![]() Tommy Birch, the Register's sports enterprise and features reporter, has been working at the newspaper since 2008. As long as he keeps making shots, however he takes them, he's got a chance. But a back injury kept him from playing in the tournament. Barry also won a gold medal during the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup and was picked to play on the Olympic qualifying team. It has become a perfect match.īarry was a member of the 2019 USA 3-on-3 World Cup Team that won a gold medal with a 7-0 record. Canyon studied the game and was intrigued he decided to give it a try. ![]() ![]() When representatives from USA Basketball approached her and told her they thought Canyon would be a good fit for the 3-on-3 game, she passed along the message. He's hoping to carve out a legacy in another part of the game: 3-on-3 basketball.īarry got into the game with the help of his mother, Lynn, who used to work for USA Basketball. Barry averaged 12.9 points and 2.1 assists per game during the shortened G-League season and has become an important player for the Wolves again this season. But he's making a name for himself in other ways as well. "They're like, 'Wait, did I just see that right?'"īarry said it's a topic that comes up in every interview he does. "It's funny because you see new players and it catches them off guard," Newton said. But when the 27-year-old steps to the free-throw line, it still stops people. Barry is also a 3-on-3 starīarry is in his fourth season in the G-League. Guard Canyon Barry is back for another season with the Iowa Wolves. Previously: Iowa Wolves to not play in Des Moines during truncated season So it's a lot more repeatable and you can build that muscle memory faster because you really only need to focus on the memory at one joint versus having three working in unison." "So you have to have your wrist, elbow and shoulder moving in unison every time you do an overhand shot versus the underhand shot that's just your shoulder joint. "You have multiple joints having to work in unison to achieve the optimal shot trajectory over and over again," Barry said. Barry has tried teaching it to teammates over the years, but no one embraces it. He said the motion is easier to repeat than the overhand free throw. Canyon himself has become a big advocate for the shot. Barry's father was on an episode ESPN's "Sports Science" breaking down the underhand technique. "It's just a matter of the 10,000-hour rule in repetitions and getting the feel and building that technique, and that's part of the reason that the underhand free throw is such a successful shot again," Barry said. He led the league during the shortened campaign last season by connecting on all 21 of his attempts. Barry, who went undrafted, was among the G-League leaders in free-throw percentage during his first season with the Wolves when he shot 83.8% during the 2018-19 season. The improvement has continued during his professional career. During his lone season at Florida, he shot 88.3%. During his first three seasons at College of Charleston, Barry shot 76.5% from the free-throw line. ![]() Previously: Iowa Wolves haven't played basketball at Wells Fargo since March 2020. "And I was like, 'Well, actually you know, he's right up there in the stands.'" "The ref says, 'Who do you think you are, Rick Barry's kid?'" Canyon recalled. During another game, Barry was running back down the court after an attempt when an official, who didn't know who he was, began to tease him. After missing a free throw one time, fans mocked him by chanting he was adopted. The change caught the attention of everyone, including fans and refs.
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