Comments on: The Hawks lose Josh Childress to Olympiakos http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/ The National Sports Blog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:52:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: TheUndraftedFreeAgent http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-155375 TheUndraftedFreeAgent Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-155375 It will be interesting to see how the lose of Childress changes the way teams deal with their restricted free agents. Will they continue to low ball their players when Europe is a viable option? We'll see. It will be interesting to see how the lose of Childress changes the way teams deal with their restricted free agents. Will they continue to low ball their players when Europe is a viable option? We’ll see.

]]> By: John Paulsen http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-155296 John Paulsen Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:28:18 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-155296 Great point. Teams don't want to tie up cash for a week. That's another reason why they are reluctant to sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet. Great point. Teams don’t want to tie up cash for a week. That’s another reason why they are reluctant to sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet.

]]> By: TheUndraftedFreeAgent http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-154723 TheUndraftedFreeAgent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:20:29 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/23/the-hawks-lose-josh-childress-to-olympiakos/#comment-154723 It almost seems like restricted free agency is at the point where both the players and the owners would be interested in changes. You mentioned the fact that teams will typically match offers (unless they are way overpriced), but I think an equally large problem is that teams have a week to match offers. If a team decides to go out and sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet, their cash is tied up for a week. Then, when the other team decides to match their offer, they are left without that particular free agent or others that went off the market during that week. Basically, it's a lose-lose: they overpay or they don't sign anyone. It almost seems like restricted free agency is at the point where both the players and the owners would be interested in changes. You mentioned the fact that teams will typically match offers (unless they are way overpriced), but I think an equally large problem is that teams have a week to match offers. If a team decides to go out and sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet, their cash is tied up for a week. Then, when the other team decides to match their offer, they are left without that particular free agent or others that went off the market during that week.

Basically, it’s a lose-lose: they overpay or they don’t sign anyone.

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