The Nuggets have signed Josh Childress, most recently of Ice Cube’s 3-on-3 BIG3 League, to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, according to Mike Scotto of Basketball Insiders.
Childress, 34, hasn’t played in the NBA since the 2012-13 season when he appeared in four games for the New Orleans Pelicans. The 6-foot-8 forward played last season with SAN-EN NeoPhoenix of the Japanese League and averaged 18.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
Childress was drafted No. 6 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in 2004 out of Stanford, played four seasons for the franchise and emerged as one of the league’s most promising young players, averaging 13.