Jon Barry

For other people with similar names, see John Barry (disambiguation).

Jon Alan Barry (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player and television analyst for ABC and ESPN.^[1] Barry is currently the lead analyst for ESPN Radio's coverage of the NBA.^[2]

Jon Barry

Barry working for ESPN's NBA Wednesday in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1969-07-25) July 25, 1969 (age 55) Oakland, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	De La Salle (Concord, California)
College	Pacific (1987–1988) Paris JC (1989–1990) Georgia Tech (1990–1992)
NBA draft	1992: 1st round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1992–2006
Position	Shooting guard
Number	17, 20
Career history
1992–1995	Milwaukee Bucks
1995–1996	Golden State Warriors
1996–1997	Atlanta Hawks
1997–1998	Los Angeles Lakers
1999–2001	Sacramento Kings
2001–2003	Detroit Pistons
2003–2004	Denver Nuggets
2004	Atlanta Hawks
2004–2006	Houston Rockets
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-ACC (1992)
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,715 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds	1,513 (1.8 rpg)
Assists	1,784 (2.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Biography

Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry 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 Concord, California. He then played one year each at University of the Pacific and Paris Junior College, before receiving a basketball scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.

Out of Georgia Tech, he was selected in the first round of the 1992 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, 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 Milwaukee Bucks, 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 Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons, Jon played for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets and most recently the Houston Rockets. 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1992–93	Milwaukee	47	0	11.7	.369	.333	.673	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.1	4.4
1993–94	Milwaukee	72	7	17.3	.414	.278	.795	2.0	2.3	1.4	0.2	6.2
1994–95	Milwaukee	52	0	11.6	.425	.333	.763	0.9	1.6	0.6	0.1	3.7
1995–96	Golden State	68	0	10.5	.492	.473	.838	0.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	3.8
1996–97	Atlanta	58	8	16.6	.407	.387	.804	1.7	2.0	0.9	0.1	4.9
1997–98	Los Angeles	49	1	7.6	.365	.295	.931	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.1	2.5
1998–99	Sacramento	43	0	17.1	.428	.304	.845	2.2	2.6	1.2	0.1	5.0
1999–00	Sacramento	62	1	20.7	.465	.429	.922	2.6	2.4	1.2	0.1	8.0
2000–01	Sacramento	62	2	16.3	.404	.348	.877	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	5.1
2001–02	Detroit	82	6	24.2	.489	.469	.931	2.9	3.3	1.1	0.2	9.0
2002–03	Detroit	80	0	18.4	.450	.407	.860	2.3	2.6	0.8	0.2	6.9
2003–04	Denver	57	9	19.3	.404	.370	.845	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.1	6.2
2004–05	Atlanta	16	0	17.2	.403	.344	.769	1.3	1.8	0.9	0.1	5.2
2004–05	Houston	53	2	23.2	.447	.451	.897	2.6	2.6	0.9	0.1	7.0
2005–06	Houston	20	0	17.1	.385	.375	.828	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.1	4.3
Career		821	36	16.9	.434	.392	.848	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.1	5.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996–97	Atlanta	2	0	4.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997–98	Los Angeles	7	0	2.6	.000	.000	.000	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
1998–99	Sacramento	5	0	22.4	.353	.263	.917	2.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	8.0
1999–00	Sacramento	5	0	20.4	.429	.583	.875	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.0	7.8
2000–01	Sacramento	7	0	7.9	.412	.286	.000	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	2.3
2001–02	Detroit	10	0	17.7	.475	.447	.625	2.0	2.1	0.5	0.1	8.0
2002–03	Detroit	14	0	12.3	.426	.455	1.000	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.1	5.0
2003–04	Denver	5	1	20.0	.333	.333	.667	3.6	2.0	0.6	0.0	4.2
2004–05	Houston	7	0	26.1	.438	.478	.875	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.0	8.6
Career		62	1	15.0	.404	.403	.857	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.0	5.3

References

1. Hiestand, Michael (October 23, 2006). "Jackson, Barry join ABC/ESPN for NBA coverage". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
2. DeCastro, Amanda (October 29, 2013). "Jon Barry Named NBA on ESPN Radio Lead Analyst; PJ Carlesimo and Stan Van Gundy to Call Select Games; Kevin Calabro and Marc Kestecher Provide Play-by-Play". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
3. Lage, Larry (May 3, 2002). "Pistons force Raptors into playoff extinction". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
4. "Notes: Rockets release Jon Barry; Bulls cut Tim Thomas". usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 1, 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
• Jon Barry ESPN Bio