Josh Childress

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Josh Childress
Position	Shooting guard
Height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	June 20, 1983 Harbor City, California
College	Stanford
Draft	6^{th ^{overall, 2004 Atlanta Hawks}}
Pro career	2004–present
Awards	2004-05 All NBA Rookie Second Team

Joshua Malik Childress (born June 20, 1983 in Harbor City, California) is an NBA basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks.

Childress 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. The Hawks drafted Childress in large part due to his creative play and versatility as a Guard/Forward.

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 attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California.

Childress had a high school GPA of 3.5 and scored 1,110 on the SAT [1]

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NBA.com Profile - Josh Childress

2004 NBA Draft
First Round Dwight Howard \| Emeka Okafor \| Ben Gordon \| Shaun Livingston \| Devin Harris \| Josh Childress \| Luol Deng \| Rafael Araújo \| Andre Iguodala \| Luke Jackson \| Andris Biedriņš \| Robert Swift \| Sebastian Telfair \| Kris Humphries \| Al Jefferson \| Kirk Snyder \| Josh Smith \| J.R. Smith \| Dorell Wright \| Jameer Nelson \| Pavel Podkolzin \| Viktor Khryapa \| Sergei Monia \| Delonte West \| Tony Allen \| Kevin Martin \| Sasha Vujačić \| Beno Udrih \| David Harrison
Second Round Anderson Varejão \| Jackson Vroman \| Peter John Ramos \| Lionel Chalmers \| Donta Smith \| Andre Emmett \| Antonio Burks \| Royal Ivey \| Chris Duhon \| Albert Miralles \| Justin Reed \| David Young \| Viktor Sanikidze \| Trevor Ariza \| Tim Pickett \| Bernard Robinson \| Ha Seung-Jin \| Pape Sow \| Ricky Minard \| Sergei Lishouk \| Vassilis Spanoulis \| Christian Drejer \| Romain Sato \| Matt Freije \| Rickey Paulding \| Luis Flores \| Marcus Douthit \| Sergei Karaulov \| Blake Stepp \| Rashad Wright