• Earl Barron
• #55
• Forward - Center

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PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Has appeared in 36 NBA regular season games (no starts) and has averaged 2.2 points, 1.4 rebounds and 6.9 minutes while shooting 29.3 percent from the floor and 90.9 percent from the foul line…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…his longest streak of consecutive free throws made is 12 and began on Dec. 8, 2006 and is still active…has drawn six charges and has recorded one multi-steal game…has two dunks…has not seen action in an NBA postseason contest…has appeared in 61 regular season games (35 starts) in parts of three seasons in the NBA Development League and has averaged 12.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 25.6 minutes while shooting 50.5 percent from the floor and 80.1 percent from the foul line…has scored in double figures on 39 occasions, including 12 games of 20-or-more points…his longest stretch of consecutive games scoring in double figures is six and occurred from Mar. 24, 2005-Apr. 5, 2005…has grabbed double-figure rebounds on nine occasions and has posted eight double-doubles…his longest streak of consecutive starts is 13 games and occurred from Mar. 12, 2005-Apr. 9, 2005…has appeared in three NBA D-League postseason games and averaged 5.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 17 minutes while shooting 33.3 percent from the floor and 100 percent from the foul line…played one season with Red Bull Barako in the Philippine Basketball Association and averaged 26.9 points, 15.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.50 blocks and 41.4 minutes while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor, 28.6 percent from three-point range and 80.5 percent from the foul line in his 14 games (all starts)…played one season in Turkey with Tuborg Pilsener and averaged 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds in 17 contests.

2006-07 SEASON:
Saw action in 28 games (no starts) for the HEAT and averaged 2.3 points (.289 FG%, .944 FT%), 1.5 rebounds and 7.3 minutes…was a DNP-CD on 33 occasions and was a healthy scratch on the inactive list 21 times…scored in double figures once…led the HEAT reserves in scoring once, in blocks three times, in rebounds twice and in assists and steals once each…connected on 17 of his 18 free throw attempts for the season, hitting his final 12 attempts of the year to set a career high for consecutive free throws made…recorded career highs in points (15), field goals made (6), free throws made (3) and attempted (3), defensive rebounds (4) and total rebounds (6) at San Antonio on Nov. 22…played 25:51 against Boston on Apr. 16 to establish a career high…had one multi-steal game and drew five charges…registered two dunks…Season Highs: 15 points (at San Antonio, Nov. 22), six rebounds (at San Antonio, Nov. 22), two steals (vs. Milwaukee, Jan. 30), one assist (five times), one block (four times) and 25:51 minutes (vs. Boston, Apr. 16).

2005-06 SEASON:
Came off the bench in each of the eight games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 1.6 points (.313 FG%, .750 FT%), 1.3 rebounds and 5.6 minutes…missed 11 games from Nov. 18-Dec. 7 with a lower back stress fracture, seven games while on assignment to the Florida Flame of the NBA D-League, 16 as a DNP-CD and was a healthy scratch on the inactive list 40 times…led the HEAT bench in rebounds once…drew one charge…made his NBA debut at Memphis on Nov. 2, where he played his college ball, and tallied two points and one rebound in 1:37 minutes…was assigned to the Florida Flame of the NBA D-League from Jan. 3-18 where he saw action in six games (three starts) and averaged 17.0 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29.2 minutes per game while shooting 51.2 percent from the floor…scored in double figures on five occasions, including three games of 20-or-more points…grabbed double-figure rebounds on three occasions and registered three double-doubles…started and recorded a double-double in each of his final three games…Season Highs: six points (at Atlanta, Apr. 18), five rebounds (at Boston, Apr. 19) and 16:43 minutes (at Boston, Apr. 19).

2004-05 SEASON:
Split the season between the Huntsville Flight of the NBA D-League and Red Bull Barako of the Philippine Basketball Association…started 23 of the 45 games in which he appeared with Huntsville and averaged 12.2 points (.499 FG%, .811 FT%), 5.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.62 blocks and 25.8 minutes…earned All-NBA Development League Honorable Mention honors…ranked among the D-League leaders in free throw percentage (9th), field goal percentage (13th) and scoring average (17th)…led the Flight in points scored (551), field goals made (209), free throws made (133) and free throws attempted (164) and ranked second in blocks (28) and games played…scored in double figures on 30 occasions, including nine games with at least 20 points…grabbed double-figure rebounds on five occasions and recorded five double-doubles…started Huntsville’s lone playoff game and totaled eight points, 10 rebounds, one assist and one block in 27 minutes…started each of the 14 games in which he appeared in with Red Bull Barako in the PBA and averaged 26.9 points (.456 FG%, .805 FT%), 15.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.50 blocks and 41.4 minutes…was among import leaders in the PBA in free throws made (tied for 2nd), free throw percentage (tied for 2nd), scoring average (7th), two-point field goals made (8th), total field goals made (tied for 9th) and three-point field goals made (10th)…led Red Bull Barako in offensive rebounds per game (6.4), defensive rebounds per game (9.0) and total rebounds per game and was second on the squad in scoring average.

