Dana Bruce Barros (born April 13, 1967) is an American former professional
basketball
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player from the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA). In college, he played at
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
, finishing as one of the school's all-time leading scorers. He was the head men's basketball coach at
Newbury College in Massachusetts. He is now the owner of AAU Basketball organization, the "Dana Barros Gladiators", based in
Avon, Massachusetts
Avon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
History
The first settler in the land that would become Avon was Moses Curtis (), a blacksmith from Braintree, Massachusetts.[Cape Verde
, national_anthem = ()
, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, demonym ...]
an descent.
High school career
Barros was a four-year basketball starter at
Xaverian Brothers High School
, motto_translation = To bear witness to the truth in brotherhood
, accreditation = New England Association of Schools and Colleges
, rival = St. John's Prep
, mascot = Hawk
, mascot image =
, sports ...
in
Westwood, Massachusetts
Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,266 at the time of the 2020 United States Census.
History
Westwood was first settled in 1641 and was part of the town of Dedham, originally called 'West De ...
where he tallied 1,821 points, including a record 57 points in a tournament game versus Needham. The 1985
Catholic Conference MVP and Boston Globe All Scholastic averaged over 30 points per game during his senior campaign in an era before the 3-point shot was implemented. He is now in the Xaverian Brothers High School "Hall of Fame".
College career
Barros played
college basketball
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for Boston College. On February 25, 2017, Barros' number 3 was retired at Boston College.
Professional career
The 5' 11" (1.80 m), 165 lb (75 kg)
point guard
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, began his professional career in 1989 when he was selected in the first round of the
NBA draft by the
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...
with the 16th pick. Most of his time spent in
Seattle
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was as a backup to point guard
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with t ...
, who was considered to be a much more competent ball handler and defender, as Barros was deemed more usable at
shooting guard
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.
Prior to the
1993–94 season, the Sonics traded Barros to the
Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division, and pla ...
in exchange for
Kendall Gill
Kendall Cedric Gill (born May 25, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who now works as a television basketball analyst.
Early life
Gill was born in Chicago and attended Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields, Illinoi ...
. Two days later, Charlotte traded Barros,
Sidney Green, and their
1993 draft choice,
Greg Graham
Gregory Lawrence Graham (born November 26, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
College career
Graham played collegiately for Bob Knight and the Indi ...
, to the
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...
for
Hersey Hawkins
Hersey R. Hawkins Jr. (born September 29, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. After starring at Chicago's Westinghouse High School, the 6'3" (1.90 m) shooting guard attended Bradley University. Hawkins played for 4 teams ...
.
In
Philadelphia
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, Barros received much more playing time (31 minutes per game) with the Sixers, than when he was with the
Western Conference SuperSonics (18 minutes per game). This allowed him to improve his scoring output the previous season with Seattle from 7.8 to 13.3 points per game. He was the last Sixer to wear #3 for the team, prior to the arrival of
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (; born June 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) at both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iver ...
.
In Barros' second season with the Sixers (
1994–95) he achieved career highs in minutes per game (40.5), field goal percentage (49.0%),
three-point percentage (46.4%), scoring average (20.6 points per contest), rebounding (3.3 per game) and assists (7.5) while playing all 82 regular season games. Highlights included a 50-point, 8-
rebound performance against the
Houston Rockets
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in March 1995, and a 25-point, 10-rebound, 15-
assist
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*Assist (basketball), a pass by a player that facilitates a ba ...
triple-double
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effort against the
Orlando Magic
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a few weeks later. Barros was selected to play in the 1995
NBA All-Star Game
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and at season's end was voted the league's
Most Improved Player. He also set an NBA record by making at least one three-pointer in 89 consecutive games from December 23, 1994 until January 10, 1996. This record was broken by
Kyle Korver
Kyle Elliot Korver (born March 17, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as the director of player affairs and development for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played col ...
in December 2013. Barros appeared four consecutive times at the
AT&T Long Distance Shootout during the All-Star Weekend from 1992 to 1996, coming in second twice.
Barros became a free agent at the end of the 1994-95 NBA season. He signed with his hometown
Boston Celtics
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, and remained for five seasons as a role player alongside
David Wesley
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and
Dee Brown and mentor to younger players such as
Antoine Walker
Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft out of the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1996 to 2008. Walker ...
and
Paul Pierce
Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics. He was most recently an analyst on ESPN ...
.
In the offseason of 2000, Barros was traded to the
Dallas Mavericks
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as part of a four-team deal that also involved the
Utah Jazz
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and
Golden State Warriors
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. By the time the
2000–01 season had commenced, the Mavs had traded Barros to the
Detroit Pistons
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, where he played 89 games over two seasons, averaging 7.5 points per game, until waiving him in 2002.
After that, he was out of the NBA for almost two years, before rejoining the Celtics towards the end of the
2003–04 regular season, first as an assistant coach and later as a player. He scored six points in one final game. He retired from the league with career averages of 10.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and a career three-point average of 41.1%.
Post-basketball Life
After retiring from basketball, Barros opened the Dana Barros Sports Complex, a sports and social club in
Mansfield, Massachusetts
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. However, the project proved more costly than Barros expected. He incurred massive debts. Causing him to leave the project. But in 2018, He opened a new Basketball Club and Sports Complex, in
Stoughton, Massachusetts
Stoughton (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census. The town is located approximately from Boston, from Providence, Rhode Island, and from Cape ...
