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Bucks will get up close look at free agent
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July 1, 2009 at
6:48PM CST
BY GERY WOELFEL Just one day after the commencement of NBA free agency, the Milwaukee Bucks will entertain one of their targeted players. Jim Tanner, the agent for Josh Childress, said he and his client will arrive in Milwaukee Thursday to meet with Bucks officials. The 6-foot-8 Childress played his first four pro seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. averaging 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds. However, last summer Childress stunned NBA observers by rejecting a $36 million offer from the Hawks and signing instead with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Euroleague. Childress signed a lucrative three-year, $20 million contract with Olympiacos, the largest pact ever bestowed on an Euroleague player. Childress' contract included a clause that allows him to opt-out after every season. "He is exporing whatever opportunities that are available to him in the NBA,'' Tanner said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "We've received a number of calls about him from NBA teams.'' Childress, who has the versatility to play shooting guard as well, is certain to command a hefty salary. The most money the Bucks probably could give Childress is $5.8 million -- or the amount of their mid-level exception. Childress, who attended Stanford University, was the sixth overall selection in the 2004 NBA draft. In his first NBA season, Childress ranked third to only Emeka Okafor and Dwight Howard among rookies with double-doubles. Childress, 26, averaged in double figures in every season with the Hawks, including a career-high 13 points during the 2006-2007 season. Childress is also regarded as a top-notch defender. While the Bucks are keenly interested in Childress, Tanner said another of his clients, Atlanta big man Zaza Pachulia, is not being courted by the Bucks. * As expected, Bucks point guard Ramon Sessions is drawing considerable interest as a free agent. James "Chubby'' Wells, Sessions' agent, said his client received four calls within a half hour of the start of free agency. One of them was from Bucks general manager John Hammond. "There were between 10 and 12 teams that contacted me today,'' Wells said. "And I still have two other teams that I know who are interested in Ramon that will be contacting me.'' Sessions is a restricted free agent. As such, the Bucks can match any offer made to him and retain his services. * Larry Harris will be taking on a new job. Harris, the former Bucks general manager who served as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors last season, will now serve as a regional scout for the team.
* Jodie Meeks, who went through the entire draft process without an agent, has one now. Meeks, the former Kentucky standout shooting guard whom the Bucks drafted in the second round, has signed with David A. Bauman. Among Bauman's clients are Bucks center Andrew Bogut.
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