Drew Barry

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Drew Barry
Personal information
Born (1973-02-17) February 17, 1973 (age 51)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school De La Salle (Concord, California)
College Georgia Tech (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996: 2nd round, 57th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1996–2003
Position Shooting guard
Number11, 12, 2, 10
Career history
1996–1997 Fort Wayne Fury
1998 Atlanta Hawks
1999 Seattle SuperSonics
1999 Sydney Kings
1999–2000 Golden State Warriors
2000Atlanta Hawks
2001 Metis Varese
2002 Celana Bergamo
2002–2003 Prokom Trefl
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 134 (2.2 ppg)
Rebounds 67 (1.1 rpg)
Assists 111 (1.9 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Drew William Barry (born February 17, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player. He is the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry and has four brothers: Scooter, Jon, Canyon and Brent, who also share his profession. His grandfather Bruce Hale also played in the NBA and was Rick's college coach at Miami of Florida. His stepmother is Lynn Barry.

Born in Oakland, California, Barry graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord in 1991 and played four seasons with the Yellow Jackets 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 CBA [1] and in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, 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. [1] In his eight games for the Kings, Barry averaged 7.6 points, 6.3 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1 steal per game. [2] 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. [3] He also played professionally in Poland. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NBA.com bio". NBA.com . Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.
  2. "Drew Barry – Player Statistics".
  3. "National Basketball League NBL Match Centre".
  4. "Kings emerge from a pack of jokers". The Sydney Morning Herald. January 10, 2003.