College career

He played basketball for his hometown college, St. John's University, and won the John Wooden Award and the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year award plus USBWA College Player of the Year in 1986, averaging 23 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. Berry, nicknamed "The Truth", was also the second leading scorer on St. John's 1985 Final Four team.

Professional career

Berry was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 14th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. However, he did not want to play for the Blazers and soon after being drafted was traded to the Spurs in exchange for Kevin Duckworth. He spent three seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1989 with the Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, and Houston Rockets. However, he did not get along with some of his coaches including Larry Brown while with the San Antonio Spurs. He was released by the New Jersey Nets after failure to conform to team policy. Berry played the power forward position and was known for his very effective left-hand sky hook. He holds NBA career averages of 14.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.

In 1989 Walter went to Italy where he played for Paini Napoli. After that he spent much of his career playing in the Greek A1 League and the Euroleague, where he forged a reputation as one of the most savvy scorers, with a wide variety of shots and ways of scoring.

Later career

He would continue to play basketball for Jayson Williams' NBA Charity Team. He joined Jayson Williams at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where Williams' NBA charity team played exhibition games.

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