Dana Barros
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
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Listed weight | 163 lb (74 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Xaverian (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
College | Boston College (1985–1989) |
NBA draft | 1989: 1st round, 16th overall pick |
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |
Playing career | 1989–2004 |
Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Number | 11, 3, 1, 13 |
Career history | |
1989–1993 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1993–1995 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1995–2000 | Boston Celtics |
2000–2002 | Detroit Pistons |
2004 | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 8,901 (10.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,609 (1.9 rpg) |
Assists | 2,837 (3.3 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Dana Bruce Barros (born April 13, 1967) is an American former professional
High school career
Barros was a four-year basketball starter at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, where he tallied 1,821 points, including a record 57 points in a tournament game versus Needham. The 1985 Catholic Conference MVP and Boston Globe All Scholastic averaged over 30 points per game during his senior campaign in an era before the 3-point shot was implemented. He is now in the Xaverian Brothers High School "Hall of Fame".
College career
Barros played college basketball for Boston College. On February 25, 2017, Barros' number 3 was retired at Boston College.[3]
Professional career
The 5' 11" (1.80 m), 165 lb (75 kg)
Prior to the
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In Barros' second season with the Sixers (
Barros became a free agent at the end of the 1994-95 NBA season. He signed with his hometown Boston Celtics, and remained for five seasons as a role player alongside David Wesley and Dee Brown and mentor to younger players such as Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce.
In the offseason of 2000, Barros was traded to the Dallas Mavericks as part of a four-team deal that also involved the Utah Jazz and Golden State Warriors. By the time the 2000–01 season had commenced, the Mavs had traded Barros to the Detroit Pistons, where he played 89 games over two seasons, averaging 7.5 points per game, until waiving him in 2002.
After that, he was out of the NBA for almost two years, before rejoining the Celtics towards the end of the
Post-basketball Life
After retiring from basketball, Barros opened the Dana Barros Sports Complex sports complex, a sports and social club in Mansfield, Massachusetts (now called M-Plex) 65000 sq ft Multi-Sport Indoor. However, the project proved more costly than Barros expected. He incurred massive debts. Causing him to leave the project. But in 2018, He opened a new Basketball Club and Sports Complex, in Stoughton, Massachusetts, which has done much better than the first time he opened a Sports Complex. The current Sports Complex and Basketball Club in Stoughton has 5 basketball courts and hosts, AAU games, Tournaments, and Basketball Camps.
For two months in 2006, Barros worked as an assistant coach for the Northeastern University men's basketball team, a position from which he resigned in June 2006 to accept a role as the Director of Recreation for the city of Boston.[5]
Barros is now with the media relations department for the Celtics.
Barros serves as a "basketball insider" for
In media
Barros also appeared on the album titled on a song "Ya Don't Stop".
Personal life
Barros has two sons, Jordan and Jayson Barros, both of whom were student-athletes at Boston College (basketball and tennis, respectively).
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1989–90 | Seattle
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81 | 25 | 20.1 | .405 | .399 | .809 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 |
1990–91 | Seattle
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66 | 0 | 11.4 | .495 | .395 | .918 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
1991–92 | Seattle
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75 | 1 | 17.7 | .483 | .446* | .759 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
1992–93 | Seattle
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69 | 2 | 18.0 | .451 | .379 | .831 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
1993–94 | Philadelphia
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81 | 70 | 31.1 | .469 | .381 | .800 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 13.3 |
1994–95 | Philadelphia
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82* | 82* | 40.5 | .490 | .464 | .899 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 20.6 |
1995–96 | Boston
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80 | 25 | 29.1 | .470 | .408 | .884 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
1996–97 | Boston
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24 | 8 | 29.5 | .435 | .410 | .860 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
1997–98 | Boston
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80 | 15 | 21.1 | .461 | .407 | .847 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
1998–99 | Boston
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50* | 16 | 23.1 | .453 | .400 | .877 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
1999–00 | Boston
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72 | 0 | 15.8 | .451 | .410 | .866 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
2000–01 | Detroit
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60 | 0 | 18.0 | .444 | .419 | .850 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
2001–02 | Detroit
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29 | 20 | 20.1 | .385 | .338 | .778 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
2003–04 | Boston
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1 | 0 | 11.0 | .667 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
Career | 850 | 264 | 22.9 | .460 | .411 | .858 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.5 | |
All-Star | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | .400 | .333 | .000 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1991
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Seattle
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3 | 0 | 8.3 | .692 | .400 | .750 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
1992
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Seattle
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7 | 0 | 13.7 | .525 | .588 | – | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
1993
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Seattle
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16 | 0 | 8.5 | .468 | .313 | .750 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
2002
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Detroit
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4 | 0 | 1.5 | .333 | .000 | – | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
2004
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Boston
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1 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 31 | 0 | 8.5 | .510 | .436 | .750 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career 3-point field goal percentage leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career free throw percentage leaders
References
- ^ "Newbury Names Former NBA Player and Local Star Dana Barros as its Head Men's Basketball Coach - the Official Website of the Newbury College Nighthawks". Archived from the original on July 27, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ISBN 1452276269.
- ^ Rubin, Dan (February 24, 2017). "A callback to the era of the past". Boston College Eagles. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "Korver leads Hawks to 107-97 win over Clippers". SI.com. Associated Press. December 4, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ Barros resigns as assistant coach Archived February 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Bio at NBA.com
- Dana Barros Sports Complex