2003-04 SEASON:
Split the season between Tuborg Pilsener in Turkey and the Huntsville Flight in the NBA D-League…appeared in 17 games for Tuborg Pilsener and averaged 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds…saw action in 10 regular season games (nine starts) for Huntsville and averaged 8.0 points (.542 FG%, .762 FT%), 6.1 rebounds, 1.00 steals, 0.70 blocks, 0.6 assists and 22.7 minutes…scored in double figures on four occasions and grabbed double-figure rebounds once…appeared in two postseason contests for Huntsville and averaged 4.0 points (.500 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 2.5 rebounds and 12.0 minutes.

NBA PLAYOFFS:
2007: Was on the inactive list for all four of Miami’s postseason contests…2006: Was not included on the HEAT’s postseason roster.

COLLEGE:
Played four years at the University of Memphis and averaged 7.8 points (.479 FG%, .685 FT%), 4.9 rebounds, 1.03 blocks, 0.7 assists and 19.8 minutes in 128 career games (62 starts)…became the 37th player at Memphis to score 1,000 points, finishing his career with 1,002 points…left Memphis as the Tigers’ all-time leader in charges taken (36) and tied Tony Madlock and Keith Lee for fourth place on the school’s all-time games played list…also left Memphis ranked ninth on the all-time blocked shots list (132)…led the Tigers in field goal percentage (.541) as a sophomore in 2000-01…topped Memphis in free throw percentage in each of his final two seasons (.783 in 2001-02 and .813 in 2002-03) becoming the first Tiger to lead the team in free throw percentage in consecutive years since David Vaughn accomplished the feat in 1993-94 and 1994-95…recorded 13 career double-doubles…started 15 of his 26 games as a senior in 2002-03 and averaged 7.9 points, a career-high 5.5 rebounds, 1.04 blocks, 0.8 assists and 21.3 minutes while helping lead Memphis to an NCAA Tournament berth…finished ninth in Conference USA in free throw percentage as a senior…scored a career-high 26 points against Austin Peay on Nov. 22, 2002…as a junior in 2001-02 he was selected to the 2002 Postseason NIT All-Tournament Team after scoring a season-high 25 points on 11-14 shooting while leading Memphis to a 72-62 win over South Carolina in the championship game…appeared in 36 games (21 starts) in 2001-02 and averaged 9.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.75 blocks and 21.7 minutes…set career highs during his junior season in starts, minutes played (781), points scored (331), scoring average, field goals made (119) and attempted (229), free throws made (90), offensive rebounds (87), defensive rebounds (106), total rebounds (193), assists (31) and steals (21)…was the only player in Conference USA to rank in the top 10 in both field goal percentage and free throw percentage, finishing the season ranked ninth in both categories…his free throw shooting percentage improvement (+.200) from 2000-01 (.583) to 2001-02 (.783) was the second best in the nation…was one of 12 collegians selected to represent the USA in the 2001 World University Games in China and helped lead the U.S. to a bronze medal finish after averaging 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in eight games…averaged 8.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.31 blocks and 19.2 minutes while guiding the Tigers to an NIT berth as a sophomore during the 2000-01 season…was the recipient of the 2001 Most Improved Player Award for the Tigers…shot a career-high 54.1 percent from the floor during the 2000-01 season, which ranked sixth in Conference USA…his 57.8 percent field goal accuracy in conference play ranked fourth in Conference USA…placed fourth in Conference USA in blocks per game as a sophomore (1.31 bpg)…started 17 of his 30 games as a freshman in 1999-00 and averaged 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.03 blocks, 0.8 blocks and 16.9 minutes…had 15 points and a career-high 19 rebounds, including a career-high 11 offensive rebounds in a win over Grambling on Dec. 23, 1999…tied a Maui Invitational record with six blocks, to go along with 17 points and 11 rebounds in the Tigers’ win over Chaminade…made his collegiate debut on Nov. 22, 1999 in the Maui Invitational against Georgetown and totaled 15 points and eight rebounds.