Josh Childress

Josh Childress

Childress with the Atlanta Hawks in 2008.
No. 1   Phoenix Suns
Small forward / Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth	June 20, 1983 (1983-06-20)
Place of birth	Harbor City, California
Nationality	American
High school	Mayfair
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	Stanford (2001-2004)
NBA Draft	2004 / 6th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	2004–present
League	NBA
Career history
Atlanta Hawks (2004-2008) Olympiacos Piraeus B.C. (2008-2010) Phoenix Suns (2010-present)
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team 2005 All-Euroleague Second Team 2010
Stats at NBA.com

Joshua ("Josh") Malik Childress (born June 20, 1983) is an American professional basketball player with the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He previously played with the pro club Olympiacos Piraeus in the Greek A1 League and the Euroleague, as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.

High school career

Childress attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California. 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.

College career

Childress then played three seasons of college basketball with Stanford, where he was named an AP First Team All American, an All-American Consensus Second Team member, 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 and was a first-round pick, number six overall, the highest a Stanford player has ever been drafted.

Pro career

NBA

During the 2004-05 NBA season, Childress emerged as one of two promising rookie talents for the Atlanta Hawks, along with Josh Smith; as the season went on, 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. He was also voted to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

Europe

On July 23, 2008, Josh Childress accepted and signed an unprecedented 3 year $20 million net income contract with the Euroleague club Olympiacos Piraeus. The contract was equal to and worth the same as a 3 year $32.5 million NBA contract, not including that Childress would also have his local taxes and agent fees paid for by Olympiacos as well. In addition, the contract also provided Childress with a house and a car.

Childress would be making then in total, a salary in Olympiacos that was equal to about $15 million per season in the NBA. The contract also included opt-out options after each of the first two seasons. Childress also received a Greek Nike shoe contract after signing with Olympiacos Piraeus, a Nike sponsorship club.

He had been offered a 5 year $33 million gross income deal by the Atlanta Hawks, but he turned it down because it was significantly less money than Olympiacos offered him. Childress averaged 8.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 steals per game during the Euroleague 2008-09 season.

Return to NBA

In 2010, Childress was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks by the Phoenix Suns in exchange for a future second-round draft pick.

During the 2011 NBA lockout, Childress said he would not consider playing overseas. He cited concerns with reliability of getting paid, differences in coaching styles, and lower standards of business travel compared to the NBA.

United States national basketball team

Childress also played with the junior national teams of the United States. With the USA's junior national team, he won a silver medal with the 2000 Youth Development Festival West Team. He also played at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Awards and accomplishments

High school

• McDonald's High School All-American (2001)

College

• All-Pac 10 Conference Freshman Team Honorable Mention (2002)
• All-Pac 10 Conference Team Honorable Mention (2003)
• All-Pac 10 Conference First Team (2004)
• Pac 10 Conference Player of the Year (2004)
• Pac-10 Conference Tournament MVP (2004)
• AP First Team All American (2004)
• All-American Consensus Second Team (2004)

Pro career

• NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2005)
• Won the Greek Cup (2010)
• All-Euroleague Second Team (2010)

Personal life

• 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 1110 on the SAT.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	Atlanta	80	44	29.7	.470	.232	.823	6.0	1.9	.9	.4	10.1
2005–06	Atlanta	74	10	30.4	.552	.492	.766	5.2	1.8	1.2	.5	10.0
2006–07	Atlanta	55	13	36.8	.504	.338	.795	6.2	2.3	1.0	.6	13.0
2007–08	Atlanta	76	0	29.9	.571	.367	.807	4.9	1.5	.9	.6	11.8
2010–11	Phoenix	54	3	16.6	.565	.063	.492	2.9	.8	.6	.4	5.0
Career		339	70	29.0	.526	.343	.781	5.1	1.7	1.0	.5	10.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Atlanta	7	0	29.3	.524	.000	.500	5.7	1.6	.1	.7	7.1
Career		7	0	29.3	.524	.000	.500	5.7	1.6	.1	.7	7.1

European career statistics

Euroleague

SEASON	LEAGUE	TEAM	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008-09	Euroleague	Olympiacos	16	24.2	.470	.158	.636	4.6	1.1	1.1	.5	8.8
2009-10	Euroleague	Olympiacos	20	32.3	.523	.328	.647	4.8	1.9	1.1	.6	15.2

Greek A1 League

(Note: The Greek A1 League's official complete season stats are the regular season and playoff stats combined together.)

SEASON	LEAGUE	TEAM	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008-09	Greek A1 League	Olympiacos	25	26.8	.543	.329	.747	3.8	0.8	1.2	.7	13.5
2009-10	Greek A1 League	Olympiacos	32	27.5	.586	.325	.697	5.3	1.4	0.9	.6	15.3

External links

• NBA.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Josh Childress' NBA Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
• Basketpedya.com Profile
• Greek A1 League Profile (Greek)/(English)
• Thamel, Pete (2008-10-12). "Big, Fat Greek Contract Makes Europe Irresistible". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/sports/basketball/12childress.html?_r=1&ref=basketball&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-10-13.