Houston Rockets Re-Sign Jon Barry HOUSTON – The Houston Rockets have re-signed free agent guard Jon Barry to a contract, General Manager Carroll Dawson announced today. Barry averaged 7.0 points after joining the Rockets last season, helping Houston to a 38-15 record in 53 games. He also became the Rockets career leader and single-season record holder with a 3-point percentage of .451, making 60-of-133 3-point attempts in a Rockets uniform. “First and foremost, Jon knows how to win,” Dawson said. “He has brought a winning attitude to almost every team he has joined. He provided experience and energy to our lineup last season. This year he gives our team another reliable ball handler in the backcourt and a threat from 3-point range.” Last season Barry averaged 6.6 points with 2.4 assists in 69 games with Atlanta and Houston. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound guard came to Houston from the Hawks on Dec. 23 in exchange for Tyronn Lue. The 13-year veteran ranked seventh in the NBA with a 3-point percentage of .430. He scored in double figures 16 times, including 14 times with the Rockets. Barry set season highs with 19 points on Jan. 24 vs. Orlando and eight rebounds on Jan. 13 vs. New Jersey. He also logged a season-high four steals at San Antonio on Feb. 23 and vs. Denver on Apr. 16. Barry possesses career averages of 5.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 801 games with Milwaukee, Golden State, Atlanta, the LA Lakers, Sacramento, Detroit, Denver and Houston. He has participated in the playoffs in nine-straight years with his six different teams. Barry holds a career free throw percentage of .849 and a career 3-point percentage of .392. Barry has ranked among the top 10 in 3-point field goal percentage four times, including this past season. He has also better than 40 percent from 3-point range in five of 13 seasons, including three of the last four years. During the 2001-2002 season, Barry averaged career highs of 9.0 points and 3.3 assists in a career-high 82 games with Detroit. That season he also set Pistons single-season franchise records with a free throw percentage of .931 and a 3-point percentage of .469, ranking second in the NBA in 3-point accuracy.
