Stephon Marbury Europe beckons
January 22, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, New York Knicks, Player Movement
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Oh yeah, Stephon Marbury may be headed to Greece.
Olympiacos, which competes in the top-tier Euroleague, shook up the NBA during the offseason when it signed former Atlanta Hawks swingman Josh Childress, a restricted free agent, to a lucrative contract. The team’s owners have said they’re willing to spend to make their club the best Europe has to offer.
According to reports in Greece, the team’s owners have said they are interested in offering about $15 million to broker a buyout for Marbury and bring him overseas, the Post reported.
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Grizzlies go after Hawks Smith
August 8, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Atlanta Hawks
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks or soon the Memphis Grizzlies?
In a surprise move, one of the only teams left with money, the Memphis Grizzlies, have signed Josh Smith to an offer sheet of 58 million dollars for 5 years.
Hawks management had said they would match any offer. They have seven short days to do it.
Josh Smith averaged over 17 points and 8 rebounds last year and is a key part of the playoff Atlanta Hawks team.
Atlanta recently lost 6th man Josh Howard to Greece.
Before losing Josh …read more
Why Josh Childress signed with a Greek team
July 24, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Atlanta Hawks, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Josh Childress will be taking his game to Greece
Hey, it is called free agency and Josh Childress took it to its extreme by signing with a Greek team. The team is called Olympiakos.
So did Josh just get Olympic fever and get confused?
No, he got 32.5 million bucks. Comparable to what the NBA was offering and for fewer years.
Read that again, comparable to what the NBA was offering and for fewer years.
Atlanta had offered him a five-year, $33 million contract. But the Hawks’ slow-paced negotiating tactics and …read more
Bibby goes to Hawks
February 17, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Atlanta Hawks
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Mike Bibby will bring shooting and poise to the Hawks
On the surface, most fans are saying, “So what.”
Mike Bibby gets traded from one under .500 team to another under .500 team.
But there is more here than meets the eye.
In the Western Conference, to be under .500 is to be out of the playoff race. In the Eastern Conference, only 5 teams are above .500. That is right, only 5 teams.
Atlanta is still in it.
The Hawks played my Pistons the other night in …read more






