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Canyon Barry (6), of the United States, celebrates after a men’s 3×3 basketball pool round match against China. The United States won 21-17. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
PARIS — By any reasonable measure, Canyon Barry’s basketball career has been wildly successful.
The youngest son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry averaged a conference-best 19.7 points per game as a redshirt junior at College of Charleston. He was named SEC sixth man of the year the following year after transferring to Florida. He even spent five years playing professionally in the G-League and overseas.
And yet, crazy as it sounds, Canyon, 30, might be the least accomplished basketball player in the Barry family.
He wasn’t named one of the 50 greatest basketball players in history like his dad. He didn’t play 10-plus seasons in the NBA like older brothers Jon and Brent. He didn’t help lead Kansas to an NCAA championship like Scooter, nor is he still the all-time assists leader at an ACC program like Drew. Even his mother Lynn has her jersey hanging in the rafters at William & Mary after establishing 11 school records during her career.
“It’s really hard in basketball to do something that the Barry family hasn’t already accomplished,” Canyon said earlier this year. “They have NCAA championships, NBA championships, all-star games. I mean, my brother won the dunk contest. We’ve crossed out a lot on that list.”
At long last, Canyon finally has family basketball bragging rights in at least one aspect: He’s the only Barry ever to play in an Olympics. Canyon is one of four members of a U.S. men’s 3×3 team that arrived in Paris projected to contend for a gold medal but so far has underwhelmed.
On Friday night, with the United States desperately needing a couple of wins to have a chance at advancing out of pool play — and playing without an injured Jimmer Fredette — Barry took over. He scored 16 of the U.S.’s 21 points in a win over France, then followed that up by dropping 14 more in a…
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Publish date : 2024-08-03 06:46:16
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