Spurs tried to acquire Josh Childress

[Big P]

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Hawks Plan To Match Offers For Smith, Childress


Jul 01, 2008 9:35 AM EST

The Hawks plan to match any offers Josh Smith and Josh Childress receive this month, according to The Atlanta Journal-Cons ution.

Smith and Childress are restricted free agents, but the team claims that they want to retain both players.

"We want to sit down and talk to [the Hawks] first and gauge their interest and see exactly where we are," said Wallace Prather, one of Smith's agents. "I think everybody realizes that Josh loves it here and loves his teammates and loves playing in his hometown. If everything goes well, hopefully, we wont have to talk long. But if they send us off to find another offer, then we'll have to do that, as well."

Smith is expected to visit with the Sixers later this week.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Perhaps we could throw in a 20% signing bonus on the deal. The total value on the contract would be the same as a full MLE deal, but with the bonus coming on the front end, that would essentially make the guy a $12.5 million dollar player for a team over the luxury tax.

[wisnub]

No Good Free Agents Will Come To Sa, Trust Me Guys.....(i Hope I Was Wrong)

We Need Consistent Additional Scorer And Defender!!! Please God Bring Josh Childress Here...im Desperate Spurs Fan

[The Truth #6]

But would he help with our scoring problems? He's does a lot of things well, but I never saw show great offensive skills. He's a safer player than JR, but is probably less likely to leave his team.

[Steve-O-Matic]

Let's say for grins that we got Childress.....do you think he'd start at SF with Bowen coming off the bench as a situational defensive stopper. Or would Childress come off the bench (and if he did, what would happen to Udoka's role)?

[T Park]

Childress would start at SG alongside Bowen, Thomas, Duncan and Parker.

[romad_20]

Childress would start at SG alongside Bowen, Thomas, Duncan and Parker.

Really? I don't think Childress is a starting 2 in this league, and that combo would have trouble scoring as well. 12 and 4 from your starting 2 sucks, but i guess that's still better than Finely

[picnroll]

Yeah that some serious lack of scoring for a starting five.

[angelbelow]

lets get childress! probably my 2nd option after artest.

[Steve-O-Matic]

Childress is not a 2-guard.