Brandon Childress (basketball)

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Brandon Childress
Brandon Childress.jpg
Childress with Wake Forest in 2017
No. 14–Sioux Falls Skyforce
Position Point guard
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (1997-08-31) August 31, 1997 (age 27)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College Wake Forest (2016–2020)
NBA draft 2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020 Iraklis
2021 AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
2022 TalTech
2022–2023 Medi Bayreuth
2023–2024 Hakro Merlins Crailsheim
2024–present Sioux Falls Skyforce

Brandon Reginald Childress (born August 31, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

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Early life and high school career

Childress was born in Detroit, Michigan, where his father was playing for the Detroit Pistons. In his childhood, his family moved to Prince George's County, Maryland. Childress first took interest in football and started playing basketball at age nine. [1] In his first two years of high school, he played basketball for East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, North Carolina. He was a teammate of Riley LaRue, the son of former NBA player Rusty LaRue. [2] Childress came off the bench as a freshman but became a key player as a sophomore, leading his team to the Frank Spencer Holiday Classic title. [3] For his junior season, he transferred to Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina, where he played alongside Harry Giles, one of the top recruits in the nation. [4] As a senior, Childress was an NCISAA 3A All-State selection. [5] He chose to play college basketball for Wake Forest over offers from Charlotte, East Carolina and Tulsa among others. [6]

College career

As a freshman at Wake Forest, Childress averaged 6.6 points and 2.2 assists per game. [1] On January 23, 2018, he scored a sophomore season-high 18 points, 16 of which came in the second half, in an 84–70 loss to fourth-ranked Duke. [7] As a sophomore, Childress averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 assists per game. He became his team's starting point guard in his junior season, with the departure of Bryant Crawford. [8] On January 5, 2019, Childress scored a season-high 28 points, shooting 7-of-10 from three-point range, in a 92–79 loss to Georgia Tech. [9] Two weeks later, he scored 28 points for a second time in an 87–71 loss to Virginia Tech. [10] Childress averaged 14.7 points and four assists per game as a junior, leading Wake Forest in scoring, assists and steals. [11] On December 7, 2019, he scored a career-high 30 points in a 91–82 loss to NC State. [12] On February 25, 2020, Childress hit the game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation and scored 13 of his 17 points during two overtimes in a 113–101 upset of Duke, Wake Forest's first win against the Blue Devils in almost six years. [13] As a senior, Childress averaged 15.6 points and 4.6 assists per game, leading his team in scoring, assists and steals, and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Honorable Mention selection. [11]

Professional career

After going undrafted on the 2020 NBA draft, Childress signed with Iraklis of the Greek Basket League on July 24, 2020. [14] He left the team in December. In February 2021 he signed with AVIS UTILITAS Rapla in Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and helped the team to win bronze in Estonian Championship. In February 2022 he signed with another Estonian team TalTech/Optibet. On June 21, 2022, Childress signed with Medi Bayreuth of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [15] In October 2023 he signed with another Basketball Bundesliga team, Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. [16]

On October 26, 2024, Childress joined the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League after being selected in the 2024 NBA G League draft. [17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2016–17 Wake Forest 33021.5.356.351.7742.22.2.8.06.6
2017–18 Wake Forest 30526.2.379.379.8382.73.61.0.09.1
2018–19 Wake Forest 313036.4.383.368.7963.84.01.5.014.7
2019–20 Wake Forest 303035.4.404.325.8093.04.61.2.015.6
Career1246529.7.385.355.8032.93.61.1.011.4

Personal life

His father, Randolph Childress, was a standout basketball player at Wake Forest and competed professionally for 16 years, with stints in the NBA. Randolph is now an assistant coach for Wake Forest. [18] Childress and his father are the highest scoring father-son duo in ACC history and the sixth to score at least 3,000 points for the same NCAA Division I school. [19]

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