{
  "id": 17892030,
  "title": "Every player from California to play for the Golden State Warriors - Greg Ballard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/every-player-from-california-to-play-for-the-golden-state-warriors-17892030",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T02:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/every-player-california-play-golden-020018635.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Golden State Warriors have a long history of signing, drafting, and trading for players from various U.S. states and countries to build a successful team. They began as the Philadelphia team in the Basketball Association of America and have consistently sought talent worldwide since then. This article focuses on every Golden State player from California who has played for the franchise, starting with Greg Ballard.\n\nGreg Ballard, an Oregon native, was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets (now Wizards). He played the first eight seasons of his professional career with Washington before being traded to the Golden State Warriors in 1985. Ballard remained with the Warriors until he was cut in 1988. Over his tenure with the team, he averaged 7.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.",
  "summary": "Our focus in this article is Greg Ballard.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}