Free agent forward Josh Childress is weighing a three-year, $20 million offer from Olympiakos, a Greek basketball team, according to an online report.
Jim Tanner, Childress’ agent, told SN’s Sean Deveney, “He is definitely considering it. We’re here now.”
Yahoo is reporting Childress flew to Greece late on Sunday to visit with Olympiakos officials because he is “so flustered with the Hawks’ refusal to make a sign-and-trade deal.”
“Unless he just gets there and doesn’t like it at all, I think he’s going to go,” a league source told Yahoo. A source also told the site that there’s a “better than 50-50 chance” he’ll sign with the Greek team and spurn the NBA.
Only the Grizzlies have more than a mid-level exception available and their lack of activity on the free-agent market makes it clear they will not be spending on Childress or any other significant remaining free agents.
As part of a dynamic, young core for the Hawks, Childress averaged 11.8 points and 4.9 rebounds during the 2007-08 season.
