2008 NBA Draft

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2008 NBA Draft
General Information
Date(s)	June 26, 2008
Time	7:30 pm (EDT)
Location	Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	ESPN
First selection	Derrick Rose
NBA Draft  < 2007 2009 >

The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including international players from non-North American professional leagues. According to the NBA, 44 players, 39 collegiate players and 5 international players, filed as early-entry candidates for the 2008 NBA Draft.^[1] These numbers do not include players who are automatically eligible for the draft. The Chicago Bulls, who had a 1.7 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 22.^[2][3] The Bulls' winning of the lottery was the second-largest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic, who won it in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance.^[4] The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves obtained the second and third picks respectively.^[3]

For the first time in draft history the first three draft picks were all freshmen.^[5] The Chicago Bulls used the first overall pick to draft Chicago native Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis, who would later on win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.^[6] The Miami Heat used the second pick to draft Michael Beasley from Kansas State University, and the Minnesota Timberwolves used the third pick to draft O. J. Mayo from University of Southern California.^[5] With five players taken in the draft, the University of Kansas tied University of Connecticut (2006) and University of Florida (2007) for the record with the most players selected in the first two rounds of an NBA draft.^[5] Another record was set when twelve freshmen were drafted, ten of which were drafted in the first round.^[7] Out of the players drafted, 29 are forwards, 19 are guards, and 12 are centers.

The 2008 NBA Draft would mark the final time that the Seattle SuperSonics made an NBA Draft appearance, as well as the final time that the Sonics would appear in official media publications. In early July, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and was renamed to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder made their first NBA Draft appearance in 2009.^[8]

Contents 1 Eligibility 2 Key 3 First round 4 Second round 5 Trades involving draft picks 5.1 Draft day trades 5.2 Pre-draft trades 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Eligibility

[edit] Key

G

Guard

F

Forward

C

Center

[edit] First round

Derrick Rose was selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls. Michael Beasley, the 2nd pick Kevin Love, the 5th pick D. J. Augustin, the 9th pick JaVale McGee, the 18th pick Nicolas Batum, the 25th pick

Pick	Player	Pos	Nationality	Team	School/Club Team
1	Rose, DerrickDerrick Rose	G	United States	Chicago Bulls	Memphis (Fr.)
2	Beasley, MichaelMichael Beasley	F	United States	Miami Heat	Kansas State (Fr.)
3	Mayo, O. J.O. J. Mayo	G	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Memphis)[a]	USC (Fr.)
4	Westbrook, RussellRussell Westbrook	G	United States	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›]	UCLA (So.)
5	Love, KevinKevin Love	F	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (traded to Minnesota)[a]	UCLA (Fr.)
6	Gallinari, DaniloDanilo Gallinari	F	Italy	New York Knicks	Olimpia Milano (Italy) 1988
7	Gordon, EricEric Gordon	G	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana (Fr.)
8	Alexander, JoeJoe Alexander	F	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia (Jr.)
9	Augustin, D. J.D. J. Augustin	G	United States	Charlotte Bobcats	Texas (So.)
10	Lopez, BrookBrook Lopez	C	United States	New Jersey Nets	Stanford (So.)
11	Bayless, JerrydJerryd Bayless	G	United States	Indiana Pacers (traded to Portland)[b]	Arizona (Fr.)
12	Thompson, JasonJason Thompson	F	United States	Sacramento Kings	Rider (Sr.)
13	Rush, BrandonBrandon Rush	F	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Indiana)[b]	Kansas (Jr.)
14	Randolph, AnthonyAnthony Randolph	F	United States	Golden State Warriors	LSU (Fr.)
15	Lopez, RobinRobin Lopez	F	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta)[n]	Stanford (So.)
16	Speights, MarreeseMarreese Speights	F	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida (So.)
17	Hibbert, RoyRoy Hibbert	C	United States	Toronto Raptors (traded to Indiana)[c]	Georgetown (Sr.)
18	McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee	C	United States	Washington Wizards	Nevada (So.)
19	Hickson, J. J.J. J. Hickson	F	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State (Fr.)
20	Ajinça, AlexisAlexis Ajinça	C	France	Charlotte Bobcats (from Denver)[o]	Hyères-Toulon (France) 1988
21	Anderson, RyanRyan Anderson	F	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Dallas)[p]	California (So.)
22	Lee, CourtneyCourtney Lee	G	United States	Orlando Magic	Western Kentucky (Sr.)
23	Koufos, KostaKosta Koufos	C	United States  Greeceb[›]	Utah Jazz	Ohio State (Fr.)
24	Ibaka, SergeSerge Ibaka	F	Republic of the Congo	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›] (from Phoenix)[q]	L'Hospitalet (Spain) 1989
25	Batum, NicolasNicolas Batum	F	France	Houston Rockets (traded to Portland)[d]	Le Mans (France) 1988
26	Hill, GeorgeGeorge Hill	G	United States	San Antonio Spurs	IUPUI (Jr.)
27	Arthur, DarrellDarrell Arthur	F	United States	New Orleans Hornets (traded to Memphis via Portland)[d][e]	Kansas (So.)
28	Greene, DontéDonté Greene	F	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from LA Lakers[r], traded to Houston)[d]	Syracuse (Fr.)
29	White, D. J.D. J. White	F	United States	Detroit Pistons (traded to Seattle)a[›][f]	Indiana (Sr.)
30	Giddens, J. R.J. R. Giddens	G	United States	Boston Celtics	New Mexico (Sr.)

