Josh Childress

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josh Childress
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 20, 1983(1983-06-20)
Age	41
Country	United States
Birth City	Harbor City
Horoscope	Gemini

Josh Childress Biography

Josh Childress is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on June 20, 1983 in Harbor City, United States. Joshua Malik Childress (born June 20th 1983) is an American professional basketball player who played for San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. The All-EuroLeague Second Team participant 2010 he been a part of players from the Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets and New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA as well as Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and EuroLeague.

In in the 2009-2008 EuroLeague season the player scored 8.8 scores, 4.6 reboundsand 1.1 assists as well as 1.1 steals per match. In the 2009-2010 EuroLeague season the player scored 15.2 points. He also had 4.8 scores, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

On July 13, 2010, Childress’ rights were acquired by Phoenix Suns in a trade that also sent a 2012 second-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks. Childress then signed a five-year deal with the Suns.

In June 2010, Childress parted ways with Olympiacos.

Childress was a three-year player in basketball at Stanford in which he was recognized as an AP first-team All-American and an All-American Consensus second team selection and being named the Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year, and also the Pac-10 Conference Tournament MVP as an undergraduate in 2004. Then, he declared to play in the 2004 NBA draft, where he was chosen to the Atlanta Hawks with the sixth overall pick. He became the most successful Stanford basketball player ever to get selected within the NBA.

Josh Childress Net Worth

Josh Childress is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josh Childress 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As of 2000, Childress was awarded a silver award for his participation in the team of USA Basketball Men’s Youth Development Festival West Team. He also competed in the 2003 Pan American Games.

Childress was picked as the sixth overall pick at the time of the 2004 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. In his first season, the year 2004-05 Childress became one of the most exciting rookie talent for the Hawks as well as Josh Smith; as the season progressed, both two players showed improvement in their play as well as minutes and performance. Childress was third among rookies who had a double-double during the 2004-05 season ahead of Emeka Okafor, and Dwight Howard. He was also named into his place on the NBA All-Rookie second team.

In July 2008, Childress signed a three-year, $20 million contract with the Greek team Olympiacos Piraeus. Because of tax breaks from playing overseas, however, his $20 million contract was equivalent to $32.5 million with an NBA team. Childress also had the option to opt out of the contract after each year. Childress also received a Greek Nike shoe contract after signing with Olympiacos, a Nike sponsorship club. He 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 2, 2015, Childress re-signed with the Kings for the 2015–16 NBL season. After missing the first four games of the season with a foot injury, Childress returned to the court on October 23 against the Adelaide 36ers. However, in his return game, he sustained another injury, this time breaking his right hand. He played through the Kings’ 91–80 loss to the 36ers with the break and still managed to score 23 points, but following the game, he was ruled out for a further four to six games with a boxer’s fracture. He was subsequently replaced in the line-up by fellow former NBA player Al Harrington. On November 10, he was suspended for two games for demonstrating unsportsmanlike behaviour on the sidelines during the Kings’ loss to the Adelaide 36ers three days prior. Not playing in the game due to his hand injury, 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. A third injury to Childress, this time a fractured left hand, was sustained on December 4 against the Cairns Taipans, just two games back after recovering from his previous injury. He was subsequently ruled out for another two to four weeks. He was reactivated once again on December 29 and played out the rest of the season. In 13 games for the last-placed Kings in 2015–16, Childress averaged 21.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.

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Josh Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Josh Childress celebrates birthday on June 20 of every year.

On March 8, 2016, Childress was acquired by the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League. Three days later, he made his debut for the Legends in a 115–113 loss to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, recording 17 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in 29 minutes off the bench. In eight games for the Legends, he averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game.