Josh Childress update: Signs with Olympiacos!

July 23, 2008

According to Lithuanian basketball web site krepsinis.net (thanks to Zaidaw), Josh Childress has signed with Olympiacos. To make it less a rumor, but a more reliable note: See here (for a picture of Josh actually signing), here and here are also reports and “photo evidence” of his signature in Greece with Olympiakos.

If you are an expert in the European lifestyle - I repeat, lifestyle - and not a basketball expert, you can be almost certain that Panathinaikos needs a signing like that, too (BIG rivalry between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos). Too bad Panathiniakos needs a shooting forward. What was that guy’s name from Chicago again? The guy who was looking for a deal? Wasn’t that Luol Deng…?

Don’t be surprised, if that’s the next thing reported on US web sites…

Side note: To make your day even worse (as a US basketball fan) or even better (as a European basketball fan), Pat Riley would rather spend his time in EUROPE in France watching the Tour de France..

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8 Responses to “Josh Childress update: Signs with Olympiacos!”

  1. Linelson Y Castro on July 23rd, 2008 7:58 pm

    20 million euros or dollars for 3 years?

  2. Bryan on July 23rd, 2008 9:30 pm

    I love basketball. I grew up in the state of Indiana where basketball where is as important to one’s childhood as any other activity you can imagine. If basketball continues to move to Europe, I shall follow right behind it.

  3. Jon on July 24th, 2008 12:26 am

    I read on ESPN that Childress was offered $36M by the Hawks. Any idea how many year that was for?

  4. morpheous on July 24th, 2008 2:10 am

    @Jon
    5 years

  5. Teo on July 24th, 2008 10:56 am

    for the questions, it seems it’s 20 mill dollars for three years @ olympiakos,taxes payed by the team, house and car payed by the team..the 36million from the hawks was before taxes, so it’s actually about the same money for 2 years longer

  6. Eric on July 24th, 2008 2:45 pm

    I don’t think that Deng could be the next NBA caliber player to come, even with his English passport making him a nice asset.

    ……and enter here: Al HARRINGTON (Golden State) and Carl LANDRY (Houston) who are also restricted free agents.

  7. Jimmy on August 7th, 2008 12:33 am

    Tsk. tsk. Such arrogance from the Europeans, yet as basketball fans they can’t even get positions right, Deng is small forward; Ben gordan is the shooting guard.

  8. Jimmy on August 7th, 2008 1:00 am

    My bad, you said shooting forward. Deng signed with the Bulls.

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