Randolph Childress is an American

United States

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 former professional basketball

Basketball

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 player who last played in Italy

Italy

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 for Cestistica San Severo

San Severo

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. He currently works as an assistant to the athletic director for the Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

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 athletic department.

Childress played collegiately at Wake Forest University, where he averaged 18.4 points per game for his four-year career. His collegiate highlight came in 1995, when he delivered one of the most outstanding ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 Tournament performances of all time. Named tournament MVP, Childress along with sophomore Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan

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, carried the Demon Deacons to the title, Childress averaged 35.7 points and 7 assists per game. In the finals, against a UNC

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

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 team featuring Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Stackhouse

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 and Rasheed Wallace

Rasheed Wallace

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, Childress scored 37 with 7 assists and hit a game-winning jumper with 4 seconds left in overtime. He was honored as the ACC Male Athlete of the Year

ACC Athlete of the Year

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 in 1995. In 2002, Childress was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team

ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team

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, honoring the fifty greatest players in ACC history.

In the 1995 NBA Draft

1995 NBA Draft

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, Childress was selected in the 1st round (19th overall) by the Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

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. Childress played in two NBA

National Basketball Association

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 seasons for the Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers

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, averaging 2.4 points per game. His NBA career was cut short by a torn ACL

Anterior cruciate ligament

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 and disagreements with Trail Blazers coach P. J. Carlesimo.

After leaving the NBA, Childress played in 1997-1999 in the Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

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 for Tofaş SAS

Tofas S.K.

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 and Konya Kombassan. Childress went on to play ten games for the Sydney Kings

Sydney Kings

The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...

 in the 2000-01 Australia

Australia

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n National Basketball League

National Basketball League (Australia)

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 season. Childress then played for various teams in the Italian leagues

Serie A (basketball)

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External links

• NBA stats, basketballreference.com