FOX Houston: Barry will not return to Rockets

by Tom Martin on Sep 17, 2009 10:04 PM CDT in Blogging stuff

From Mark Berman of FOX Houston:

HOUSTON - NBA sources told FOX 26 Sports Thursday guard Brent Barry will not be back with the Houston Rockets for the upcoming season.

Barry will either be traded or he will retire with the Rockets expected in that case to buy out his contract which had one year remaining.

We sort of knew this already. However, the report hints to a specific development. We'll keep you updated.

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I guess Barry is definitely retiring.

Kind of an odd thing to announce, otherwise.

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by Only_A_Lad on Sep 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT reply actions

Barry Family retires in Houston!!!

by godyrock on Sep 18, 2009 5:54 AM CDT reply actions

so this opens up a roster spot i guess

by jroberts5 on Sep 18, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions

Right

So it will probably be James White vs. Jermaine Taylor for the last spot, assuming other D-Leaguers don’t make serious noise (always possible-can’t forget Von Wafer).

How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!

by ak2themax on Sep 18, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions

We shouldn't have let Von go.

We need his scoring more than ever now. Who will lead us in scoring ? If its Shane Battier, gonna be a looooong season.

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by CFHTim on Sep 19, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions

And all of Houston

just had the BIGGEST SIGH OF RELIEF!!

by bigalshouseoflove on Sep 18, 2009 11:32 AM CDT reply actions

Not really

At least not me, anyway. I liked Barry. He was a veteran influence. He admittedly did little on the court for us, but we weren’t paying him much (the LLE, I believe-around $1.1M).

Though drafting Chase made him expendable.

How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!

by ak2themax on Sep 18, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed. Fans forget he was a good influence on Brooks as his backcourt partner early in the season. His shot was also warming up until he had that long term injury.

I think it’s unfortunate that Houston fans turned on him mostly because McGrady fans were looking to find a scapegoat to vent on, re-direct frustations from.

by wayno on Sep 18, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions