Uh oh.

[Chris18]

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Mabey we can go after J.R. Smith to replace Childress...oh wait this is the ASG so they'll just sit back and do nothing.

That guy's a head case.

Sasha Vujacic or Matt Barnes on a large, one-year deal would be my targets.

He's good though and would give us a legit scoring threat from the bench.

Matt Barnes signed a vet minimum deal with the Suns so he is out of the question.

[Frenzy]

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Wow

FYI, the other rumor is that Ben Gordon is considering a similar, two-year deal from the same Greek team. hmmm,and Nachbar has signed a contract to play in Russia.......trend maybe?

[Brotha2ThaNite]

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I say... f*ck the Greeks.

LOL

[Cwell]

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Mabey we can go after J.R. Smith to replace Childress...oh wait this is the ASG so they'll just sit back and do nothing.

he's the first guy I thought of.

[WraithSentinel]

I gotta think whatever offer he got here was around $7-$8 mil per.

[HawkItus]

if its true, I think people will have to rethink contracts from now on in the NBA. The RFA clause needs to be re-worked to protect the team. In the future in instances such as this the Hawks should hold Chillz rights indefinitely until he completes or they renounce his final year before UFA.

[atlien]

If this does happen, I really wonder if the NBA will rewrite the FA rules to prevent this from happening in the future. This seems like it could open the flood gates for a lot of players to leave for Europe. B/c of the cap and luxury tax rules, no team can really afford to pay a player like Chill 10-11 mill a year. Thus, a lot of players who might only be able to get the MLE here, will go to Europe for more. That's a BIG problem for the NBA.

So, will there be a "Josh Childress rule"? I think there will be.

And, lol at a Josh Childress rule.

[Admin]

Even if he got offered that amount, and that's a big if, that's still a lot less than he will be getting now.

Boy this really stinks!

[Plainview1981]

Ahh... f******. He can tear an ACL for all I care.

[gsuteke]

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I say... f*ck the Greeks.

Nagasakiiiiiii

LOL this is just too funny!

[capstone21]

Another guy to consider is Ricky Davis.

[atlien]

1) The national media is gonna blame the Hawks "inept" front office.

While I agree our FO is pretty inept, NO TEAM in the league could rightfully give Chill a contract as big as what he is getting from the Greek team. With the cap and luxury tax rules, there's no way any team can pay guys like Chill 10-11 mill a year. This is a problem with the system, not our FO per se. Under the fiancial rules of the NBA, it's just not feasible to spend that kind of money on Chill.

2) The big one -- This just made a Josh Smith sign-and-trade all the more intriuging/likely

While we now have more money to throw at Smoove, we also have more needs. Before we had Chill holding down 35 minutes at the backup 2 and 3 spots (thus trading for a sf like Prince or Howard didnt make much sense). I think a Smoove sign and trade for Prince/Maxiell/etc or Howard/Bass/etc just got a lot more likely. Clearly we need another quality wing player.

[Diesel]

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Another guy to consider is Ricky Davis.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davis = Cancer.

[Peoriabird]

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Another guy to consider is Ricky Davis.

I was going to bring him up earlier!

[Diesel]

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1) The national media is gonna blame the Hawks "inept" front office.

While I agree our FO is pretty inept, NO TEAM in the league could rightfully give Chill a contract as big as what he is getting from the Greek team. With the cap and luxury tax rules, there's no way any team can pay guys like Chill 10-11 mill a year. This is a problem with the system, not our FO per se. Under the fiancial rules of the NBA, it's just not feasible to spend that kind of money on Chill.

2) The big one -- This just made a Josh Smith sign-and-trade all the more intriuging/likely

While we now have more money to throw at Smoove, we also have more needs. Before we had Chill holding down 35 minutes at the backup 2 and 3 spots (thus trading for a sf like Prince or Howard didnt make much sense). I think a Smoove sign and trade for Prince/Maxiell/etc or Howard/Bass/etc just got a lot more likely. Clearly we need another quality wing player.

Here's the bottom line. IF our Inept FO would have given him an offer to sign instead of dilly dally, he would have signed it.

[JJFAN4LF]

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Another guy to consider is Ricky Davis.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davis = Cancer.

Davis = AIDS/HIV

[gsuteke]

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2) The big one -- This just made a Josh Smith sign-and-trade all the more intriuging/likely

While we now have more money to throw at Smoove, we also have more needs. Before we had Chill holding down 35 minutes at the backup 2 and 3 spots (thus trading for a sf like Prince or Howard didnt make much sense). I think a Smoove sign and trade for Prince/Maxiell/etc or Howard/Bass/etc just got a lot more likely. Clearly we need another quality wing player.

I have little to no faith the Hawks can pull off a deal that would leave them with the upper hand.

Unfortunately Marvin isn't a few inches taller or the Prince situation would work.

Best case scenario now:

Smoove to LAC for Kaman allowing Marvin to play the SF and moving Horford to PF.

We still have no shooters.

[Peoriabird]

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Here's the bottom line. IF our Inept FO would have given him an offer to sign instead of dilly dally, he would have signed it.

No win situation for ASG! If they had signed Childress to a 5/35 the board would have exploded! they offer him less and signs in Greece, the board explodes!

[atlien]

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Here's the bottom line. IF our Inept FO would have given him an offer to sign instead of dilly dally, he would have signed it.

From how I understand it, it seems the Greek team is giving him more money than ANY NBA team would be willing to. He also gets some nice clauses in his contract that allows him to come back to the NBA if the market gets better for him. Also, he just became 50X more well known in basketball circles around the world.

This seems like a no-win for us.

(I still wont believe it until it's official... I still have a feeling this is all for leverage).

[Swish]

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Another guy to consider is Ricky Davis.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davis = Cancer.

Davis is a cancer, STD, and leukemia.

Sasha Vujajic!!!!! We need somebody like him anyways...I would be thrilled to no end if we got him, Kwame, and Smoove and maybe Luke Jackson.

Oh, and F the greeks. (echooooo...)