Earl Barron
is 7’0, 245 lbs Center for the Miami Heat:
-Let’s get
the obvious joke out of the way. His
middle name is not “Lord”, or “Duke”. It’s
“Daniel”. Nor did he attend “Duke”,
unfortunately. He has not been knighted. Nope, he went to
Speaking of Duke:
Earl had a
long traveled career prior to signing with the Heat in August 2005. Some stops along the way:
-He represented
the
-He was not
drafted by any NBA team. As such, he
played on Turkish team Tuborg Pilsner for a season, averaging 9.5 ppg and 5.3
rpg.
Question: Has
there been any weird incidents while you were playing in
EB: “We had one incident where
we had a close game, and the referee had called a foul when no one was near the
player. He made two free throws with no time on the clock to give them the
game. That was before I had gotten there. But the fans threw water bottles and
stuff on the court. I’d seen a few fights in the stands, but nothing too
extreme. I have heard a few stories, but luckily I wasn’t a part of that.”
-He later played
on the Red Bull Thunder team of the Philippine Basketball Association (“the
other PBA”), best known for being the first professional league in
Bad joke time:
Q: What's the capital of Honduras?
A: Accordas.
-The Red
Bull Thunder were disappointed by Barron, who failed to live up to the legacy
of former Duke standout Antonio Lang, who lead the Thunder to the 2001 Cup
title.
From the
press conference to introduce Earl Barron as a Heat player:
Question: When
did you play in the
EB: “May and June. Before I
went to
Question: Was
there NBA competition?
EB: “It was ok, every team had
an American guy on the team, so they matched us up with the American or they
matched us with their best Philippine defender. Or they double or triple teamed
us.”
US Travels:
-Barron
played the 2004 preseason with the Magic, but was not signed. He returned to the NBDL, where he played for
the Huntsville Flight. He averaged 11.5
ppg, 5.8 rpg, 50.4 FG%, and a 80.5 FT% in two seasons for
-He had
another great summer league the season after that, and the Heat signed him on
It hangs from the rafters, but only
in the summer:
This past
summer league he averaged 17.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 65.2 FG%, and 83.2
FT%. The Heat therefore offered him a one-year
qualifying offer for $900,000, which he agreed to. Now he cannot be traded by the Heat this season without his
permission. Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinal
on Barron’s signing:
Granted, Earl certain has had his
summer moments. In fact, an argument could be made for Barron having his Heat
summer-league jersey retired…
Paid In Full
His
contract makes him the 340th highest paid player in the NBA. He started the season ranked #455th
on Yahoo!’s fantasy rankings, but is currently #413 despite not having played a
minute yet this season. He’s apparently shown
some strong potential sitting on the bench over the last week.
It was a
surprise he made the Heat’s roster at all.
He was one of three players held out of practice by Pat Riley in the
preseason for “bad conditioning” reasons.
The other two were Antoine Walker (since traded to the Siberia Wolves)
and Smush Parker.
He’s
unlikely to get much playing time, unless some sort of injury happens to befall
Ironmen Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning.
Hmm… perhaps that’s why he made
the roster?
Bah Bum Bah Bum Bah Bah Bum Bah Bum
Bah Bum…
-He’s the
all time leader in charges taken (36) in
-He’s a
damn good Free Throw shooter for a big man.
He hit 17 of 18 last season (94.4%), and has an active streak of 12 straight
makes that dates back to December 2006.
And now he
has perfect vision, thanks to Laser surgery performed on
Like Ike:
Earl Barron
was born and raised in
Birthplace of: Earl Barron - NBA player
(Miami Heat, born: Aug 14, 1981), Ike Turner, Mario Haggan - 2005 NFL player
(Buffalo Bills, born:
21 registered
sex offenders in
Earl
averaged 20 ppg, 11 rpg and 5 bpg as a senior at Clarksdale HS. He was named All-State. He also played tennis.
When White Chocolate Doesn’t Return Your
Calls:
Question: Do
you know anyone well on the HEAT roster?
EB: “Not really. I met Dorell
(Wright) and Udonis (Haslem) this summer. I bumped into Jason (Williams) a
couple of times. He knows me, and I know him.”
I’ve bumped
into Walt “
The
On
He had a
rebound, made a 15-footer, traveled, made a 17-footer, made a 16-footer (the
range!), had an assist that lead to a Jeremy Richardson layup, then another assist
that lead to a Jeremy Richardson 16-footer, hacked Gortat, and finally missed a
shot. He played the entire quarter!
Actual Professional Career "Highlights" Listed
on NBA.com:
-has missed
11 games due to injury, 61 as a healthy scratch on the inactive list, 49 as a
DNP-CD and seven games while on assignment to the NBA D-League
-…has scored
in double figures once…
- has two
dunks
- has drawn
six charges
Personal Info:
welcomed
students back to Riverside Elementary School for the first day of classes in
August of 2005 and helped distribute school supplies to the children…in his
free time he likes to play tennis, billiards, ping-pong and go bowling and
fishing…likes to listen to hip-hop, R&B and gospel music and lists Young
Geezy and Eminem among his favorite artists…lists Friday After Next, Rush Hour
2 and Wedding Crashers among his favorite movies and pasta and pizza as his
favorite foods
"Young Geezy"? Nice misspelling. Apparently the editor of NBA.com has never heard The Hotness that is Go Getta .
And finally… there is no You Tube footage of Earl Barron. At all. So I’ll give you the next best thing… the Toejam & Earl Theme on bass:
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