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Hometown Heroes: 2015 NBA players on teams in their home state
LeBron James isn't the only one who came home.
By
Colin Ward-Henninger
Apr 15, 2015, 12:00am
Derrick Williams, Klay Thompson and Justin Holiday all play for NBA teams in California - the same state where they played high school ball.
Photos by MaxPreps photographers/Graphic by Chris Spoerl
It's officially been an entire NBA season since LeBron James announced he was "coming home" for a second term with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Despite early struggles, the Cavs locked up the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and are now the favorite to win the title.
So it's fair to say that coming home has worked out pretty well for LeBron, but what about the rest of the NBA? We took a look at rosters and figured out which NBA teams have players who went to high school in the same state.
Some highlights:
- No Texas teams (Rockets, Mavericks, Spurs) have any players from Texas on the roster.
- The Toronto Raptors have no players from Canada on the roster, but the Minnesota Timberwolves have two (Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett - both also went to high school in the U.S.).
- The Grizzlies' Marc Gasol came to Memphis from Spain for high school while his older brother, Pau, was also playing for the Grizzlies.
**Rosters from NBA.com, accurate as of April 8. For New York teams, high schools from the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) were included.
NBA Hometown Heroes
Boston Celtics
Phil Pressey,
Cushing Academy (Ashburnham)
Brookly Nets
Earl Clark,
Rahway (N.J.)
Charlotte Hornets
P.J. Hairston,
Dudley (Greensboro)
Chicago Bulls
Nazr Mohammed,
Kenwood (Chicago)
Derrick Rose,
Simeon (Chicago)
Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James,
St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)
Golden State Warriors
Festus Ezeli,
Jesuit (Carmichael)
- Did Not Play
Justin Holiday,
Campbell Hall (North Hollywood)
Klay Thompson,
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita)
Indiana Pacers
George Hill,
Indianapolis Broad Ripple
Los Angeles Clippers
Matt Barnes,
Del Campo (Fair Oaks)
Jordan Hamilton,
Dominguez (Compton)
Los Angeles Lakers
Jabari Brown,
Oakland
Jeremy Lin,
Palo Alto
Nick Young ,
Cleveland (Reseda)
Memphis Grizzlies
Marc Gasol,
Lausanne Collegiate (Memphis)
Jarnell Stokes,
Southwind (Memphis)
Miami Heat
Udonis Haslem,
Miami
New York Knicks
Cleanthony Early,
Pine Bush (N.Y.)
Ricky Ledo,
South Kent School (Conn.)
Lance Thomas,
Scotch Plains-Fanwood (Scotch Plains, N.J.)
and
St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.)
Sacramento Kings
Darren Collison,
Etiwanda
Ryan Hollins,
Muir (Pasadena)
Andre Miller,
Verbum Dei (Los Angeles)
Derrick Williams,
La Mirada
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