh Childress headed to Greece — The Seattle Times: Sports
NBA Childress signs with Greek club: Josh Childress is leaving the Atlanta Hawks for Greek club Olympiakos, reversing the course of the...
Going From the N.B.A. to Europe, Childress Is Reversing a Trend — NYT > Pro Basketball
Josh Childress is leaving the Atlanta Hawks for the Greek club Olympiakos, reversing the path of the many international stars who have signed with N.B.A. teams. >
Steve Aschburner: Childress blazes trail to Greece — SI.com - NBA
Josh Childress' choice to play in Greece gives restricted free agents leverage, says Steve Aschburner.
NBA moves: Hawks' Childress off to Greece — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories
Josh Childress is leaving the Atlanta Hawks for Greek club Olympiakos, reversing the course of the many international stars who ...
Hawks GM Rick Sund's Statement on Josh Childress — NBA.com: News
"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 ...
Hawks guard Childress signs with Greek club — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com
ATHENS, Greece - Atlanta Hawks guard Josh Childress signed a three-year contract with the Greek club Olympiakos today. Childress was a restricted free agent, which meant...
Childress leaves Hawks for Euro mega-deal — FOXSports.com News for NBA
Josh Childress is headed for Greece in the richest deal in Euroleague history, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Report: Childress leaves Hawks for Euro mega-deal — FOXSports.com News for NBA
Josh Childress is headed for Greece in the richest deal in Euroleague history, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Report: Childress leaves NBA, will play in Greece — ESPN.com - NBA
Josh Childress has reportedly signed a three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece.
Childress Explores Options -- in Greece — NBA.com: News
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 ...
Reports: Hawks forward Childress eyes Europe — ESPN.com - NBA
Hawks forward Josh Childress is reportedly offering an offer to play in Greece.