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Adrian Wojnarowski: Brooklyn plans to conduct a free agent workout with forwards Dominic McGuire and Josh Childress early next week, league sources tell Y! Twitter

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Josh Childress, Dominic Mcguire 

Childress, 29, worked hard and was an ideal teammate, but he did not put a dent of impact on the standings for Phoenix. He was part of misplayed reactions to losing Amar'e Stoudemire. He was unnecessary at an overloaded position and a difficult fit as a poor-shooting wing with overrated defense. Childress can take a minimum deal to prove his worth again. Chicago and Washington showed interest in him and Redd. Arizona Republic

Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards, Free Agency, Michael Redd, Josh Childress 

The Nets could consider possibilities such as Josh Childress, Sam Young and their own free agent, Damion James. New York Post

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Damion James, Josh Childress, Sam Young 

Michael Lee: Probably a long shot, but #wizards are among a handful of teams that have expressed interest in Josh Childress, according to a source Twitter

Washington Wizards, Free Agency, Josh Childress 

Marc Stein: In other waiver-wire news, NBA teams notified this evening that Josh Childress has cleared waivers and is now an unrestricted free agent Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Free Agency, Josh Childress 

Jonathan Feigen: To add Luis Scola, the Suns made Josh Childress and amnesty cut, source said. Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress 

The Suns also have a choice of whether to continue with the 38-year-old point guard who seeks a three-year contract and could get $10 million annually elsewhere. A contract commitment to Nash limits what else the Suns could do in free agency, although they could free up more space if they use an amnesty clause on Josh Childress (owed $21 million over the next three years regardless but an amnesty claim takes him off the Suns' books for cap purposes). Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Free Agency, Steve Nash, Josh Childress 

Childress will be considered an amnesty clause candidate again if the Suns want to free up more salary cap space but they would still owe him the remaining $21 million on his deal if they executed the clause's one-time use. The Suns' small forward spot is unclear with Hill's status in the air because of free agency and the right knee that has underwent two knee surgeries since September. Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress 

Childress will turn 29 next month but still believes there is a role for him with Phoenix. "Coach (Alvin Gentry) said as much," Childress said. "Once again, I'm not a GM and I'm not a coach. I can't really discuss what that role is. A lot of it will depend on what direction the team goes. I love it here. Obviously, the on-the-court stuff hasn't been the best for me. The organization has been wonderful. The city, the fans. If the on-court stuff can be taken care of, it'd be ideal." Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress 

With $21 million over three years remaining on his deal, Childress will remain a candidate after averaging 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 34 appearances this season. "No question," Childress said of the amnesty possibility. "I'm not worried about it. I really have to focus on Josh and not worry about things that are out of my control." Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress 

Josh Childress: Didn't see what happened but hoping my man @MickaelPietrus a speedy recovery. I'll be praying for you bro. Twitter

Boston Celtics, Mickael Pietrus, Josh Childress 

Josh Childress: We as players realize how blessed we are to play basketball and get paid very well to do so. Don't think for a second that we don't. Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: The pie would not be 50/50 cuz the owners want the players to pay expenses. They still wont open the books So we dont know what their losing Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: How many people would be perfectly fine with their boss saying they want them to take a 40% paycut cuz they want guaranteed profit yearly Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: It's hilarious how people are portraying the owners as "businessmen" and the players as greedy. Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: Name a non sports business that can guarantee profit regardless of what kind of product they put out? Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: And on top of it all the players have given back hundreds of millions of dollars a year in escrow money to the owners. Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: So to call players greedy is idiotic. We aren't asking for sympathy but we also arent going to roll over and take a raw deal so... Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: That owners can guarantee themselves a 15-20 million a year profit regardless of how they run their franchise. Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA 

Josh Childress: We players get hit with about 40-43% taxes from the government and then another 8% in escrow tax from the owners. That's 50% of salary gone Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Josh Childress, CBA, Lockout, NBPA