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03-23-2008, 10:46 PM
Pro basketball: Barry officially a Spur
Web Posted: 03/23/2008 10:08 PM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
DALLAS — Brent Barry is a Spur again.
The 36-year-old shooting guard, traded to the Seattle SuperSonics on Feb. 20 but waived by Seattle on Feb. 22, signed a new contract with the Spurs after the team's 88-81 victory Sunday over the Dallas Mavericks.
"I'm very happy and excited to be back with the Spurs," Barry said. "There's definitely some peace of mind that there's some finality to this.
"My focus now is getting back in basketball shape and trying to contribute to what this team is trying to do."
League rules prohibited Barry from re-joining the Spurs for 30 days after the trade, which brought power forward-center Kurt Thomas to San Antonio.
Several NBA title contenders, including the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics, talked to Barry after he became a free agent, but he opted to wait the 30 days to re-join the Spurs.
The Spurs remained in Dallas overnight after their victory in the afternoon game, and Barry joined them at the team hotel after signing the contract.
He will work out in Dallas this morning before the team flies to Orlando, where the Spurs play the Magic on Tuesday.
Barry averaged 7.3 points in 29 games with the Spurs before the trade but had missed 11-straight games with a torn muscle in his left calf.
"I'm not sure what shape the calf is in right now," Barry said. "There was only so much I could do without risking hurting it further. Where it is I'll know only after I get back on the practice court."
Barry said he practiced his shooting at San Antonio-area courts and swam to maintain some cardiovascular conditioning.
Horry ailing: Power forward Robert Horry, who suffered a left knee contusion in Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings, sat out Sunday's game and said he doesn't know when he will be able to play again.
"I don't know how long it will be," he said. "I've never had this type of injury before. It's both on top of the kneecap and under it," he said. "It was under the kneecap before I got hit, and now it's on top, too.
"It's not the bending part. It's the weight-bearing part, when I try to put pressure on it. It's not like I jump off my left leg anyway, but it's my plant leg."
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Web Posted: 03/23/2008 10:08 PM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
DALLAS — Brent Barry is a Spur again.
The 36-year-old shooting guard, traded to the Seattle SuperSonics on Feb. 20 but waived by Seattle on Feb. 22, signed a new contract with the Spurs after the team's 88-81 victory Sunday over the Dallas Mavericks.
"I'm very happy and excited to be back with the Spurs," Barry said. "There's definitely some peace of mind that there's some finality to this.
"My focus now is getting back in basketball shape and trying to contribute to what this team is trying to do."
League rules prohibited Barry from re-joining the Spurs for 30 days after the trade, which brought power forward-center Kurt Thomas to San Antonio.
Several NBA title contenders, including the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics, talked to Barry after he became a free agent, but he opted to wait the 30 days to re-join the Spurs.
The Spurs remained in Dallas overnight after their victory in the afternoon game, and Barry joined them at the team hotel after signing the contract.
He will work out in Dallas this morning before the team flies to Orlando, where the Spurs play the Magic on Tuesday.
Barry averaged 7.3 points in 29 games with the Spurs before the trade but had missed 11-straight games with a torn muscle in his left calf.
"I'm not sure what shape the calf is in right now," Barry said. "There was only so much I could do without risking hurting it further. Where it is I'll know only after I get back on the practice court."
Barry said he practiced his shooting at San Antonio-area courts and swam to maintain some cardiovascular conditioning.
Horry ailing: Power forward Robert Horry, who suffered a left knee contusion in Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings, sat out Sunday's game and said he doesn't know when he will be able to play again.
"I don't know how long it will be," he said. "I've never had this type of injury before. It's both on top of the kneecap and under it," he said. "It was under the kneecap before I got hit, and now it's on top, too.
"It's not the bending part. It's the weight-bearing part, when I try to put pressure on it. It's not like I jump off my left leg anyway, but it's my plant leg."
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