īarry is the father of former professional basketball players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, Drew Barry, and Scooter Barry, and current professional player Canyon Barry. In October 2021, Barry was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all-time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In 1987, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 900 percentage was the best of any NBA player at the time of his retirement in 1980. He is one of only four players to be a part of a championship team in both leagues.īarry is widely known for his unorthodox underhand free throw technique. Barry was also the only player to score at least 50 points in a Game 7 of the playoffs in either league until Stephen Curry and Jayson Tatum both reached that mark in 2023. He ranks as the all-time ABA scoring leader in regular season (30.5 points per game) and postseason (33.5) play, while his 36.3 points per game are the most in the NBA Finals history. He is the only one to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), ABA, and NBA in points per game in a season. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Consensus first-team All-American ( 1965).
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