Josh Childress

Joshua Malik Childress ( born June 20, 1983 in Harbor City, California, United States ) is an American professional basketball player who was most recently at the Brooklyn Nets under contract.

Career

Childress, who not only basketball, but also an avid volleyball player in his youth, his basketball career began at the Mayfar High School in Lakewood, California, where he was invited, among others, to the McDonald 's All- American Game. After his high school time he moved to the prestigious Stanford University, where he was active until 2004 and subsequently filed a NBA Draft. He was selected sixth by the Atlanta Hawks, which also meant a player at Stanford University, the highest ranking ever. Along with Josh Smith, with whom he played together with the Atlanta Hawks, Childress was considered one of the most promising talents of NBA Drafts 2004. Already during the first professional season, he became a leading player in the team and was able to average 10.1 points achieve. He also received an appointment to the NBA All- Rookie Second Team. In the coming years Childress could continuously improving and continued integral part of the Hawks. All the more surprising, the message was received on 23 July 2008, had signed a unprecedented three -year contract with the highly ambitious Greek first division club Olympiacos after Childress. This contract was doped with a net income of 20 million U.S. dollars within the contract period of 3 years and promised Childress also a house, a car and the cost of its agents, all of which were paid for by Olympiakos. In addition, he still received an advertising contract with the famous sportswear manufacturer Nike. For this contract offer Childress even beat an offer from his old employer, the Atlanta Hawks, from which would have brought him within five years, 33 million U.S. dollars, less than Olympiakos.

Even in his new team to Childress found and led the team for the second year in the finals of ULEB Euro League, which, however, clearly was lost 86:68 against FC Barcelona.

After two years in Europe Childress returned to the NBA, where he received a contract with the Phoenix Suns and should replace the migrated to New York Amar'e Stoudemire. He could not convince, however, and was finally released by amnesty clause.

He was after a long wait finally an offer of the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012/2013 season and signed a contract with the Nets in September 2012. With the Nets but Childress could not as they had hoped, a fixed part of the rotation and are already in December 2012, his contract on the part of the Nets was dissolved.

Childress succeeded in his youth made ​​it into the junior national team of the United States, with which he participated in 2003, among others, the Pan American Games.

In 2004, Childress cover star of the basketball simulation ESPN NBA2K5, which was published by the game manufacturer Sega for the Playstation 2.

Private

Josh Childress was born the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave and Terri Childress in Harbor City and has three brothers.