You can't blame Childress for heading overseas to count and guard Euros. You can blame the NBA's biggest laughingstock, The ATL, for encouraging his overseas migration. For decades, the Hawks have been the NBA's Siberia, an outpost for millionaire hoopsters. The oddball franchise only made national news when Jon Koncak got his 'contract' or J.R. Rider got arrested ......

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However, James' sponsors, like Nike and Sprite, don't follow a CBA or salary cap. And these fortune five hundred companies would likely make up the difference in salary (and then some) if James agreed to leave Cleveland for New York or New Jersey. In fact, Nike, Sprite, and other blue-chip corporations would probably pay more than five million dollars for their biggest star to ball in the world's b...

One point guard is in. Another is out. A day after acquiring reserve table-setter Kenyon Dooling through a sign-and-trade, New Jersey sent former blue-chip prospect Marcus Williams to Golden State for a future first round draft pick in 2011 ......