Drew William Barry (born February 17, 1973) is an American retired professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. He is the son of Basketball Hall of Famer

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

and has four brothers: Scooter, Jon, Canyon and Brent, who also share his profession. His grandfather

Bruce Hale William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard/forward from Medford, Oregon, Hale played college basketball at Santa Clara University, then played professional ...

also played in the NBA and was Rick's college coach at Miami of Florida. His stepmother is Lynn Barry. Born in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

, Barry graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord in 1991 and played four seasons with the

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basketball team at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) after redshirting his freshman year. The all-time assists leader of Georgia Tech, Barry played briefly for the Fort Wayne Fury in the CBANBA.com bio
and in the NBA for the

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

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 ...

, and Golden State Warriors. Prior to being signed by the Hawks on March 27, 2000, Barry played eight games with the Sydney Kings during the 1999–2000 Australian NBL season. In his eight games for the Kings, Barry averaged 7.6 points, 6.3 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1 steal per game. His best game was on November 13, 2000 in a 99–86 loss against the Cairns Taipans where he scored 20 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. He also played professionally in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Kings emerge from a pack of jokers
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Drew 1973 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Australia American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Poland American men's basketball players American people of Lithuanian descent Asseco Gdynia players Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Oakland, California Fort Wayne Fury players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players Golden State Warriors players Pallacanestro Varese players Point guards Seattle SuperSonics draft picks Seattle SuperSonics players Sydney Kings players De La Salle High School (Concord, California) alumni