He won the Southeastern Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year Award last season at Florida after transferring there from the College of Charleston, where he earned an undergraduate degree in physics. Barry also turned heads with his free-throw shooting, hitting 88.3 percent of his attempts last year while shooting underhanded, just as his father once did.

At Florida, in his final season of eligibility, Barry began a two-year Master of Science program in nuclear engineering. So far he has maintained a 4.0 grade-point average.

“I think nuclear engineering is a little tougher than the triangle,” he said, when asked to compare the two. “It requires a little bit more studying than the triangle offense. I feel like if I can get all straight A’s in nuclear engineering while studying radiation detection and neutron multiplication, I should be able to run the triangle offense.”

He also has ties to the Knicks’ front office. He said his father and the Knicks team president Phil Jackson went on a basketball tour together in Taiwan years ago. And his mother, Lynn Norenberg Barry, a former basketball star at William & Mary, has been friends with Clarence Gaines Jr., the vice president of player personnel for the Knicks, since college. Canyon Barry met both Jackson and Gaines for the first time during his workout.

Under Jackson, the Knicks have made a habit of bringing undrafted free agents into training camp and onto the roster. Last year, Marshall Plumlee and Ron Baker took that course. Barry believes his understanding of the triangle — Jackson has stressed a player’s fit into the system as a factor in evaluating players — can help him with the Knicks.