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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-04-13)April 13, 1967 (age 57) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| 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 theSeattle 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 atBasketball Reference | |
Dana Bruce Barros (born April 13, 1967) is an American former professionalbasketball player from theNational Basketball Association (NBA). In college, he played atBoston College, finishing as one of the school's all-time leading scorers. He was the head men's basketball coach atNewbury College in Massachusetts. He is now the owner of AAU Basketball organization, the "Dana Barros Gladiators", based inAvon, Massachusetts, and now Stoughton, Massachusetts.[1] He is ofCape Verdean descent.[2]
Barros was a four-year basketball starter atXaverian Brothers High School inWestwood, Massachusetts, where he tallied 1,821 points, including a record 57 points in a tournament game versus Needham. The 1985Catholic 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".
Barros playedcollege basketball for Boston College. On February 25, 2017, Barros' number 3 was retired at Boston College.[3]
The 5' 11" (1.80 m), 165 lb (75 kg)point guard, began his professional career in 1989 when he was selected in the first round of theNBA draft by theSeattle SuperSonics with the 16th pick. Most of his time spent inSeattle was as a backup to point guardGary Payton, who was considered to be a much more competent ball handler and defender, as Barros was deemed more usable atshooting guard.
Prior to the1993–94 season, the Sonics traded Barros to theCharlotte Hornets in exchange forKendall Gill. Two days later, Charlotte traded Barros,Sidney Green, and their1993 draft choice,Greg Graham, to thePhiladelphia 76ers forHersey Hawkins.
InPhiladelphia, Barros received much more playing time (31 minutes per game) with the Sixers, than when he was with theWestern Conference SuperSonics (18 minutes per game). This allowed him to improve his scoring output the previous season with Seattle from 7.8 to 13.3 points per game. He was the last Sixer to wear #3 for the team, prior to the arrival ofAllen Iverson.
In Barros' second season with the Sixers (1994–95) he achieved career highs in minutes per game (40.5), field goal percentage (49.0%),three-point percentage (46.4%), scoring average (20.6 points per contest), rebounding (3.3 per game) and assists (7.5) while playing all 82 regular season games. Highlights included a 50-point, 8-rebound performance against theHouston Rockets in March 1995, and a 25-point, 10-rebound, 15-assisttriple-double effort against theOrlando Magic a few weeks later. Barros was selected to play in the 1995NBA All-Star Game and at season's end was voted the league'sMost Improved Player. He also set an NBA record by making at least one three-pointer in 89 consecutive games from December 23, 1994, until January 10, 1996. This record was broken byKyle Korver in December 2013.[4] Barros appeared four consecutive times at theAT&T Long Distance Shootout during the All-Star Weekend from 1992 to 1996, coming in second twice.
Barros became a free agent at the end of the 1994-95 NBA season. He signed with his hometownBoston Celtics, and remained for five seasons as a role player alongsideDavid Wesley andDee Brown and mentor to younger players such asAntoine Walker andPaul Pierce.
In the offseason of 2000, Barros was traded to theDallas Mavericks as part of a four-team deal that also involved theUtah Jazz andGolden State Warriors. By the time the2000–01 season had commenced, the Mavs had traded Barros to theDetroit 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 the2003–04 regular season, first as an assistant coach and later as a player. He scored six points in one final game. He retired from the league with career averages of 10.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and a career three-point average of 41.1%.
After retiring from basketball, Barros opened the Dana Barros Sports Complex sports complex, a sports and social club inMansfield, Massachusetts (now called M-Plex) 65000 sq ft Multi-Sport Indoor. However, the project proved more costly than Barros expected. He incurred massive debts which caused him to leave the project. In 2018, he opened a new Basketball Club and Sports Complex, inStoughton, Massachusetts, which has done much better. The current Sports Complex and Basketball Club in Stoughton has five basketball courts and hosts AAU games, tournaments, and basketball camps.
For two months in 2006, Barros worked as an assistant coach for theNortheastern 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" forNew England Sports Network (NESN) and offers analysis and insight on the NBA on the show NESN Daily.
Barros also appeared on the album titledB-Ball's Best Kept Secret, a 1994 album featuring tracks of an array of early 1990s NBA players. He is featured on a song called "Check It". He is also featured with fellowNBA All-StarCedric Ceballos and rappersGrand Puba,Sadat X,AG andDiamond D on a song "Ya Don't Stop".
Barros has two sons, Jordan and Jayson Barros, both of whom were student-athletes at Boston College (basketball and tennis, respectively).
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | Seattle | 81 | 25 | 20.1 | .405 | .399 | .809 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| 1990–91 | Seattle | 66 | 0 | 11.4 | .495 | .395 | .918 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| 1991–92 | Seattle | 75 | 1 | 17.7 | .483 | .446* | .759 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
| 1992–93 | Seattle | 69 | 2 | 18.0 | .451 | .379 | .831 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| 1993–94 | Philadelphia | 81 | 70 | 31.1 | .469 | .381 | .800 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 13.3 |
| 1994–95 | Philadelphia | 82* | 82* | 40.5 | .490 | .464 | .899 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| 1995–96 | Boston | 80 | 25 | 29.1 | .470 | .408 | .884 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| 1996–97 | Boston | 24 | 8 | 29.5 | .435 | .410 | .860 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
| 1997–98 | Boston | 80 | 15 | 21.1 | .461 | .407 | .847 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| 1998–99 | Boston | 50* | 16 | 23.1 | .453 | .400 | .877 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| 1999–00 | Boston | 72 | 0 | 15.8 | .451 | .410 | .866 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| 2000–01 | Detroit | 60 | 0 | 18.0 | .444 | .419 | .850 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| 2001–02 | Detroit | 29 | 20 | 20.1 | .385 | .338 | .778 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| 2003–04 | Boston | 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 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Seattle | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | .692 | .400 | .750 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| 1992 | Seattle | 7 | 0 | 13.7 | .525 | .588 | – | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| 1993 | Seattle | 16 | 0 | 8.5 | .468 | .313 | .750 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2002 | Detroit | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | .333 | .000 | – | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | Boston | 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 | |
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