2008 NBA Draft

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The 2008 NBA Draft was conducted on June 26, 2008 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 20, 2008 by the draft lottery . The 14 teams that did not qualify for the playoffs in the 2007/08 season took part in this weighted lottery and were seeded in the reverse order of the regular season table. The draw was won by the Chicago Bulls , whose odds were just 1.7%, followed by the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves .

All players who wanted to register for the draft, regardless of their nationality, had to be born before December 31, 1989. In addition, if they graduated from high school in the United States , they could not enroll for one year or more after graduation.

For the first time, only players who had only had a college year behind them were selected in the first three positions (so-called freshmen ). Among the first 7 selected players there were five and in the first round a total of ten freshmen . Both values ​​also represent new NBA records.

Round 1

= All-Star
No. Surname nationality NBA team (University) school / association
1 Derrick Rose (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls Memphis
2 Michael Beasley (PF / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Miami Heat Kansas State
3 OJ Mayo (PG / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Minnesota Timberwolves (transferred to Memphis ) USC
4th Russell Westbrook (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics UCLA
5 Kevin Love (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Memphis Grizzlies (transferred to Minnesota ) UCLA
6th Danilo Gallinari (SF) ItalyItaly Italy New York Knicks Olimpia Milano ( Italy )
7th Eric Gordon (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Los Angeles Clippers Indiana
8th Joe Alexander (SF) United StatesUnited StatesUnited States Israel
IsraelIsrael
Milwaukee Bucks West Virginia
9 DJ Augustin (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Charlotte Bobcats Texas
10 Brook Lopez (C) United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets Stanford
11 Jerryd Bayless (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Indiana Pacers (transferred to Portland ) Arizona
12 Jason Thompson (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Sacramento Kings Rider
13 Brandon Rush (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers (transferred to Indiana ) Kansas
14th Anthony Randolph (PF) United StatesUnited StatesUnited States Slovenia
SloveniaSlovenia
Golden State Warriors LSU
15th Robin Lopez (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta ) Stanford
16 Marreese Speights (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Philadelphia 76ers Florida
17th Roy Hibbert (C) JamaicaJamaica Jamaica United States
United StatesUnited States
Toronto Raptors (transferred to Indiana ) Georgetown
18th JaVale McGee (C) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Wizards Nevada
19th JJ Hickson (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Cleveland Cavaliers North Carolina State
20th Alexis Ajinça (C) FranceFrance France Charlotte Bobcats (from Denver ) Hyères Toulon ( France )
21st Ryan Anderson (SF / PF) United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets (from Dallas ) Berkeley
22nd Courtney Lee (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Orlando Magic Western Kentucky
23 Kosta Koufos (C) GreeceGreece Greece , United States
United StatesUnited States
Utah Jazz Ohio State
24 Serge Ibaka (PF) Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Spain
SpainSpain 
Seattle SuperSonics (from Phoenix ) CB L'Hospitalet ( Spain )
25th Nicolas Batum (SG / SF) FranceFrance France Houston Rockets (transferred to Portland ) Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)
26th George Hill (PG) United StatesUnited States United States San Antonio Spurs IUPUI
27 Darrell Arthur (PF) United StatesUnited States United States New Orleans Hornets (transferred to Memphis via Portland ) Kansas
28 Donté Greene (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Memphis Grizzlies (from LA Lakers ) Syracuse
29 DJ White (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Detroit Pistons (transferred to Seattle ) Indiana
30th JR Giddens (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Boston Celtics New Mexico

round 2

No. Surname nationality NBA team (University) school / association
31 Nikola Peković (C) MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami via Boston ) Panathinaikos Athens ( Greece )
32 Walter Sharpe (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics (transferred to Detroit ) UAB
33 Joey Dorsey (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Memphis ) Memphis
34 Mario Chalmers (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Minnesota Timberwolves (transferred to Miami ) Kansas
35 DeAndre Jordan (C) United StatesUnited States United States Los Angeles Clippers Texas A&M
36 Ömer Aşık (C) TurkeyTurkey Turkey Portland Trail Blazers (from New York ; transferred to Chicago ) Fenerbahçe Ülker ( Turkey )
37 Luc Mbah a Moute (SF / PF) CameroonCameroon Cameroon Milwaukee Bucks UCLA
38 Kyle Weaver (PS / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Charlotte Bobcats Washington State
39 Sonny Weems (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls (transferred to Denver ) Arkansas
40 Chris Douglas-Roberts (SG) United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets Memphis
41 Nathan Jawai (PF / C) AustraliaAustralia Australia Indiana Pacers (transferred to Toronto ) Cairns Taipans ( Australia )
42 Sean Singletary (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Sacramento Kings (from Atlanta ) Virginia
43 Patrick Ewing Jr. (PF / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Sacramento Kings (transferred to New York ) Georgetown
44 Ante Tomić (C) CroatiaCroatia Croatia Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia ) KK Zagreb ( Croatia )
45 Goran Dragić (PG) SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto ; transferred to Phoenix ) KK Union Olimpija ( Slovenia )
46 Trent Plaisted (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Portland via Boston ) BYU
47 Bill Walker (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Wizards (transferred to Boston ) Kansas State
48 Malik Hairston (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland ; transferred to San Antonio ) Oregon
49 Richard Hendrix (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Alabama
50 DeVon Hardin (C) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Denver ) Berkeley
51 Shan Foster (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Dallas Mavericks Vanderbilt
52 Darnell Jackson (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Miami Heat (from Orlando ; transferred to Cleveland ) Kansas
53 Tadija Dragićević (PF) SerbiaSerbia Serbia Utah Jazz KK Crvena Zvezda ( Serbia )
54 Maarty Leunen (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Houston Rockets Oregon
55 Mike Taylor (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Phoenix via Indiana ) Idaho Stampede ( D-League )
56 Sasha Kaun (C) RussiaRussia Russia Seattle SuperSonics (from New Orleans via Houston ; transferred to Cleveland ) Kansas
57 James Gist (PF) United StatesUnited States United States San Antonio Spurs Maryland
58 Joe Crawford (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Los Angeles Lakers Kentucky
59 Deron Washington (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Detroit Pistons Virginia Tech
60 Semih earth (C) TurkeyTurkey Turkey Boston Celtics Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)

Disregarded players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ESPN.com: Bulls make Rose No. 1 pick as record amount of freshmen taken (English)
  2. Randolph became a Slovenian citizen in 2017
  3. ↑ In 2011 Ibaka took on Spanish citizenship.