Jon Alan Barry (born July 25 1969, in Oakland, California) is a retired American professional Basketball player and current television analyst for ABC and ESPN.
Biography[]
Barry is the son of Basketball Rick Barry, and has three brothers: Scooter, Drew, Brent, all of whom are also basketball players. Barry has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets and most recently the Houston Rockets. He was a first round draft pick in 1992, out of Georgia Tech.
Barry played his high school basketball at De La Salle High School (Concord, California) in Concord, California. He then played one year each at Pacific and Paris Junior College, before receiving a basketball Scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia.
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. 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.
Barry is the brother-in-law of pro golfer Billy Andrade, and step-son of Lynn Barry.