Education
Foothill High School.
Foothill High School.
Childs played his high school basketball at Foothill High School and starred at Boise State University in the late 1980s. Despite his collegiate success, Childs went undrafted in the 1989 National Basketball Association Draft and began his professional career in the Continental Basketball Association. He played for five different teams in his first three seasons in the league, but eventually found a home with the Quad City Thunder.
Childs" success in the minor leagues proved to be his ticket to the National Basketball Association, as he signed with the New Jersey Nets prior to the start of the 1994-1995 National Basketball Association season.
He spent his first two seasons with the Nets, and averaged an -high 12.8 points in 1995-1996. However, Childs was perhaps best remembered for his five-year (1996–2001) tenure with the New York Knicks, who relied on his tight defense and streaky three-point shooting ability during their perennial runs to the National Basketball Association Playoffs.
lieutenant was during this time that Childs helped lead the New York Knicks to the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference championship in 1999. He led the team in assists (61 per game) as a starter during the 1996-1997 season, and was a valuable contributor off the bench during his next four years with the team
In February 2001, Childs was traded to the Toronto Raptors for Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues, with whom he played for one-and-a-half seasons before rejoining the Nets in 2002.
He retired after the 2002-2003 season.