Josh Childress
Childress with the Atlanta Hawks in 2008
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| No. 7 – SAN-EN NeoPhoenix | |
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 20, 1983 Harbor City, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mayfair (Lakewood, California) |
| College | Stanford (2001–2004) |
| NBA draft | 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall |
| Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
| Playing career | 2004–present |
| Career history | |
| 2004–2008 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2008–2010 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| 2010–2012 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2012 | Brooklyn Nets |
| 2013 | New Orleans Pelicans |
| 2014–2016 | Sydney Kings |
| 2016 | Texas Legends |
| 2016–present | SAN-EN NeoPhoenix |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Joshua Malik "Josh" Childress (born June 20, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for SAN-EN NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. An All-EuroLeague Second Team member in 2010, he has played with the Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets and New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA, and Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and EuroLeague.
Childress grew up in Compton, California where he and his brother, Chris, played basketball and did their best to stay out of trouble. The neighborhood they lived in was very tight and supportive, but they lived under constant threat of gangsters in the area. Childress attended Mayfair High School in nearby Lakewood. Besides playing basketball in high school and being named a McDonald's High School All-American, he also played volleyball during his senior year. He led his high school volleyball team, the Monsoons, to an undefeated record and he was voted to the All-League volleyball team.
Childress played three seasons of college basketball with Stanford, where he was named an AP first team All-American, an All-American Consensus second team honoree, the Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year and the Pac-10 Conference Tournament MVP as a junior in 2004. He then declared for the 2004 NBA draft where he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the sixth overall pick, becoming the highest Stanford player to be drafted in the NBA.
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