<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><span class="template"><span class="body"> Halloween will definitely be a trick-or-treat affair this year for fourth-year NBA players like Hawks forwards Josh Smith and Josh Childress.</p> That's because the deadline for contract extensions for the Class of 2004 falls on the same day. And if there isn't someone at the door dressed in an armored truck driver's uniform, that means many of the stars from the celebrated draft will have to wait until after this season to cash in on their second (and bigger) contracts.</p> There's been little movement on the extension front around the league. Only three players (Dwight Howard, Kevin Martin and Devin Harris) have agreed to terms.</p> That leaves 90 percent of the first rounders from that class still in limbo, including established players like Chicago's Luol Deng and Ben Gordon, Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala, Minnesota's Al Jefferson, Golden State's Andris Biedrins, Charlotte's Emeka Okafor and the Hawks' duo of Smith and Childress — though talks for several players will continue right up until the deadline.</p> Howard is the only player in the class expected to get a max deal ($85 million), so it's not like any of these players are going to break the budgets of their respective teams.</p> But there other players in the class who are expected to sign deals in the $30 million to $60 million range:</div></p> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</p> </span></span></p>
I think a lot of people sleep on/underestimate what Josh Childress brings to the table. I think he's a much better defender than people give him credit for, andI think if he can put together a full season this year, he's going to be a huge factor and one of the top candidates for 6th Man of the Year. He's not going to be a star, but I think he'll certainly be a starting caliber swingman for a long time.</p>
In the right situation Childress can certainly be a star. He has no major weakness, except he doesn't shoot alot from the perimeter.</p>
