Music: Drugs don't work, by The Verve.
Richard (Rick) Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considere...
Music: Drugs don't work, by The Verve.
Richard (Rick) Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forward of all time as a result of his very precise outside shot, uncanny court vision, knowledge and execution of team defense principles, tenacious and ofttimes demanding will to win, and unorthodox but accurate underhanded "granny shot" free throw shooting. Barry is one of few elite players who have altered their games without losing effectiveness; he broke into the professional ranks as a rebounder and all-purpose points machine before he morphed into a primary ball distributor and lethal perimeter threat.
Barry ranks on the short list of greatest underdog players in basketball history, as his teams repeatedly overachieved despite marginal talent around him. Longtime NBA writer Paul Ladewski has referred to him as Ricky Balboa, a reference to Rocky Balboa, the prize fighter of motion picture fame who was at his best in the face of long odds.
During Game 5 of the 1981 NBA Finals, while working as a CBS analyst, Barry made a controversial comment when CBS posted an old photo of colleague Bill Russell's on the 1956 Olympic team: "Whos the guy in the back row with the big watermelon smile?"
The nature of this comment was made all the more awkward when the cameras switched to a shot of the announcers seated courtside where Barry was smiling yet Russell remained sullen and silent. Barry's comments were considered to be racially insensitive (Russell is African American) and CBS did not renew Barry for the subsequent season.
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Brings back many memories. Barry was unbelievable. Although known for his scoring, he matured into a fine all-around player. He most definitely deserved to win the regular season MVP Award the year the Warriors won the title, but his sometimes abrasive personality and racial prejudice within the NBA caused many players to vote against him. Believe it or not he finished THIRD in the voting. That was an injustice of the highest order.
Wilt@K: We're lucky that the NBA doesn't seem to object to videos being posted on youtube. Every now and then, I search youtube for any videos of Major League Baseball from the 1970s, and there is absolutely nothing. Let's at least be thankful that the NBA has the common sense to realize that by allowing videos to be shown on youtube, it just increases the popularity of the sport.
I agree, besides nmost of the vids are recorded from tV shoes, so nobody robbed the images, just took recorded images from TV. About the music i agree with them becasue it's the law but i think they should find a solution because i'm using the music with no profit motive in mind. the song in this vid just was LUCKY MAN!!
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I am, however, thankful that at least the NBA and NHL allow these videos and games of theirs to stay up here on YouTube, unlike the NFL or MLB.