December 18
Arizona Republic
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Josh Childress does not regret one bit signing this summer with the Suns, who are overloaded with wing players, even though he has been removed from the rotation. As for his decision to play through a right index finger fracture with a splint, that is different. Childress, a training-camp-scrimmage star before the injury, slipped from the Suns rotation this week after playing in the first 23 games with averages of 17.0 minutes, 5.3 points and 3.0 rebounds - all are career lows. He fractured the fingertip on his shooting hard in an Oct. 19 preseason game but did not sit out, wearing a splint that he has needed to keep on a month longer than he expected. The bone has healed slowly as
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July 13
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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It looks like Josh Childress' return to the NBA will happen somewhere other than Atlanta. The Hawks have agreed in principle to a sign-and-trade deal that would send Childress to Phoenix for a second-round pick and also net Atlanta a trade exception, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The people did not want to be identified because the trade has not been announced as official. The deal is expected to become official within the next couple days. Childress, 27, has played the past two seasons for Greek team Olympiakos, which signed him to a three-year contract two summers ago after Childress could not reach an agreement with the Hawks. Childress has until Thursday to opt"
July 12
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
columnist Mark Bradley
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Esteemed colleague Michael Cunningham reports that the Hawks are close to a sign-and-trade with Phoenix for Josh Childress, who last played for the Hawks in Game 7 against Boston in May 2008. That the Hawks aren't terribly interested in having the Grecian earner rejoin them should come as no shock. Back to 2008: Billy Knight, who drafted Childress with the No. 6 pick in June 2004, resigned as general manager after the Boston series. He was replaced by Rick Sund, who knew Childress as a Hawk only from what he'd seen on TV/film, and what Sund saw wasn't necessarily what we Atlantans had seen. A lot of us around here believed Childress was a substitute of the first rank - the kind of"
July 12
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Hawks are discussing a sign-and-trade that would send forward Josh Childress to Phoenix for a second-round pick and a trade exception, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed tonight. Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic reported tonight that the deal is "on the verge" of completion. Childress would sign with Phoenix for six years and at least $30 million, according to the report. If Childress signs a deal for those terms, Atlanta's trade exception would be worth half the amount of his first-year salary since he would become a base-year compensation player. The exception works as a sort of credit that would allow the Hawks to make a trade while over the salary cap without"
July 3
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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From Athens to Milwaukee and back to Atlanta, the name Josh Childress is being tossed around in every direction these days. Childress is in Milwaukee today visiting the Bucks with his agent, Jim Tanner. What that means for the Hawks is that they might get a do-over with Childress, a restricted free agent again this summer as he was last summer. Last summer they lost him as an asset when he chose to sign with Greek power Olympiakos (for $20 million post taxes). What the Hawks didn't lose was the right of first refusal on Childress if he decided to return to the NBA this summer. And two of my spies have made it clear that were Childress to receive any sort of "reasonable" NBA offer (the $5.6"
July 3
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Restricted free agent Josh Childress met with Milwaukee Bucks officials on Thursday for a getting-to-know-you session. Childress and agent Jim Tanner were in Milwaukee for discussions with Bucks general manager John Hammond and other team officials. Childress played last season with Olympiakos in Greece and has until July 15 to decide if he wants to opt out and return to the National Basketball Association. The Atlanta Hawks still hold his league rights and could match any offer made by another team. The 26-year-old Childress left Atlanta on difficult terms last summer, however, when he signed a three-year, $20 million deal with Olympiakos. It is possible he could sign an offer sheet with"
July 24
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
columnist Mark Bradley
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This summer was the test. The Hawks flunked. Are we surprised? They couldn’t persuade the lesser of their two prized free agents to stay. They got outspent and outhustled by a team from Greece. Think about that. An NBA-caliber player in the flower of his youth has chosen to play somewhere other than the NBA. It’s unprecedented, yes, but it’s also fitting. After this ham-handed non-negotiation, the Hawks should forfeit all claim to being big-league. They allowed something to happen that simply cannot happen. Josh Childress isn’t a star — Rick Sund, the Hawks general manager, characterized him Wednesday as “a utility player” — but he’s precisely the sort of multi-tasker found on great teams."
July 24
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Who knew the NBA's path to true globalization would one day travel through Atlanta? Former Hawks swingman Josh Childress had no idea he'd be the pioneer he appears to be today, the morning after signing a three-year, $32.5 million contract with Greek powerhouse Olympiakos, rather than accepting a deal from the Hawks. Childress, 25, is the first player at this stage of his NBA career to spurn the world's most high profile basketball stage for one of its international alternatives. Atlanta had offered him a five-year, $33 million contract."
July 23
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Atlanta Hawks fans won't have to fret over the fate of restricted free agent swingman Josh Childress anymore. That's because Childress is no longer a Hawk. He said he agreed to terms Wednesday morning on a three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece that is worth far more than $20 million initially reported. "It's official, I just signed," Childress said by phone Wednesday morning from Athens, where he and agent Jim Tanner will be until Friday. "I think it was . . . a situation where I didn't know who to expect coming in, coming over to Athens. But it's a great city and a great organization. They do whatever they can to make you feel at home.""
July 21
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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So much has been made here about Josh Smith and how his summer is playing out (more about that in a minute), but what of Josh Childress? He is absolutely considering an offer to play overseas, Olympiakos in Greece, this season (as first reported last night by Yahoo! Sports) with the Hawks having no right to match an offer from an overseas team. This is getting nuts. How in the world has it come to this for the Hawks and their own free agents?"
July 15
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Hawks all-star guard inquired about the status of Hawks restricted free agents Josh Smith and Josh Childress while at a charity event in Mississippi over the weekend. That's our summer right there," Johnson said. "That's all there is to it." Neither Smith nor Childress have signed offer sheets with other teams as the NBA's free agency period continues. Johnson, who said he talked with Smith prior to the start of the free-agency period, just wants a team ready to build on last season's playoff appearance."
July 1
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Hawks have been pointing to this day since October. They have made it
clear that their top priority this summer was signing restricted free agents
Josh Smith and Josh Childress, keeping them in Hawks uniforms. Hawks general manager Rick Sund has said repeatedly that the team intends to
match any offers made to Smith and Childress. And as recently as last week's NBA
draft he made it clear that the Hawks' priorities were to handle this business
above all else."