1. Dana Bruce Barros was born on April 13,1967 and is an American former professional basketball player from the National Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Dana Barros
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Dana Barros was the head men's basketball coach at Newbury College in Massachusetts.
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Dana Barros is the owner of AAU Basketball organization, the "Dana Barros Gladiators", based in Avon, Massachusetts, and now Stoughton, Massachusetts.
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Dana Barros is in the Xaverian Brothers High School "Hall of Fame".
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In Philadelphia, Dana Barros received much more playing time with the Sixers, than when he was with the Western Conference SuperSonics.
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Dana Barros was selected to play in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game and at season's end was voted the league's Most Improved Player.
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Dana Barros set an NBA record by making at least one three-pointer in 89 consecutive games from December 23,1994, until January 10,1996.
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Dana Barros signed with his hometown Boston Celtics, and remained for five seasons as a role player alongside David Wesley and Dee Brown and mentor to younger players such as Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce.
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Dana Barros incurred massive debts which caused him to leave the project.
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For two months in 2006, Dana Barros worked as an assistant coach for the Northeastern University men's basketball team, a position from which he resigned in June 2006 to accept a role as the Director of Recreation for the city of Boston.
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Dana Barros is with the media relations department for the Celtics.
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Dana Barros serves as a "basketball insider" for New England Sports Network and offers analysis and insight on the NBA on the show NESN Daily.
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Dana Barros appeared on the album titled B-Ball's Best Kept Secret, a 1994 album featuring tracks of an array of early 1990s NBA players.
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Dana Barros is featured on a song called "Check It".
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Dana Barros is featured with fellow NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos and rappers Grand Puba, Sadat X, AG and Diamond D on a song "Ya Don't Stop".
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Dana Barros has two sons, Jordan and Jayson Dana Barros, both of whom were student-athletes at Boston College.