<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Atlanta Hawks Potential offer: • Josh Childress (3.6 million expiring contract) • Tyronn Lue ($3.5 million expiring contract) • Lorenzen Wright ($3.25 million expiring contract) • Anthony Johnson ($2.8 million expiring contract) • First-round draft pick (2010) • Note: Shelden Williams or perhaps Marvin Williams could have been included in place of Childress Why the deal would have worked for Atlanta: Childress is an important sixth man for the team, but the Hawks are stacked with swingmen and probably don't want to pay Childress a lot as a restricted free agent this summer. The rest of the contracts are dead weight. Gasol would have given the Hawks a much-needed veteran plus flexibility to trade more assets down the road. Why the deal would have worked for Memphis: The Grizzlies would have received roughly the same amount of cap space. Childress, who has a 17.8 PER (player efficiency rating) this season, is a better player than Crittenton is likely to become, and the Hawks' draft pick (potentially a lottery pick) likely would be worth more than the two picks the Grizzlies received from the Lakers. The downside is that Childress is a restricted free agent this summer, and the Grizzlies might have had to shell out more than the midlevel exception to keep him.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan @ Feb 6 2008, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'> the Hawks' draft pick (potentially a lottery pick) likely would be worth more than the two picks the Grizzlies received from the Lakers.</div> </div> another cheap shot! **** you Chad!
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/col...%3dGasol-080205 LOL he said next year we'll be a lottery team, not this year. That makes him look even dumber.
