Rick Barry - Professional career, Basketball career, Basketball blood

Basketball player, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. After playing for the University of Miami (1962–5), he played forward for the San Francisco (later Golden State) Warriors, the Houston Rockets, and the American Basketball Association (ABA) New York Nets (1966–80). He is the only player ever to lead both the National Basketball Association and ABA in scoring. He was elected to basketball's Hall of Fame in 1986.

Rick Barry

Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	March 28, 1944 Elizabeth, New Jersey
High school	Roselle Park High School (Roselle Park, New Jersey)
College	University of Miami
Draft	4th overall, 1965 San Francisco Warriors
Pro career	1965 – 1979
Former teams	San Francisco Warriors 1965-1966 Oakland Oaks 1968 Washington Caps 1969 New York Nets 1970-1971 Golden State Warriors 1972-1977 Houston Rockets 1978-1979
Awards	Associated Press First-Team All-America (1965) The Sporting News All-America Second Team (1965) Consensus All-America (1965) NBA Rookie of the Year (1966) NBA leading scorer in 1967 (35.6 ppg) ABA leading scorer in 1969 (34.0 ppg) NBA highest free-throw percentage 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980 ABA highest free-throw percentage 1969, 1971, 1972 NBA All-Star Game MVP (1967) All-NBA Second Team (1973) NBA Finals MVP (1975) 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's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)

Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), is a former American professional basketball player, remembered for his sharpshooting, his excellent passing, his tenacious and quarrelsome spirit and his odd-looking but superbly accurate style of underhand free throw shooting.

Barry was an All-Pro forward for the Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1965-1979.

Professional career

The 6'7" Barry won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after averaging 25.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in the 1965-66 season. The following year, he won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award with a 38 point outburst, and led the NBA in scoring with a 35.6 point per game average — still the eighth highest scoring average in NBA history. Teamed with star center Nate Thurmond in San Francisco, Barry helped take the San Francisco Warriors to the NBA Finals that same season, where they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in spite of Barry's 40.8 point per game average in the series.

Basketball career

Roselle Park High School - Roselle Park, New Jersey (1957-61) Two-time All-State selection University of Miami (1961-65) Associated Press First-Team All-America (1965) The Sporting News All-America Second Team (1965) Consensus All-America (1965) Led the nation in scoring (37.4 ppg) as a senior NBA San Francisco Warriors (1965-67) NBA Rookie of the Year (1966) NBA leading scorer in 1967 (35.6 ppg) ABA leading scorer in 1969 (34.0 ppg) NBA highest free-throw percentage 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980 ABA highest free-throw percentage 1969, 1971, 1972 NBA All-Star Game MVP (1967) ABA Oakland Oaks (1968-69) ABA Washington Capitals (1969-70) ABA New York Nets (1970-72) NBA Golden State Warriors (1972-78) All-NBA Second Team (1973) NBA Finals MVP (1975) NBA Houston Rockets (1978-79) 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)

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 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;