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Doing some reseach for my fantasy league and I got to wondering about our old friend J.Childress. Would he be a good fit for us? My guess is yes, but how do we get him? He is a RFA from what I recall this offseason. Is there any chance ATL doesn't match or is willing to do a sign and trade?

Avg's 12 and 5 and 1 and 1 for the year. 23yrs old and is 6-8. He plays good D to boot.

1st in the league @ SF for FG%
3rd in the league @ SF for ORbs.
6th in the league @ SF for FT%

When he plays over 30 mins a game, he is a very good player and overall as well.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n202 ... ldress.jpg

Any cap guru's know about ATL's situation?

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=745516

Atlanta has a projected payroll of $39.9M. They traded their pick to Phoenix so they won't have a high pick to tack onto their cap figure. Their cap figure does not include Josh Smith, Josh Chidress or Anthony Johnson, all of whom are free agents. Josh Smith will almost certainly be resigned. Interestingly, his cap hold is only $6.7M, which is likely to be less than his future salary. If Atlanta operates quickly, they may be able to grab a free agent before resigning Josh Smith and having to utilize his new salary for his cap number. Chidlress's cap hold is much higher: $10.9. His cap hold puts them over the cap. If the Hawks renounce Childress, their cap figure will be $46.6M, giving them $11.5M in cap space. If they sign him to a modest deal of about $4M, they'll have $7.5M in cap space. If they renounce both Smith and Childress, they'll have $18M in cap space.

I wouldn't mind Childress being on our squad, if we can get him for cheap without giving up to much then i'd go for it.. any type of rebounder would help this team

His cap hold is not his salary.

Naw.

^ your right, got it all wrong

He is coming off his rookie contract, so has a qualifying offer of $4.8 million next season.

He is an interesting player for the Raps to consider, perhaps as a guy to replace Anthony Parker on the roster.

I'm just not really sure how good he is.

Hank_Scorpio wrote:He is coming off his rookie contract, so has a qualifying offer of $4.8 million next season.

He is an interesting player for the Raps to consider, perhaps as a guy to replace Anthony Parker on the roster.

I'm just not really sure how good he is.

naww man, i don't see him replacing AP.. if we don't get a good pickup in the 09 offseason I see Delfino being the person.. he just has to work on being consistent with his jumper and driving ability

I like Childress. He's solid player. Very opportunistic in the way he plays. Good IQ.

He'd be a nice pickup at a hopefully decent price. He isn't going to be that amazing wing we want, but he's solid.

What has Childress done to merit any consideration? I just do not understand the fascination with him. Every few months I hear about him and every time I get confused as to how he would provide this team with anything significantly better than what we already have.

He's a great player when he's playing, but injuries have been holding this guy back his whole career, I'll echo everyone else and say if he's going cheap take him, but you don't want to gamble to much on this guy.

He's a solid wing player but definitely nothing more then a compliment to the "premier" wing player we eventually need to find.

I'd also like to add that there is absolutely no way that I trade Calderon in a package for him. However, if our 1st pick was to be late, I would package a 1st rounder for him if Brandon Rush is off the table...considering that everyone worthy of a lottery pick was taken before him.

We need either a superstar shooting guard or small forward and Childress filling a starting role as the small forward would not be bad at all if we can get a superstar 2-guard. However, it would probably cost Jose which is too much for us to give up imo.

Naw to Childress?

I'm beginning to believe that many people here just don't watch anything other than Raptor games. We have some of the biggest homers on RealGM. No question about it. Childress is easily one of the most under-rated players in the league.

^^^ He is definitely underrated but I don't think he would have the impact on this team that merits a thread on him every few weeks.

If he was signed at the mid-level area then he would be a great pick up. I'd personally save that money and spend it on someone who is not labelled as "underrated" or "just waiting to break out" but rather for an impact player. I am not arguing that these two things would be incompatible but I'd invest energy on other players.