Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 10:39 am  |  74 responses

Josh Smith to … Memphis?!

by Marcel Mutoni

Atlanta nearly shocked the world last spring by pushing the Celtics to an improbable Game Seven. Next year, they could return to being completely irrelevant.

And it’s not just the fault of the Greeks; citizens of Atlanta would have the Memphis Grizzlies to blame, too. From the Commercial Appeal:

The Memphis Grizzlies have sent a contract offer worth $58 million to Atlanta Hawks restricted free agent Josh Smith today, according to multiple NBA sources.

As the only team left with significant room under the salary cap, the Griz have shifted out of a summer holding pattern and targeted the versatile 6-9, 235-pound forward.

The Hawks have seven days to match the offer from the Grizz, and seven days to keep the suicide rate in the A where it currently stands.

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  • a_whiteman

    josh should just take the qualifying offer and bolt next year cuz hes getting the shaft from a team he helped rejuvenate

  • Hawks Fan

    If the Hawks don’t match this offer, then I am done being a Hawks fan, SIGN J-SMOOVE!

  • http://www.joshsmith.com iLL wiLL

    Damn. I don’t wanna see JSmoove go to waste with the crappy Atlanta Hawks team. No offense, but that team won’t be going anywhere. Yeah, they had a nice little run last season, big whoop. Like a_whiteman says, take the qualifying offer and bolt next season. Why would Smoove want to stay on a team with Woody and inept ownership?

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    MATCH THE OFFER YOU F-CKING MORONS

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE ATLANTA SPIRIT GROUP I HATE ATLANTA SPIRIT GROUP I HATE ATLANTA SPIRIT GROUP ASPIDOFMASPDOIFMANSOPDUFAPODSIZJFPAOISKDMPOFIAMSPDOIFMNAPSOIDMFPAOISUDFPOAISMDNPFOIUANMSDOIFMASDOIMFPAOSIDMFPOAIUSNDPFOIASNDPOFIANSPDOFINASPDOIFNMASD

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    DAMN ATLANTA SPIRIT GROUP SUCKS

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    EH YO TED TURNER WHERE YOU AT BUY THE TEAM BACK PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE

  • http://www.truthismygame.com/ Kevin

    sneaky. if ATL doesn’t match this, they might as well stop playing basketball there and bring a team up to Vancouver again..

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    I SWEAR TO GOD MAN… I WENT TO LIKE 20 GAMES LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ALL 3 PLAYOFF GAMES… YOU WON’T CATCH ME AT A SINGLE GAME IF THESE IDIOTS DON’T MATCH

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    20 GAMES MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT BUT WHEN YOU ARE A BROKE AZZ COLLEGE STUDENT WITH NO STEADY INCOME IT IS A LOT BELIEVE ME

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    SLOW DOWN COWBOY YOURSELF GOD DAMN WORDPRESS TELLIN ME I CANT POST MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 15 SECONDS

  • ciolkstar

    I dont think there’s any way the Hawks won’t match but its definitely a lowball offer. Josh deserves better. I guarantee his agent is telling him that if he has a strong year and stays healthy he’d be able to make a lot more next year. Sign the 1yr tender! Dont sell yourself short JSmoove!

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Oh sh!t!!!!!!!! Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo, Mike Conley Jr., and Josh Smith?!?!?!?! Dag son, thats a talented team.

  • http://www.talkaboutsport.blogspot.com TalkAboutSport

    This is not surprising…Memphis must have freed a lot of their salary cap with Pau Gasol. I think Josh Smith was a great player to pick up – young, versatile, very talented. As for the best young teams it would have to be either Portland or Memphis right now. @Teddy-the-Bear – this is going to be one nasty lineup!

  • j-smoov 5

    here comes the high flying memphis. DAMN!

  • tinchek

    atl will match it. that’s not even that much money. i mean, bogut and okafor got like 70 for 5 years. and josh is better than them

  • http://www.nba.com/celtics/ Moose

    wow. memphis in 08-09 could have rudy gay, oj mayo, and maybe josh smith. young and beastly.

  • http://yaomania.com Wendy

    Don’t forget Darko. It’s time to break out.

  • tike

    yes J-smooth is worth a little more than that but i’d take it if i were him….oh and Luol Deng is worth what he got..

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    tinchek, I don’t think you fully realize the ineptitude of the Atlanta Spirit Group.

  • Tyler

    Josh Smith on the hawks could be crazy! But who do the grizzles have as a big man? The starting lineup would be.
    conley/mayo/gay/smith/? WOW!

  • Ohpityme

    Surely Josh Smith is worth more than Luol Deng?
    Why didnt Memphis offer him 6 years @ $80 mil?
    A starting lineup of Conley,Mayo,Gay,Smith and who cares at centre would have been biiiggggg!!!

  • scott henderson

    so what the hell is it, is he going to the euro league,or is he gonna go to the grizzlies

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