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Suns explored deal for Childress
The Suns confirmed a report that the Suns did make inquiries about a possible sign-and-trade deal with the Atlanta Hawks for Josh Childress before he decided to leave the NBA and sign a deal in Greece. The Suns did have the $8 million trade exception from the Kurt Thomas trade with Seattle to work with (which expired on July 21), but the deal almost certainly would have included either Leandro Barbosa or Boris Diaw in an attempt to balance the contract and keep the Suns from taking a further luxury tax hit.
Josh Childress, AP
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Well, it's too late now......
Denis24
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Old rumor is no rumor!
Petey024
New York , NY
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and no humor.
Petey024
New York , NY
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and this affects the cost of tea in China how? Could-a, should-a, would-a, don't mean a thing now, he's gone move on. These guys are reaching way down to the bottom with this award winning red hot story.
Vaughn9
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he would've been useless oin Phoenix
jgb
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The Hawks turned down Diaw or Barbosa???? WOW
djroxalot: Happy…
South Central Los Angeles, CA
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That would have been another stain on the Steve Kerr administration in Phoenix
maxwellinformed
Big D, TX
Total Comments (1072)
What? Trading for a 35+ years old, 300+ lbs, 20+ million dollar, center wasn't enough for Kerr? Then follow that up by running your coach out of town for no compsentation and hiring a guy that didn't do well with another team as head coach (Porter) wasn't enough for Kerr? Kerr will return to TNT in 09, unless the Suns overall agenda is to drop paychecks and get older.
Coco
San Marcio, CA
Total Comments (556)
This wasn't as bad as it looks. They picked up Matt Barnes, and Barbosa and Diaw stay put.
Hllywd: Old…
Columbus , OH
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Breaking news? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
YODA
Total Comments (16886)
hu waht wow?????? not news my friends
jwagner23
New Castle , IN
Total Comments (75)
Thank goodness that Steve and Rob didn't pull the trigger on this one. Childress is decent, but he's not the answer in PHX.
SkyBill40
Chandler, AZ
Total Comments (1866)
A day late and a dollar short
CEL
San Antonio , TX
Total Comments (1966)
good they didn't, diaw and barbosa are good...
ahung: The Last…
Santa Clara , CA
Total Comments (2775)
I always seem to seee SUns news in the past tense. "we explored deal" Good grief quit the season already. Suns suck now and they have NO shot to be top4 in West
ESPN
Atlanta , GA
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Well I actually would have liked to see J-Chill stay in Atlanta, considering that he has been thru alot with the team, and now that they haved semi peaked, He would have been a very instumental part of there run
T-Mac34
Dallas , TX
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Childress said that "security" (read money) was the main reason for his decision and he feels that after two years he'll still be young enough and skilled enough to return to the NBA if he wants. He said his teammates supported his decision and they all understand the "business" (read money) of the NBA.
He has a clause in his contract that let's him return to the NBA after each year, if he chooses to do so. Financially, sounds like a smart deal. But he turned down $7 mil and I still don't think he'll get $10 mil per in three years so, unless he's will to take a pay cut next time around, we may have seen the last of him for a while.
Petey024
New York , NY
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