1. Joshua Malik Childress was born on June 20,1983 and is an American former professional basketball player.
25 Facts About Josh Childress
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Josh Childress led his high school volleyball team, the Monsoons, to an undefeated record and he was voted to the All-League volleyball team.
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Josh 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.
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Josh Childress 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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Josh Childress was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
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Josh Childress was voted to the NBA All-Rookie second team.
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In July 2008, Josh Childress signed a three-year, $20 million contract with the Greek team Olympiacos Piraeus.
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Josh Childress had the option to opt out of the contract after each year.
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Josh Childress received a Greek Nike shoe contract after signing with Olympiacos, a Nike sponsorship club.
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Josh Childress had been offered a five-year, $33 million deal by the Atlanta Hawks, but he turned it down because it was significantly less money than what Olympiacos offered him.
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On July 13,2010, Josh Childress' rights were acquired by Phoenix Suns in a trade that sent a 2012 second-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Josh Childress then signed a five-year, $34 million deal with the Suns.
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On July 15,2012, after the Suns acquired the amnestied rights of Luis Scola, Josh Childress was released by the Suns via the amnesty clause.
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On September 13,2012, Josh Childress signed with the Brooklyn Nets.
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On September 27,2013, Josh Childress signed with the Washington Wizards.
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Josh Childress only played for a little over 2 minutes and recorded only 1 rebound and 1 assist.
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On January 28,2015, Josh Childress was ruled out for the rest of the season after scans revealed he required surgery for a torn pectoral muscle.
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Josh Childress was replaced in the line-up by fellow former NBA player Al Harrington.
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Not playing in the game due to his hand injury, Josh Childress verbally abused the referees in the tunnel of Titanium Security Arena following the conclusion of the match, further tarnishing his reputation in the NBL.
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Josh Childress was ruled out for another two to four weeks.
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On March 8,2016, Josh Childress was acquired by the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League.
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Josh Childress helped the 36ers reach the 2018 NBL Grand Final series, where in Game 2, he suffered a shoulder injury that ruled him out for the rest of the series.
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In 2000, Josh Childress earned a silver medal as a member of the 2000 USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festival West Team.
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Josh Childress is featured on the box cover of ESPN College Hoops 2K5 for the PlayStation 2, published by Sega.
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Josh Childress had a high school GPA of 3.5 and scored 1110 on the SAT.