| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-11-20)November 20, 1967 (age 57) Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Foothill (Bakersfield, California) |
| College | Boise State (1985–1989) |
| NBA draft | 1989:undrafted |
| Playing career | 1989–2003 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 1, 11 |
| Career history | |
| 1989–1990 | Rapid City Thrillers |
| 1990–1991 | Columbus Horizon |
| 1991–1992 | Bakersfield Jammers |
| 1992–1994 | Quad City Thunder |
| 1994–1996 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1996–2001 | New York Knicks |
| 2001–2002 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2002–2003 | New Jersey Nets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,710 (6.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,308 (2.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,633 (4.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Chris Childs (born November 20, 1967) is an American former professionalbasketball player, who played primarily at theguard position.
Childs played his high school basketball atFoothill High School and starred atBoise State University in the late 1980s. Childs was theBig Sky Conference Player of the Year in 1989.
Despite his collegiate success, Childs went undrafted in the1989 NBA draft and began his professional career in theContinental Basketball Association. He played for three different teams in his first three seasons in the league, but eventually found a home with theQuad City Thunder. With the Thunder, Childs won a league title and the CBA Playoff Finals/MVP award in 1994 after averaging 17.9 points and 7.6assists.[1][2]
According toQuad City Thunder owner Anne Potter DeLong's obituary onQCOnline, Childs struggled with alcoholism during his time in theContinental Basketball Association. Childs went to DeLong for help at which point she called former NBA playerGeorge Gervin who facilitated Childs' admittance to a rehab facility inHouston,Texas. The clinic was run by retired NBA playerJohn Lucas II.[3]
Childs' success in the minor leagues proved to be his ticket to theNBA, as he signed with theNew Jersey Nets prior to the start of the1994–95 NBA season. He spent his first two seasons with the Nets, and averaged an NBA career-high 12.8 points in1995–96.
However, Childs was perhaps best remembered for his five-year (1996–2001) tenure with theNew York Knicks, who relied on his tight defense and streakythree-point shooting ability during their perennial runs to theNBA playoffs. It was during this time that Childs helped lead the New York Knicks to the NBA Eastern Conference championship in 1999. He led the team in assists (6.1 per game) as a starter during the1996–97 season, and was a valuable contributor off the bench during his next four years with the team. A visible figure in theNew York media, he also represented the Knicks on the1998–99 NBA All-Interview Team and won the New York Press Photographers Association's 2000 "Good Guy Award"[4] for his involvement with several charities and youth basketball programs. On April 2, 2000, in a game against theLos Angeles Lakers at theStaples Center, he had a fight withKobe Bryant late in the third quarter. The fight has been deemed to show the toughness of the Knicks during that era. At four inches shorter than Bryant, Childs punched him from the chin into his throat. Both players were ejected and the Knicks lost the game 106–82.
In February 2001, Childs was traded to theToronto Raptors forMark Jackson andMuggsy Bogues,[5] with whom he played for one-and-a-half seasons before rejoining the Nets in 2002. During that season, on October 22, 2002, Childs was suspended by the team indefinitely for not being in playing shape. Coincidentally, that same day, Childs was held up at gunpoint by three men outside a Manhattan restaurant owned by Sean Combs. Police say the alleged thieves made off with approximately $30,000 in cash and jewelry.[6] Childs then retired after the 2002–03 season.
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