Jon Alan Barry (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional

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player and television analyst for ABC and

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. Barry is currently the lead analyst for ESPN Radio's coverage of the NBA.

Biography

Barry is the son of Hall of Famer

Rick Barry Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Barry ranks among the m ...

and Pam Connolly, and has three brothers: Scooter, Brent, and Drew, all of whom are also basketball players. Jon played his high school basketball at De La Salle High School in

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. He then played one year each at University of the Pacific and Paris Junior College, before receiving a basketball

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to attend

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. Out of

, he was selected in the first round of the 1992 NBA draft by the

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, but refused to sign a contract and sat out the season. The Celtics traded their rights to him, mid season, to the Milwaukee Bucks for Alaa Abdelnaby. Barry joined the

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, who finished last, tied for last, and 2nd to last in their division Barry's first three years in the NBA. Off to a slow start of a career as primarily a backup player, Barry did get chances to contribute to playoff runs of some good teams (scored 739 points in 82 appearances with the 2001–2002 Central Division champion Detroit Pistons) and scored 326 career playoff points in 63 NBA playoff games over 14 seasons. He had two games with 5 three-point shots and had six games with 5 steals, and has 5,041 season and playoff points total. In addition to the

and

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, Jon played for the

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and most recently the

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. 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

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. Barry left the Pistons after the 2002–03 season, and was also released from the Rockets on March 1, 2006, which marked the end of his NBA playing career.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" ,

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, 47 , , 0 , , 11.7 , , .369 , , .333 , , .673 , , 0.9 , , 1.4 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 4.4 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" ,

, 72 , , 7 , , 17.3 , , .414 , , .278 , , .795 , , 2.0 , , 2.3 , , 1.4 , , 0.2 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" , 1994–95 , align="left" ,

, 52 , , 0 , , 11.6 , , .425 , , .333 , , .763 , , 0.9 , , 1.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 3.7 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" , Golden State , 68 , , 0 , , 10.5 , , .492 , , .473 , , .838 , , 0.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 3.8 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

, 58 , , 8 , , 16.6 , , .407 , , .387 , , .804 , , 1.7 , , 2.0 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 4.9 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

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, 49 , , 1 , , 7.6 , , .365 , , .295 , , .931 , , 0.8 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 2.5 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

, 43 , , 0 , , 17.1 , , .428 , , .304 , , .845 , , 2.2 , , 2.6 , , 1.2 , , 0.1 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

, 62 , , 1 , , 20.7 , , .465 , , .429 , , .922 , , 2.6 , , 2.4 , , 1.2 , , 0.1 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

, 62 , , 2 , , 16.3 , , .404 , , .348 , , .877 , , 1.5 , , 2.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 5.1 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

, 82 , , 6 , , 24.2 , , .489 , , .469 , , .931 , , 2.9 , , 3.3 , , 1.1 , , 0.2 , , 9.0 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 80 , , 0 , , 18.4 , , .450 , , .407 , , .860 , , 2.3 , , 2.6 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 6.9 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

, 57 , , 9 , , 19.3 , , .404 , , .370 , , .845 , , 2.2 , , 2.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

, 16 , , 0 , , 17.2 , , .403 , , .344 , , .769 , , 1.3 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 5.2 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

, 53 , , 2 , , 23.2 , , .447 , , .451 , , .897 , , 2.6 , , 2.6 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 7.0 , - , align="left" , 2005–06 , align="left" ,

, 20 , , 0 , , 17.1 , , .385 , , .375 , , .828 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 4.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 821 , , 36 , , 16.9 , , .434 , , .392 , , .848 , , 1.8 , , 2.2 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 5.7

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , 0 , , 4.5 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

, 7 , , 0 , , 2.6 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 0 , , 22.4 , , .353 , , .263 , , .917 , , 2.0 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.2 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 0 , , 20.4 , , .429 , , .583 , , .875 , , 2.4 , , 2.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 7.8 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

, 7 , , 0 , , 7.9 , , .412 , , .286 , , .000 , , 0.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 2.3 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 10 , , 0 , , 17.7 , , .475 , , .447 , , .625 , , 2.0 , , 2.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 14 , , 0 , , 12.3 , , .426 , , .455 , , 1.000 , , 1.7 , , 1.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 1 , , 20.0 , , .333 , , .333 , , .667 , , 3.6 , , 2.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 4.2 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

, 7 , , 0 , , 26.1 , , .438 , , .478 , , .875 , , 4.1 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 8.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 62 , , 1 , , 15.0 , , .404 , , .403 , , .857 , , 1.9 , , 1.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 5.3

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