Former NBA player Barry Kramer – the sixth overall pick by the San Francisco Warriors in the 1964 draft – has died at the age of 82.
The 6-foot, 200-pound forward was a star at the high school and college levels…and earned top national honors at Linton in Schenectady, New York. During his senior season, he was teammates with the legendary NBA coach, player and executive Pat Riley.
Kramer thrived at NYU, where he scored a career-best 29.3 points per game during his junior season in 1963.
That year, he was named to the All-American team and won the Haggerty Award, given to the best college player in the New York metropolitan area.
Kramer went on to play one season in the NBA for the Warriors and New York Knicks… averaging less than four points per game.
He also played semi-pro basketball with the Schaefer Brewers…as well as the New Jersey Nets of the ABA during the 1969-70 season.
Kramer attended Albany Law School, graduating in 1968. He served as a judge in New York for decades – Governor. Mario Cuomo appointed him to the substitute court in his hometown of Schenectady in 1993.
In 2009, he was elected as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in the state's Fourth Judicial District.