NBA Draft 2009
The 2009 NBA Draft was conducted on June 25, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York . In two rounds, the 30 NBA teams were able to secure the rights to a total of 60 young players.
The final draft order for positions 1 to 14 was determined on May 19, 2009 by the draft lottery . The 14 teams that did not qualify for the playoffs in the 2008/09 season took part in this weighted lottery and were placed in the reverse order of the regular season table. The draw was won by the Los Angeles Clippers , followed by the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder .
All players who wanted to register for the draft had to be born before December 31, 1990 regardless of their school leaving certificate. If they were not an "international player" they were also not allowed to register for at least one year after graduating from high school .
Round 1
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Abbreviations: PG = Point Guard , SG = Shooting Guard , SF = Small Forward , PF = Power Forward , C = Center
round 2
Disregarded players
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Jeff Adrien (F, United States ), University of Connecticut
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Aron Baynes (C, Australia ), Washington State University
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Alonzo Gee (SF, SG, United States ), University of Alabama
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Vítor Faverani (PF Brazil ), CB Axarquía
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Daniel Hackett (PG, SG, Italy ), University of Southern California
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Paul Harris (SF, United States ), Syracuse University
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Josh Heytvelt (PF, United States ), Gonzaga University
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David Holston (PG, United States ), Chicago State University
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Curtis Jerrells (PG, United States ), Baylor University
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Wesley Matthews (G, United States ), Marquette University
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Jeremy Pargo (PG, United States ), Gonzaga University
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Tyrese Rice (PG, United States ), Boston College
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Josh Shipp (SG, United States ), University of California
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Miloš Teodosić (PG, SG, Serbia ), Olympiacos Piraeus
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Garrett Temple (SG, United States ), Louisiana State University
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Clippers receives first draft pick by drawing. Report on Spiegel online from May 20, 2009
- ↑ According to Article X, Paragraph 1c of the 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. defined as someone who had been permanently resident outside the United States for three years prior to the draft and was neither enrolled in American college nor graduated from high school in the United States
