Background
Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry and Pam Connolly, and has three brothers: Scooter, Brent, and Drew, all of whom are also basketball players.
Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry and Pam Connolly, and has three brothers: Scooter, Brent, and Drew, all of whom are also basketball players.
De Louisiana Salle High School.
Jon played his high school basketball at De Louisiana Salle High School in Concord, California. He then played one year each at University of the Pacific and Paris Junior College, before receiving a basketball scholarship to attend Georgia Technical in Atlanta, Georgia. Out of Georgia Technical, he was selected in the first round of the 1992 National Basketball Association draft by the Boston Celtics, but refused to sign a contract and sat out the season.
The Celtics traded their rights to him, mid season, to the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire for Alaa Abdelnaby.
Barry joined the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, who finished last, tied for last, and 2nd to last in their division Barry"s first three years in the National Basketball Association. He had 2 games with 5 3-point shots and had 6 games with 5 steals, and has 5,041 season and playoff points total. In addition to the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire and Detroit Pistons, Jon played for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets and most recently the Houston Rockets.
Barry had 12 first-half points in a 3-minute span in the deciding game 5 of the first round of the 2002 National Basketball Association Playoffs in the Detroit Pistons" series against the Toronto Raptors. Barry left the Pistons after the 2002-2003 season, and was also released from the Rockets on March 1, 2006, which marked the end of his National Basketball Association playing career.