Erick Barkley (born February 21, 1978) is an American former professional

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player. Born in Queens, New York, he played high school basketball at Christ the King Regional High School and the Maine Central Institute and college basketball at St. John's University. He was named First Team All-Big East and an All-American honorable mention in 2000. Barkley was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2000, and played for the team for two seasons.

Career

In high school, Barkley was a starter on the AAU team the Riverside Hawks, along with future professional basketball players

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, and Anthony Glover. In 1996, the team went 66-1 in AAU play. Barkley and Artest would both later star at St. John's together, and led the team to the

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in the 1999 NCAA Tournament. During the 2000 NBA draft, Barkley was selected in the first round (28 pick overall) by the

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. After two seasons with Portland, he was traded with Steve Kerr and a 2003 second-round pick to the

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for

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, Amal McCaskill and Charles Smith on August 5, 2002. The Spurs traded Barkley to the

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on October 26, 2002, but he was waived the same day. His final NBA game was played on April 17, 2002, in a 92 - 79 win over the Houston Rockets where he recorded 7 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. In total, Barkley only played in the NBA for 2 years, playing 27 games during his career and averaged 2.9 points per game with 1.5 assists and 0.9 rebounds per game. Barkley played for the G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C. in Larissa,

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during the 2004–05 season until he was expelled from the league for possessing

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. He played his final professional season in 2011 for the Quebec Kebs of the

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. When Barkley told team management he was planning to retire due to injuries, he was persuaded to finish out the season as a

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References

External links

NBA.com Profile

Kebs de Québec PBL Player Profile Kebsdequebec.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barkley, Erick 1978 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Croatia American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland American men's basketball players CBA All-Star Game players CSU Asesoft Ploiești players High school basketball coaches in New York (state) Huntsville Flight players Ironi Ramat Gan players KK Split players Maine Central Institute alumni Olympia Larissa B.C. players Peristeri B.C. players Point guards Portland Trail Blazers draft picks Portland Trail Blazers players SKK Kotwica Kołobrzeg players Basketball players from Queens, New York St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball SKS Starogard Gdański players