Jon Barry

infobox NBA Player
name = Jon Barry
nickname =
position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 210
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1969|7|25
birth_place = Oakland, California
highschool = De La Salle (California)
college = Georgia Tech
draft = 21st overall
draft_year = 1992
draft_team = Boston Celtics
career_start = 1992
career_end = 2006
former_teams = Milwaukee Bucks (1992–1995)
Golden State Warriors (1995–1996)
Atlanta Hawks (1996-1997, 2004)
Los Angeles Lakers (1997–1998)
Sacramento Kings (1999–2001)
Detroit Pistons (2001–2003)
Denver Nuggets (2003–2004)
Houston Rockets (2004–2006)
awards =
halloffame =

Jon Alan Barry (born July 25 1969, in Oakland, California) is a retired American professional basketball player and current television analyst for ABC and ESPN. [cite news | publisher = USA Today | date = October 23, 2006 | title = Jackson, Barry join ABC/ESPN for NBA coverage | url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2006-10-22-sports-on-tv_x.htm | last = Hiestand | first = Michael]

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. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/02playoffs/matchup-det-tor.htm Pistons force Raptors into playoff extinction] by Larry Lage, The Associated Press, retrieved January 11, 2007] 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. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2006-03-01-noteboook_x.htm Notes: Rockets release Jon Barry; Bulls cut Tim Thomas] ]

Barry is the brother-in-law of pro golfer Billy Andrade, [ [http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/sign_barry_030819.html NUGGETS: Nuggets Sign Jon Barry] ] and step-son of Lynn Barry.

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External links

*NBA-profile
*basketball-reference