The Hawks have lost 6th man Josh Childress to Olympiakos (Greece) as he signed a 3-year, $20 million dollar contract with them. This is a serious blow to the Hawks as Childress was one of the best bench players in the entire NBA. Losing Childress coupled with the fact that they didn’t have any draft picks in June will surely set the Hawks back some. Childress played in 76 games (0 starts) with the Hawks last season and he averaged 29.9 minutes, 11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He also shot an amazing 57.1% from the floor as he rarely took ill advised shots. Childress finished his career with the Hawks having played in 285 games (67 starts) in which he averaged 11.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Childress shot 52.2% from the floor in his 285 games with the Hawks. This will hurt the Hawks big time in 2008-09 and beyond.