Jon Barry
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1969 Oakland, California |
| Nationality | USA |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Georgia Tech |
| NBA draft | 1992: 21st overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 1992–2006 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jon Alan Barry (born July 25 1969, in Oakland, California) is a retired American professional basketball player and current television analyst for cable network ESPN.[1]
Biography
Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, and has three brothers: Scooter, Drew, Brent, all of whom are also basketball players. Barry has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets and most recently the Houston Rockets. He was a first round draft pick in 1992, out of Georgia Tech.
Barry played his high school basketball at De La Salle High School in Concord, California. He then played one year each at Pacific and Paris Junior College, before receiving a basketball scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.
Barry had 12 first-half points in a 3-minute span in the deciding game 5 of the first round of the 2002 NBA Playoffs in the Detroit Pistons' series against the Toronto Raptors.[2]
Barry was released from the Rockets on March 1, 2006, which marked the end of his NBA playing career.
Barry is the brother-in-law of pro golfer Billy Andrade.[3]
Notes
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (October 23, 2006). "Jackson, Barry join ABC/ESPN for NBA coverage". USA Today.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Pistons force Raptors into playoff extinction by Larry Lage, The Associated Press, retrieved January 11, 2007
- ^ NUGGETS: Nuggets Sign Jon Barry
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- 1969 births
- American basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Denver Nuggets players
- Detroit Pistons players
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players
- Golden State Warriors players
- Houston Rockets players
- Living people
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- People from Oakland, California
- Sacramento Kings players
- Irish-American sportspeople
- National Basketball Association broadcasters
- Shooting guards