Jon Alan Barry (born July 25, 1969) is an American former basketball player and current television analyst for

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and

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Biography

Barry is the son of

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and Pam Connolly, and has three brothers: Scooter, Brent, and

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, 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

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, 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

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. 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

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 (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Sou ...

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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

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, 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" ,

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

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

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

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

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

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Playoffs

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

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

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

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, 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

References

External links

Jon Barry ESPN Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Jon 1969 births Living people American men's basketball players American people of Lithuanian descent Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Oakland, California Boston Celtics draft picks Denver Nuggets players Detroit Pistons players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players Golden State Warriors players Houston Rockets players Los Angeles Lakers players Milwaukee Bucks players National Basketball Association broadcasters Pacific Tigers men's basketball players Paris Dragons basketball players Sacramento Kings players Shooting guards De La Salle High School (Concord, California) alumni