Josh Childress
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 Childress with the Hawks in 2008
Photo by Chris Nelson |
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| Position | Shooting guard/Small forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Team | Atlanta Hawks |
| Jersey | #1 |
| Born | June 20, 1983 Harbor City, California |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Mayfair |
| College | Stanford |
| Draft | 6th overall, 2004 Atlanta Hawks |
| Pro career | 2004–present |
| Awards | 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie Second Team |
| Official profile | Info Page |
Joshua (Josh) Malik Childress (born June 20, 1983 in Harbor City, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
[edit] Playing career
Childress attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California, and attended college at Stanford University, where he was an All American and the Pac 10 player of the year as a junior in 2004. After the season, he declared for the 2004 NBA draft and was a first-round pick, number six overall. This is the highest a Stanford player has ever been drafted.
During the 2004-05 NBA season Childress emerged as one of two promising rookie talents for the Hawks, along with Josh Smith; the two showed improved play, minutes, and production. Childress ranked third among rookies in double-doubles in the 2004-05 season, behind only Emeka Okafor and Dwight Howard.
Childress is featured on the box cover of ESPN College Hoops 2K5 for the Playstation 2, published by Sega.
Childress had a high school GPA of 3.5 and scored 1,110 on the SAT.[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Josh Childress Info Page at NBA.com
- Josh Childress Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
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