American basketball player
Erick Barkley
(born February 21, 1978) is an American former professional
basketball
player. Born in Queens, New York, he played high school basketball at
Christ the King Regional High School
and the
Maine Central Institute
and college basketball at
St. John's University
.
[1]
He was named
First Team All-Big East
and an
All-American
honorable mention in 2000.
[2]
Barkley was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2000, and played for the team for two seasons.
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In high school, Barkley was a starter on the
AAU
team the Riverside Hawks, along with future professional basketball players
Lamar Odom
,
Ron Artest
,
Elton Brand
, and
Anthony Glover
. In 1996, the team went 66-1 in AAU play.
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Barkley and Artest would both later star at St. John's together, and led the team to the
Elite Eight
in the
1999 NCAA Tournament
.
During the
2000 NBA draft
, Barkley was selected in the first round (28
th
pick overall) by the
Portland Trail Blazers
. After two seasons with Portland, he was traded with
Steve Kerr
and a
2003 second-round
pick to the
San Antonio Spurs
for
Antonio Daniels
,
Amal McCaskill
and
Charles Smith
on August 5, 2002.
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The Spurs traded Barkley to the
Chicago Bulls
on October 26, 2002, but he was waived the same day.
[5]
His final NBA game was played on April 17, 2002, in a 92 - 79 win over the Houston Rockets where he recorded 7 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. In total, Barkley only played in the NBA for 2 years, playing 27 games during his career and averaged 2.9
points per game
with 1.5
assists
and 0.9
rebounds per game
.
Barkley played for the
G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.
in
Larissa
,
Greece
during the 2004?05 season until he was expelled from the league for possessing
cannabis
. He played his final professional season in 2011 for the
Quebec Kebs
of the
National Basketball League of Canada
. When Barkley told team management he was planning to retire due to injuries, he was persuaded to finish out the season as a
player-coach
.
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