Previous page Next page Bottom Top One level up Home
Home > Directory > Sports > Basketball > Professional > NBA > Players > B > Barry, Rick

Barry, Rick

Webpages concerning "Barry, Rick"

NBA History: Rick Barry SummaryRanking
Rick Barry Hall of Fame forward Rick Barry is the only player ever to lead the NCAA, NBA, and ABA in scoring. His name appears near the top of every all-time offensive list. He scored more than 25,000 points in his professional career and in four differe
Details + Preview
http://www.nba.com/history/players/barry_summary.html

http://www.nba.com/history/players/barry_summary.html

Help building the largest human-edited directory of the web
Suggest URL - Open Directory Project - Become an editor
directopedia.org uses links and structure from dmoz Open Directory Project.
The contents has been generating using technology developed by scientec.

Wikipedia-Article "Rick Barry"

Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player, remembered for his accurate underhand free throw shooting.

He was an All-pro forward for the NBA's Golden State Warriors and the New York Nets of the ABA, 1966-1979.

Named one of the "50 Greatest Players" ever by the NBA, Barry is still considered one of the best forwards in history. He is the only player in history to lead the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring.

Contents

[edit]

College career

Barry played at the University of Miami in the early-mid 1960s, where he lead the NCAA in scoring.

[edit]

Pro career

Teamed with star center Nate Thurmond in San Francisco, the 6'7" Barry led the NBA in scoring and led the San Francisco Warriors to the NBA Finals in his second season. Angered at not receiving incentive monies he felt owed for these feats from San Francisco manager Al Bianchi, Barry sat out his next season and jumped to the ABA for a much larger contract.

Barry starred in the less-talented league, often averaging well over 30 points per game, and he led the Oakland Oaks to the league championship in the 1968-1969 season. Seeking better competition and a return to his old team, Barry returned to the NBA in 1972. In 1975, he led the now-Golden State Warriors to the NBA championship. The following year, the Warriors were upset in the playoffs by the sub-.500 Phoenix Suns. In 1977, they lost to the eventual champion Portland, and its star Bill Walton, in the Western Conference playoffs.

Rick Barry was traded to the Houston Rockets in return for John Lucas. Now in the twilight of his career, he averaged a modest 13.5 points. He did set a new NBA record, however, by posting a .947 free-throw percentage for the season. He retired in 1980.

[edit]

Broadcasting

Controversial and outspoken, Barry continues to work in the field of broadcasting, a career he began after retiring from pro basketball (first with CBS and then with TBS). As of 2005, Barry broadcasts on KNBR-AM in San Francisco, California, a role he has held since 2001.

[edit]

Basketball career

  • All-NBA First Team (1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976)
  • Eight time NBA All-Star (1966, 1967, 1973-78)
  • ABA All-Star First Team (1969-72)
  • NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)
[edit]

Basketball blood

Rick Barry has four sons, Scooter, Drew, Jon, Brent, all of whom are or have been professional basketball players.

With his son Brent Barry winning the NBA Championship in 2005 with the San Antonio Spurs, Rick and Brent have become only the second father-son duo to both win NBA Championships as players; the first was Matt Guokas Sr. and his son, Matt Guokas Jr.

[edit]

See also

[edit]

External links

This article is based on the article "Rick Barry" from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. Here you find the list of authors of this article. The article can only edited within Wikipedia. Edit this article in Wikipedia.