Hawks’ Josh Smith signs contract offer with Memphis
August 8, 2008 at 1:56 pm by Russell McLendon in SportsAccording to Bethlehem Shoals at the Sporting News’ the Sporting Blog, Atlanta may be about to lose its second Josh in less than three weeks. Following Josh Childress’ evacuation to Greece last month, Hawks forward Josh Smith has signed a $58 million contract offer with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Sayeth Bethlehem:
As for the Hawks, yeah, they could match, and still might. But what an utterly defeated organization. Losing Josh Childress really punked them, and the lack of enthusiasm for re-signing Smith makes it seem like they’ve been totally demoralized. How a team could not want to build on that playoff performance is beyond me, especially when they’ve been wandering the wilderness for so long. Now I guess we all get why Childress was so content to make history rather than stick around.
Atlanta has seven days to match the offer, but this still makes us wonder if things would have been different this summer without Mike Woodson at the helm, since both Joshes reportedly have had beefs with the coach.
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August 8th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Man, I think it’s safe to say the Hawks’ short-lived playoff run is not going to repeat itself.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I painfully agree. They already needed to add another play maker, not lose two.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I’m officially boycotting until 1) Atlanta Spirit sells or 2) Mike Woodson goes. You’d think you couldn’t have 1 without 2 but that’s what we thought about choosing Woodson over Knight. Mike Woodson is like Keyser Soze.