Rick Barry led the Warriors to a stunning 1975 championship sweep, averaged 35.6 PPG in 1967, and shot 89.3% from the free throw line using his famous underhanded technique. Here is why #24 belongs in the rafters.
Broadcast career as NBA analyst for multiple networks
Basketball clinics and instruction camps
Author of 'Confessions of a Basketball Gypsy' (1972)
慈善事业
Youth basketball development programs across the country
Hall of Fame legacy programs promoting NBA history education
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Long broadcasting career on NBC, CBS, and regional sports networksSubject of numerous historical documentaries about the ABA/NBA eraFeatured in NBA 50th and 75th Anniversary team content
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Barry shot free throws underhanded — the so-called 'granny shot' — and converted at 90.0% for his career, one of the highest marks in NBA history and a technique that modern analytics increasingly suggest is biomechanically superior to the conventional overhand method.
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Three of his sons — Scooter, Jon, and Brent Barry — all played in the NBA, making the Barrys one of the most impressive basketball families in professional sports history. Canyon Barry also played professionally.
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His 35.6 points per game scoring title in 1966-67 placed him alongside Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain as the most prolific scorers of the NBA's pre-modern era.
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The 1975 Warriors championship sweep of Washington is considered one of the greatest upsets in Finals history — a 48-win team defeating a 60-win Bullets squad in four straight games, led by Barry's 29.5 PPG Finals MVP performance.