Brent Barry- Bio, Age, Salary, Net worth, Height, Wife, Shoes, Sons, Wiki

Brent Barry is a popular American basketball executive, broadcaster as well as a former player. He is well-known as the current vice president of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs.

Early life, Childhood, and Education

He was born on 31st December 1971 in Hempstead, New York, USA to his mother, Rick Barry, and his father Pam Hale.

He holds American nationality and belongs to a Caucasian white ethnic background and his horoscope is Capricorn.

Although, his father is a former NBA and ABA Basketball player and was listed among the 50 Greatest Players in history by the NBA in 1996.

At an early age, Brent’s parents divorced while his father got married to stepmother Lynn Barry.

Brent Barry grew up his childhood in Hempstead, New York, USA. Additionally, he has five siblings whose names are Scooter Barry, Drew Barry, John Barry, Shannon Barry, and Canyon Barry (half-brother).

Regarding his academic qualifications, he attended his high school at De La Salle High School. During high school, he played basketball before graduating in 1990.

Later on, he completed his graduation with a degree in sociology in 1995 at Oregon State University. Similarly, he played on the Beavers basketball team for four years.

Career and Professional Life

Talking about his professional career, Brent Barry began his professional career as a basketball player.

Initially, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers after being chosen by the Denver Nuggets. Although, he set a rookie record with 123 3-pointers made.

After that, Barry and the Clippers had a playoff run with him averaging 11.7 points per game in his second season. Likewise, Brent Barry also won the 1996 Slam Dunk contest.

Similarly, he played in three games for the Clippers during the postseason. He signed a 6-year, $27 million contract with the Chicago Bulls on 25th January 1999.

Meanwhile, he only played 37 of the 50 games that season due to an ankle ailment, starting 30 of them, and averaging 11.1 points per game.

Later on, he was traded to Seattle for Hersey Hawkins and James Cotton after failing to fill the Bulls’ void on 12th August 1999. Likewise, he began working in Seattle with fellow Oregon State alumnus Gary Payton.

Additionally, he played point guard and occasionally filled in as a small forward for the team. Barry also played four seasons for the Seattle Supersonics. He also appeared in ten postseason games, most of his career.

Furthermore, he signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs in 2004 and spent the majority of the season as a reserve.

He defeated the Denver Nuggets four games to one in the 2005 NBA finals with the help of his team. Moreover, he won his first championship ring by defeating the Detroit Pistons.

Broadcaster Career

Apart from his basketball career, Barry started making regular appearances on NBA TV’s The Starters in his segment The Bone Zone in 2013.

He worked as an analyst for the NBA on TNT coverage and play-by-play announcer for their Players Only broadcast starting in 2016.

Similarly, Brent also featured with Ian Eagle for TNT’s coverage of the 2018 NBA playoffs. Later on, Barry joined the San Antonio Spurs front office as their vice president of basketball operations in 2018.

Salary and Net worth

Regarding his net worth and salary status, Brent Barry is very much successful in his professional career as a popular American basketball executive, broadcaster as well as a former player.

He also gained so much fame as he is a famous American former basketball player we may conclude his net worth is around $20 million.

Whereas, he earns his annual salary of $1 million as a famous American basketball executive, broadcaster as well as a former player.

He signed a six-year contract worth $27 million with Chicago Bulls in 2017. During his contract, he earned $3,600,000.

Houston Rockets also used to pay him $3.9 million for playing over two seasons as per the source.

Relationship Status| Married Life

Moving towards his love life, Brent Barry is currently single at the moment.

Brent Barry and Erin Barry — Brent Barry with his former wife Erin Barry-source-Playerswiki

Previously, he married to long-time girlfriend Erin Barry in 1998. Brent had been dating his long-term girlfriend, Erin since they were in high school.

Initially, Erin and Brent first met, they were both students at an all-girls Catholic school in San Francisco.

Whereas, Brent was a student at the all-boys school across the street. The former couple married in 1998 and have two children.

Meanwhile, Brent had filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences” in 2010.

It claimed that Erin was having an extra-marital affair with a teammate, Tony Parker being the cause of their separation.

After 12 years of marriage, the love birds divorced. They finally divorced on 5th January 2011 and their children also agreed to share custody.

Rumors and Controversy

Talking about rumors and controversy, there are rumors that the former Spurs player Brent Barry left his TV analyst job to join San Antonio’s front office, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

At present, he is the current vice president of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs.

Body Measurement | Height, Weight

Discussing his body measurements, Brent Barry was a basketball player with an athletic body posture in his lifetime.

At that time, Brent stood with a tall height of 6 feet 8 inches (2.01m), and his body weight was 95kg (209 lbs.)

Furthermore, Allonzo Trier had a beautiful pair of blue eyes with brown hair color and his shoe size is 13 (US).

Social Media Presence

Regarding her social media platforms, Brent Barry is very active on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

As a former athlete, basketball executive, and broadcaster, Barry has drawn tons of fans’ attention to his social media account.

His Twitter profile has gained over 34.1 K followers with the username of @Barryathree. Unfortunately, Brent Barry is not available on Facebook and Instagram at the moment.