Brent Barry is a former basketball player from the United States who is now a basketball executive, and broadcaster. Since 2018, he has served as the San Antonio Spurs’ vice president of basketball operations. In addition, he co-hosts the 2018 NBA Playoffs with Ian Eagle and serves as a studio analyst on NBA TV.
Brent is a man of many talents. As of 2019, Barry’s net worth is estimated to be $20 million. He currently earns around $1 million per year from his various sources. Barry divorced his ex-wife Erin, with whom he has two children, in 2010.
Brent Barry Earnings and Net Worth
Brent Barry has net worth is estimated to be $20 million as of 2019. He currently works as an NBA TV presenter, so his salary is estimated to be around $200,000. In addition, he has been earning around $300,000 as the San Antonio Spurs’ vice president of basketball operations since 2018. His total earnings from salary working on the various platforms are estimated to be $1 million.
The majority of Barry’s net worth is thought to have stemmed from his NBA career. As a player, he reportedly earned around $53,231,719 in his career. During his playing career, his annual earnings averaged around $3 million.
Salary/Earnings by Year
- $4,691,390 in 2005
- $5,117,880 in 2006
- $5,311,229 in 2007
- $1,910,000 in 2008
- $2,062,800 in 2009
Brent Barry currently resides in Hermosa Beach, San Antonio, where he owns a beautiful home.
Brent Barry’s Biography and Early Years
Brent Barry was born on December 31, 1971, in Hempstead, New York, to Rick Barry and Pam Hale. When he was a child, his parents divorced, and his father married his stepmother, Lynn Barry.
Rick, his father, is a retired basketball Hall of Famer who was also an NBA champion and Finals MVP. His stepmother was also a successful college basketball player.
Brent has four siblings: three brothers, Scooter Barry, Jon Barry, and Drew Barry, and a sister, Shannon. He has a half-brother named Lynn Barry as well.
His three brothers are all professional basketball players.
Brent graduated in 1990 from De La Salle High School in Concord, California, where he played high school basketball. He then spent four years as a member of Oregon State University’s basketball team, the Beavers. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Oregon State University in 1995.
Brent Barry’s Professional Life
Brent Barry was selected 15th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1995 NBA Draft as a shooting guard. He was quickly traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, where he spent three seasons until 1998. In 1996, he also won the Slam Dunk Contest at the NBA All-Star Game.
Barry was traded to the Miami Heat in 1998, where he appeared in 17 games but did not start any of them.
Barry joined the Chicago Bulls on January 25, 1999, after spending a season with the Miami Heat. After signing a 6-year, $27 million contract, he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics after one season due to a poor performance with the Bulls. He stayed with the SuperSonics for four seasons.
Brent Barry signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs in 2005. The Spurs went on to win the NBA Championship that season, and Brent and his father Rick became only the second father-son duo to do so.
Matt Guokas, Sr. and his son Matt Guokas, Jr. were the first father-son duo to win the title, and since then Bill Walton and his son Luke Walton, and Mychal Thompson and his son Klay Thompson have also won the title.
Brent went on to win the NBA championship with the Spurs in 2007. He joined the Houston Rockets in 2008 and retired from the NBA in 2009.
Brent can currently be seen on TNT during the 2018 NBA Playoffs. In addition, he has worked as a play-by-play announcer for NBA TV. Since 2018, he has served as the San Antonio Spurs’ vice president of basketball operations.
Brent Barry’s Private Life
Brent Barry married his ex-wife Erin Barry in 1998. The former couple met at college and have been having an affair since then. Brent and Erin have two sons together.
On October 29, 2010, Brent filed for divorce from his wife, citing “irreconcilable differences.” On January 5, 2011, the divorce was finalized, and the children were given joint custody.
According to several reports, Erin was having an extramarital affair with Brent’s then-teammate Tony Parker. The rumor gained traction after Tony’s wife, Eva Longoria, filed for divorce two days later.
Erin later issued a statement in which she denied the rumors. She penned:
“Unfortunately, because our divorces are happening at the same time, there has been a lot of speculation about our friendship.” My friendship with Tony Parker had nothing to do with the end of my marriage (which was already painful enough without this added drama), and assuming we had an affair is naive, ridiculous, and completely misguided. “Every day, I commit to being a good person and the best Mom I can be for my two beautiful children,” she continued. A first-year law student with a long history of advocating for abused and disadvantaged children. “I have spent my adult life fighting for victims’ children,” she wrote, “so forgive me for not caring when someone tells me that my name is being dragged through the mud.”
Barry is currently single following his divorce from Erin.
Quick facts:
- Birth Name: Brent Robert Barry
- Famous Name: Brent Barry
- Father: Rick Barry
- Mother: Pam Hale
- Net Worth: $20 million
- Salary: $1 million
- Nationality: American
- Currently Working For: NBA TV
- Currently Married: No
- Married to: Erin Barry (m.1998 d.2010)
- Divorce: Yes
- Children: 2
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