, which has done much better than the first time he opened a Sports Complex. The current Sports Complex and Basketball Club in Stoughton has 5 basketball courts and hosts, AAU games, Tournaments, and Basketball Camps.
For two months in 2006, Barros worked as an assistant coach for the
Northeastern University
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men's basketball team, a position from which he resigned in June 2006 to accept a role as the Director of Recreation for the city of Boston.
Barros resigns as assistant coach
Barros is now with the media relations department for the Celtics.
Barros serves as a "basketball insider" for New England Sports Network
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(NESN) and offers analysis and insight on the NBA on the show NESN Daily.
In media
Barros also appeared on the album titled ''B-Ball's Best Kept Secret
''B-Ball's Best Kept Secret'' is a compilation album released by Epic Records that featured NBA players performing songs with hip hop artists including Shaquille O'Neal.
Track listing
#"Hip Hop Basketball Genie"- :48
#"Check It"- 4:07 (Dana B ...
'', a 1994 album featuring tracks of an array of early 1990s NBA players. He is featured on a song called "Check It". He is also featured with fellow NBA All-Star
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Cedric Ceballos
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and rappers Grand Puba
Maxwell Dixon (born March 4, 1964), known professionally as Grand Puba, is an American rapper and emcee, best known as one of the members of the group Brand Nubian from New Rochelle, New York.
Biography
He made his debut as Grand Puba Maxw ...
, Sadat X
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, AG and Diamond D
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on a song "Ya Don't Stop".
Personal life
Barros has one son, Jordan Barros.
Career statistics
Regular season
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1989–90
, style="text-align:left;", Seattle
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, 81 , , 25 , , 20.1 , , .405 , , .399 , , .809 , , 1.6 , , 2.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 9.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1990–91
, style="text-align:left;", Seattle
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, 66 , , 0 , , 11.4 , , .495 , , .395 , , .918 , , 1.1 , , 1.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 6.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1991–92
, style="text-align:left;", Seattle
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, 75 , , 1 , , 17.7 , , .483 , , .446 , , .759 , , 1.1 , , 1.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 8.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1992–93
, style="text-align:left;", Seattle
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, 69 , , 2 , , 18.0 , , .451 , , .379 , , .831 , , 1.6 , , 2.2 , , 0.9 , , 0.0 , , 7.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1993–94
, style="text-align:left;", Philadelphia
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, 81 , , 70 , , 31.1 , , .469 , , .381 , , .800 , , 2.4 , , 5.2 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 13.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1994–95
, style="text-align:left;", Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 40.5 , , .490 , , .464 , , .899 , , 3.3 , , 7.5 , , 1.8 , , 0.0 , , 20.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1995–96
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
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, 80 , , 25 , , 29.1 , , .470 , , .408 , , .884 , , 2.4 , , 3.8 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 13.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1996–97
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, 24 , , 8 , , 29.5 , , .435 , , .410 , , .860 , , 2.0 , , 3.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 12.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1997–98
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, 80 , , 15 , , 21.1 , , .461 , , .407 , , .847 , , 1.9 , , 3.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 9.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1998–99
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, 50 , , 16 , , 23.1 , , .453 , , .400 , , .877 , , 2.1 , , 4.2 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 9.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1999–00
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
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, 72 , , 0 , , 15.8 , , .451 , , .410 , , .866 , , 1.4 , , 1.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 7.2
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2000–01
, style="text-align:left;", Detroit
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, 60 , , 0 , , 18.0 , , .444 , , .419 , , .850 , , 1.6 , , 1.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 8.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2001–02
, style="text-align:left;", Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
, 29 , , 20 , , 20.1 , , .385 , , .338 , , .778 , , 2.0 , , 2.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 6.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2003–04
, style="text-align:left;", Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, 1 , , 0 , , 11.0 , , .667 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 6.0
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 850 , , 264 , , 22.9 , , .460 , , .411 , , .858 , , 1.9 , , 3.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 10.5
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star
, 1 , , 0 , , 11.0 , , .400 , , .333 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 3.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.0
Playoffs
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1991
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, style="text-align:left;”, Seattle
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, 3, , 0, , 8.3, , .692, , .400, , .750, , 1.3, , 1.7, , 1.0, , 0.0, , 7.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1992
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, style="text-align:left;”, Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
, 7, , 0, , 13.7, , .525, , .588, , –, , 1.0, , 1.1, , 0.6, , 0.0, , 7.4
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 1993
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, style="text-align:left;”, Seattle
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, 16, , 0, , 8.5, , .468, , .313, , .750, , 0.8, , 0.8, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 3.4
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2002
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, style="text-align:left;”, Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
, 4, , 0, , 1.5, , .333, , .000, , –, , 0.0, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, style="text-align:left;”, Boston
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, 1, , 0, , 1.0, , .000, , –, , –, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 31 , , 0 , , 8.5 , , .510 , , .436 , , .750 , , 0.7 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 4.3
References
External links
*
Bio at NBA.com
Dana Barros Sports Complex
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barros, Dana
1967 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
American people of Cape Verdean descent
Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
Basketball players from Massachusetts
Boston Celtics assistant coaches
Boston Celtics players
Boston College Eagles men's basketball players
Detroit Pistons players
National Basketball Association All-Stars
People from Westwood, Massachusetts
Philadelphia 76ers players
Point guards
Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
Seattle SuperSonics players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Boston
Xaverian Brothers High School alumni