Drew Barry

Drew Barry
Personal information
Born (1973-02-17) February 17, 1973
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High schoolDe La Salle (Concord, California)
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1992–1996)
NBA draft1996: 2nd round, 57th overall pick
Drafted bySeattle SuperSonics
Playing career1996–2003
PositionShooting guard
Number11, 12, 2, 10
Career history
1996–1997Fort Wayne Fury
1998Atlanta Hawks
1999Seattle SuperSonics
1999Sydney Kings
1999–2000Golden State Warriors
2000Atlanta Hawks
2001Metis Varese
2002Celana Bergamo
2002–2003Prokom Trefl
Career highlights
Career NBA statistics
Points134 (2.2 ppg)
Rebounds67 (1.1 rpg)
Assists111 (1.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Drew William Barry (born February 17, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player.

Early life

Born in Oakland, California, he is the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry and Pamela Hale,[1] the daughter of Bruce Hale who played in the NBA and was Rick's college coach at Miami of Florida.[2] Drew has three brothers: Scooter, Jon, and Brent, who are also basketball players. In 1979, Rick left the family and divorced Pamela the following year. She married Bill Connolly, Drew's stepfather, in 1987.[3] Rick later married Lynn Barry and they had a son, Canyon Barry, who was also a basketball player.[4]

Playing career

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.[5] The all-time assists leader of Georgia Tech, Barry played briefly for the Fort Wayne Fury in the CBA[6] 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 NBL season.[6] In his eight games for the Kings, Barry averaged 7.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1 steal per game.[7] His best game was on November 13, 2000, in a 99–86 loss against the Cairns Taipans where he recorded 20 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.[8] He also played professionally in Poland.[9]

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

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 Atlanta 27 0 9.5 .474 .429 .846 1.3 1.8 .4 .0 2.1
1998–99 Seattle 17 0 10.8 .313 .333 .692 1.2 1.7 .4 .1 2.2
1999–2000 Golden State 8 0 10.6 .500 .333 .500 1.0 2.1 .3 .0 2.8
Atlanta 8 0 9.3 .400 .444 1.000 .5 2.0 .0 .0 2.4
Career 60 0 10.0 .417 .381 .774 1.1 1.9 .3 .0 2.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998 Atlanta 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Going Their Own Way : The Barry Brothers--Including Clippers' Brent and Warriors' Jon--Succeeded Despite, Not Because of, Their Father Rick". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1995. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  2. ^ "Basketball Court(ship) Paid Off For Rick Barry; Hale of Miami Took Special Interest in Son-in-Law". New York Post.
  3. ^ "BASKETBALL'S FIRST FAMILY". Washington Post. February 18, 1996. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  4. ^ Staffer, Martin FennellyFormer Times. "The other amazing athlete who raised Florida's Canyon Barry". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  5. ^ "Some of the best fathers and sons in men's college basketball history | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  6. ^ a b "NBA.com bio". NBA.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.
  7. ^ "Drew Barry – Player Statistics".
  8. ^ "National Basketball League NBL Match Centre".
  9. ^ "Kings emerge from a pack of jokers". The Sydney Morning Herald. January 10, 2003.