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Canyon Barry Continues Family's Under-Handed Free Throw Legacy


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2015-12-20T095030Z_1_LYNXMPEBBJ07P_RTROPTP_2_BASKETBALL-BARRY-FREETHROWS.JPGBy Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - College of Charleston guard Canyon Barry says he is accustomed to hearing the cheeky chants from the crowd when he steps to the free-throw line and launches the shot under-handed. "I get used to it," said Barry, a son of basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry, who was the godfather of under-handed free throws. You can almost hear them saying, 'What was that?'" At a recent game at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the crowd roared in unison, "granny shot, granny shot" as Barry lofted his first few free throws.

 

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