NBA draft 1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall.High school: Washington (Washington, North Carolina).He was a Pac-12 Hall of Honor inductee in 2009.īallard is survived by his wife, Donna, and their children, Lawrence, Gabrielle and Gregory Jr. He spent two years with the Warriors (1986-87) and then played two games with the Seattle Supersonics in 1989.īallard set a career-high average of 18.8 points a game in the 1981-82 season with the Bullets, and averaged career numbers of 12.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per outing in 802 games.Īfter his playing career, he served a total of 21 seasons as an assistant coach and a scout for a number of franchises, including the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks.īallard also spent time in Treviso, Italy, as part of the NBA's Basketball Without Borders, the league's premier international basketball and community relations outreach program.īallard was inducted into the UO Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993, and was inducted into the state of Oregon's Hall of Fame in 1996. He played eight seasons with Washington before he was traded to Golden State in June 1985. The four-year starter was the fourth overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets and, as a rookie, won the 1978 NBA title with the Bullets. Ballard and his teammates also accomplished the rare feat of winning back-to-back games in the Bruins' Pauley Pavilion, taking a 65-45 decision in 1976 and winning 61-60 in 1977.
He was selected for the 1977 NABC all-America game and was a two-time all-Pac-8 selection at forward (1976-77).ĭuring his four seasons at Oregon, the Ducks went 64-42 and stunned top-ranked UCLA, 56-51, on Feb. Ballard also owns the Ducks' single-game scoring record of 43 points, a mark he set in a National Invitation Tournament first-round game against Oral Roberts on March 9, 1977.īallard was a Wooden Award first team all-American in 1977, a second-team selection by the USBWA and Converse Yearbook and a third-team pick by the NABC. He scored 1,829 career points, a mark that still ranks fourth in school history. During his four seasons at Oregon from 1973-77, Ballard set the school record with 1,114 career rebounds, a mark that still stands nearly four decades later. He was 61.īallard teamed with Ron Lee as the heart and soul of the 1970s Duck teams coached by Dick Harter and known for their grit, hustle and determination. ATLANTA – Greg Ballard, a bruising power forward who anchored Oregon's famed "Kamikaze Kids" teams and went on to win an NBA Championship with the Washington Bullets, has died following a battle with prostate cancer.
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