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Message: [QUOTE="Littlemin, post: 3407851, member: 10363"] I played at Roselle Park in Jersey, same HS as Barry, he graduated in’62, I in ‘68. We were forced to shoot foul shots underhand by Roy Dragon, the junior high school coach. Barry was the only one that I remember who stayed with that style. Coincidentally to this thread, Barry and Bill Russell did not remotely like each other, even way before a comment Barry made about a picture of Russell flashed on the screen while Barry was part of an NBA announcing team. The comment was in very poor taste in any era, but would have made the “front page” and got him fired in a heartbeat in today’s world. A comment by the way, that Barry publicly apologized for, and Russell publicly accepted. Barry always had an arrogant, polarizing air about him and was not very popular to say the least. Also a really, really good player back then but no one saw what was coming as far as his college and NBA/ABA career. I remember just classic playground matchups at Sherman School between Barry and John Morrison, also from Roselle Park, who went to Seton Hall Prep, starred at Canisius, and played one year in the ABA. Another sign of different times, John gave up on the pros after one year because he could make more money outside of basketball. [/QUOTE]