Josh Childress News

Two full weeks into the NBA season, the divide between the elite and the dismal has already become apparent.

OK, this week Lebron James has made it crystal clear that he is no longer going to answer questions about his impending free agency in the huge NBA summer 2010 Lebron sweepstakes.A But, after watching him dominate the Orlando Magic and put on an absolute show against the Miami Heat , I could not help, but imagine LBJ in an Atlanta Hawks' uniform ...

I know that it is only the first week of the 2009-2010 season and the Hawks still have 80 games to go, but with the best free agent pool of this century only one year away, it is just way too hard not to talk about it.

Wary of the country's struggling economy, NBA commissioner David Stern slashed his own staff by nearly 10 percent before last season.

When Josh Childress signed with Olympiacos in the summer of 2008, I knew where the blame fell-the Stanford educational system.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 On Monday, Greek powerhouse basketball team Olympiacos rolled through Cleveland and was soundly defeated, 111-94. It was, as Olympiacos forward Josh Childress said, "a great learning experience for us." But soon, clubs like Olympiacos might have trouble playing against NBA teams in exhibition games.

A U.S. congressman is asking NBA Commissioner David Stern why the league participated in games with a visiting Greek team that has allegedly breached contracts with former NBA players.

Jamal Crawford is projected to have a higher individual defensive rating than he posted either of the last two years in New York and Golden State.

So this is what the preseason looks like when your team is good enough to know that it means nothing.

SAN ANTONIO San Antonio fans got a glimpse of the near future as the Spurs downed Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece, 107-89, Friday night at the AT&T Center.

Jamal Crawford couldn't help but be a little envious of his new Hawks teammates on his first day in the locker room.

Tony Parker scored 12 points in his preseason debut and the San Antonio Spurs gave the first full glimpse of their overhauled roster in a 107-89 victory over Olympiakos in an exhibition game Friday night.

Olympiakos , the Greek powerhouse that signed former Hawk Josh Childress a year ago, plays Shaquille O'Neal and LeBron James in an exhibition game next Monday in Cleveland.

From the minute Jamal Crawford hit the door Monday all eyes were on the Hawks' newest addition .

With the Israeli season not starting until October, basketball fans worldwide are going to have to wait a few more months to even begin to find out if Jeremy Tyler can live up to the hype.

Former Memphis player Robert Dozier has accepted a contract to play outside of the NBA this year.

Sources tell HoopsHype.com free agent guard Von Wafer signed this afternoon a two-year contract with Olympiakos worth $4.2 million without taxes - approximately $10 million gross.

While free agent Allen Iverson has gotten attention from a few NBA teams this summer, it seems a European team might want him the most.

July 24: NBA youngsters Greg Oden, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose talk about what it would mean to play for Team USA.

Last night, we said the Hawks and Marvin Williams had a deal. This morning, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said close, but no cigar.