Houston Waives Jon Barry

http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1277/roc ... jon_barry/

In a very surprising move, the Rockets waived guard Jon Barry today.Barry was a key cog to the Rockets 51-win team in 2004-05 and spoke to the fans in the season opener about supporting the Rockets as they did the Astros. Barry then went out and scored 24 points on 8-10 shooting to go with 3 steals in a 98-89 win over the Kings.But it's been downhill ever since for Barry and the Rockets. With other players out to injury, Barry didn't quite show the same touch and then came the injuries. He suffered a bruised left foot in late November and then a calf injury that caused problems until late February.All in all, Barry has missed 37 games this year, mostly due to injury. The last handful of those games saw Barry healthy, but Jeff Van Gundy did not call his number for reasons unknown.The play of the Rocket guards and shooters, around stars Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, were a big reason for the Rocket success last season, but in less than a year Barry, Mike James, Bobby Sura and Scott Padgett are all elsewhere.

Never saw this one coming, but the Rockets were pretty full at the Guard spot, but off all people though. Well, well.

i don't understand still.. barry is sum1 they need, his competitiveness, his fire, his shooting. hmm

After they got Bogans, and with Head, Wesley on teh roster, someone had to take the boot.

EAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
92-93 MIL 47 0 11.7 .369 .333 .673 .2 .7 .9 1.4 .74 .06 .89 1.20 4.4
93-94 MIL 72 7 17.3 .414 .278 .795 .5 1.5 2.0 2.3 1.42 .24 1.15 1.50 6.2
94-95 MIL 52 0 11.6 .425 .333 .763 .3 .7 .9 1.6 .58 .08 .79 1.00 3.7
95-96 GSW 68 0 10.5 .492 .473 .838 .3 .7 .9 1.3 .49 .16 .62 .80 3.8
96-97 ATL 58 8 16.6 .407 .387 .804 .4 1.3 1.7 2.0 .95 .05 1.02 1.00 4.9
97-98 LAL 49 1 7.6 .365 .295 .931 .2 .6 .8 1.0 .49 .06 .45 .70 2.5
98-99 SAC 43 0 17.1 .428 .304 .845 .6 1.7 2.2 2.6 1.23 .12 1.09 1.40 5.0
99-00 SAC 62 1 20.7 .465 .429 .922 .6 2.0 2.6 2.4 1.21 .11 1.37 1.70 8.0
00-01 SAC 62 2 16.3 .404 .348 .877 .3 1.3 1.5 2.1 .45 .10 .85 1.10 5.1
01-02 DET 82 6 24.2 .489 .469 .931 .5 2.3 2.9 3.3 1.15 .24 1.35 1.60 9.0
02-03 DET 80 0 18.4 .450 .407 .860 .4 1.8 2.3 2.6 .79 .18 1.01 1.30 6.9
03-04 DEN 57 9 19.3 .404 .370 .845 .4 1.7 2.2 2.6 1.00 .14 .93 1.20 6.2
04-05 ATL 16 0 17.2 .403 .344 .769 .3 1.1 1.3 1.8 .88 .13 .88 1.80 5.2
04-05 HOU 53 2 23.2 .447 .451 .897 .4 2.2 2.6 2.6 .87 .13 1.00 1.30 7.0
04-05 -- 69 2 21.8 .438 .430 .873 .4 1.9 2.3 2.4 .87 .13 .97 1.40 6.6
05-06 HOU 20 0 17.1 .385 .375 .828 .1 1.5 1.6 1.3 .65 .05 1.10 1.30 4.3
Career 821 36 16.9 .434 .392 .848 .4 1.5 1.8 2.2 .88 .10 .98 1.20 5.7
Playoff 62 1 15.0 .404 .403 .857 .4 1.5 1.9 1.4 .52 .05 .84 1.10 5.3

his statsa re not bad but hes getting old.....

Yes he is gettin old.
Maybe a team like ... New Orleans would pick him up.
They need a few veterens to teach some of the guys.
Rockets had alot of guards so I kinda saw something like this coming.
Good luck to him.

he's been waived because he was injured. It leaves room for the Rockets to sign again John Lucas, or another young player currently in minor league

his statsa re not bad but hes getting old.....

Stats don't mean everything..He was pretty clutch last year in the regular season and the playoffs.

With these FA's... can teams pick them up now?

So can the Spurs pick up another Barry??

Other teams can pick them up but there's restrictions as far as them being eligible for the Playoffs.

Wait.. There's a rule about they gotta be picked up before a certain date and play like a minimum ammount of game before they are eligible for the playoffs right?

No, they have to be waived by a certain date. They can then be signed at any time before the Playoffs and be eligible, so long as they were gone by the cutoff (March 1st).

ah i see!

So Barry should be eligible... would be good to see 2 Barrys in San Antonio!

ah i see!

So Barry should be eligible... would be good to see 2 Barrys in San Antonio!

Great, then I'll have even a harder time keeping up.
"..and Barry drives, dishes back out to Barry for the open three, rebound by Barry;kicks it out again..."

hm. i kinda liked barry, good guy, some great moments, though... ah. oh well.

Barry was a great player, he brought flare to Denver a while back as well. But face it, he is getting old, and he was not able to recover from his latest injuries. Good move I guess.

"..and Barry drives, dishes back out to Barry for the open three, rebound by Barry;kicks it out again..."

Pfftt... Toronto had 3 Williams-es at one point last year.

spurs might get Jon barry. Robert horry is sliping and they could use another 3pt shooter

Article from the Houston Chronicle. Barry may retire indeed.