Comments on: The Josh Childress Effect No One Is Mentioning

By: Collin

Collin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:18 +0000

Thanks. I appreciate the reading and commenting.

By: P.

P. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:13:43 +0000

hmm,i don’t thing basketball only needs talent in order to fascinate,but i’m a european,what can you say
anyway this god Complex you reffer to,is what i keep.i’m kinda young,23, and day by day i try to understand your ways of thought there.it’s a bit dissapointing though and obviously not only because it affects basketball
i really like your blog..

By: Collin

Collin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:08:38 +0000

I actually think it was unexpected. But there is a bigger issue. America has a God Complex, if you will, and it certainly trickles down into sports.

The NBA is, and has been, the pinnacle of professional basketball. The NBA imports talent. 99% of players aspire to play in the League, to be treated as heroes/celebs, to compete against the best talent in the world.

Josh Childress set a precedent. It’s not that he’s great–he’s a decent player who would always have fit a team specific role. It’s just that he found an option to play overseas, and he deemed it more appealing than the NBA. With the rise of the Euro/fall of the dollar/the collective bargaining agreement and obvious allure of the gorgeous Greek setting and lifestyle, playing abroad trumped playing in the NBA.

His move was the first, although minor, chink in the NBA’s armor where its worldwide league superiority is concerned. It’s a reminder of fallibility, a reminder that even Rome fell.

By: P.

P. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:40:48 +0000

hello,i’m an olympiacos greek fan and i have one question..
is it really such a big issue in U.S all this Childress move or it’s just a greek-sportnews hype?ok,he’s the first good and young player who leaves nba but was it so unexpected there?

By: Collin

Collin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:57:48 +0000

I will venture to guess that you are not a Hemingway, Pound, or Fitzgerald fan then?

On the real, I have no issue with Childress crossing the pond. The Hawks inability to act like a professional franchise combined with the L’s strict collective bargaining agreement forced Childress’s hand a little (as well as the fact that he’ll make in excess of $20 million for his three years–after taxes!).

And I would be fine with there being a global basketball league one day, or at least a global tournament at the end of various leagues’ seasons. I just don’t want it to be a case where there are a few leagues with excellent talent and no way to determine which team is the best. But, as long as the basketball is good, I will watch it.

By: Jack Wilson

Jack Wilson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:48:06 +0000

Josh Childress is a digrace to all Americans. Just like any American that loves Europe more than America. If you love other places so much then get the hell out!!! We want true Americans living in America. Not guys that just want the glory and the money. The NBA should ban Josh Childress from ever coming back.Anybody, that supports Josh Childress is un-American. Any basketball player that follows Josh Childress to Europe is un-American. Anybody that was born in America and actually chooses to go play for another country (Chris Kaman) is un-American. You know why Americans have been losing in the olympics its because we have been kind enough to let Europeans and other foreigners into the NBA. And those spies learn from us take our American money and then go home and teach their own country how to beat us (Yao Ming). I would like to see a ban of foreign players in the NBA.