[edit] Second round

Mario Chalmers, the 34th pick Sean Singletary, the 42nd pick Patrick Ewing, Jr., the 43rd pick

Pick	Player	Pos	Nationality	Team	School/Club Team
31	Peković, NikolaNikola Peković	C	Montenegro	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami via Boston)[s]	Panathinaikos (Greece) 1986
32	Sharpe, WalterWalter Sharpe	F	United States	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›] (traded to Detroit)[f]	UAB (Jr.)
33	Dorsey, JoeyJoey Dorsey	F	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Memphis[t], traded to Houston)[d]	Memphis (Sr.)
34	Chalmers, MarioMario Chalmers	G	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Miami)[g]	Kansas (Jr.)
35	Jordan, DeAndreDeAndre Jordan	C	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Texas A&M (Fr.)
36	Aşık, ÖmerÖmer Aşık	C	Turkey	Portland Trail Blazers (from New York[u], traded to Chicago)[h]	Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) 1986
37	Mbah a Moute, LucLuc Mbah a Moute	F	Cameroon	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA (Jr.)
38	Weaver, KyleKyle Weaver	G	United States	Charlotte Bobcats	Washington State (Sr.)
39	Weems, SonnySonny Weems	G	United States	Chicago Bulls (traded to Denver)[h]	Arkansas (Sr.)
40	Douglas-Roberts, ChrisChris Douglas-Roberts	G	United States	New Jersey Nets	Memphis (Jr.)
41	Jawai, NathanNathan Jawai	F	Australia	Indiana Pacers (traded to Toronto)[c]	Cairns Taipans (Australia) 1986
42	Singletary, SeanSean Singletary	G	United States	Sacramento Kings (from Atlanta)[v]	Virginia (Sr.)
43	Ewing, Jr., PatrickPatrick Ewing, Jr.	F	United States	Sacramento Kings	Georgetown (Sr.)
44	Tomić, AnteAnte Tomić	C	Croatia	Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia)[w]	KK Zagreb (Croatia) 1987
45	Dragić, GoranGoran Dragić	G	Slovenia	San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto[x], traded to Phoenix)[i]	Union Olimpija (Slovenia) 1986
46	Plaisted, TrentTrent Plaisted	F	United States	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›] (from Portland via Boston[y], traded to Detroit)[f]	BYU (Jr.)
47	Walker, BillBill Walker	F	United States	Washington Wizards (traded to Boston)[j]	Kansas State (Fr.)
48	Hairston, MalikMalik Hairston	G	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland[z], traded to San Antonio)[i]	Oregon (Sr.)
49	Hendrix, RichardRichard Hendrix	F	United States	Golden State Warriors	Alabama (Jr.)
50	Hardin, DeVonDeVon Hardin	C	United States	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›] (from Denver)[aa]	California (Sr.)
51	Foster, ShanShan Foster	G	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
52	Jackson, DarnellDarnell Jackson	F	United States	Miami Heat (from Orlando[ab], traded to Cleveland)[k]	Kansas (Sr.)
53	Dragićević, TadijaTadija Dragićević	F	Serbia	Utah Jazz	Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 1986
54	Leunen, MaartyMaarty Leunen	F	United States	Houston Rockets[ac]	Oregon (Sr.)
55	Taylor, MikeMike Taylor	G	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Phoenix via Indiana[ad], traded to LA Clippers)[l]	Idaho Stampede (D-League) 1986
56	Kaun, SashaSasha Kaun	C	Russia	Seattle SuperSonicsa[›] (from New Orleans via Houston[ae], traded to Cleveland)[m]	Kansas (Sr.)
57	Gist, JamesJames Gist	F	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Maryland (Sr.)
58	Crawford, JoeJoe Crawford	G	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky (Sr.)
59	Washington, DeronDeron Washington	F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Virginia Tech (Sr.)
60	Erden, SemihSemih Erden	C	Turkey	Boston Celtics	Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) 1986

^ a: The franchise relocated to become Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2008.^[8]
^ b: Kosta Koufos was born and raised in Canton, Ohio, but competes internationally for Greece, the homeland of his parents. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Greece.^[9]

[edit] Trades involving draft picks

[edit] Draft day trades

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.

• ^a  Memphis acquired the draft rights to 3rd pick O. J. Mayo, along with Marko Jarić, Antoine Walker, and Greg Buckner, from Minnesota in exchange for the draft rights to 5th pick Kevin Love, along with Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal, and Jason Collins.^[10][11]

• ^b  Portland acquired the draft rights to 11th pick Jerryd Bayless and Ike Diogu from Indiana in exchange for the draft rights to 13th pick Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack and Josh McRoberts.^[10] The trade was finalized on July 9, 2008.^[12]

• ^c  Toronto acquired Jermaine O'Neal and the draft rights to 41st pick Nathan Jawai from Indiana in exchange for T. J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovič, Maceo Baston, and the draft rights to 17th pick Roy Hibbert.^[10] The trade was finalized on July 9, 2008.^[12]

• ^d  In a three-team trade, Portland acquired the draft rights to 25th pick Nicolas Batum from Houston, Houston acquired the draft rights to 33rd pick Joey Dorsey from Portland and the draft rights to 28th pick Donté Greene and a 2009 second-round draft pick from Memphis, and Memphis acquired the draft rights to 27th pick Darrell Arthur from Portland.^[10]

• ^e Portland acquired the draft rights to 27th pick Darrell Arthur from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations.^[10]

• ^f  Detroit acquired the draft rights to 32nd pick Walter Sharpe and 46th pick Trent Plaisted from Seattle in exchange for the draft rights to 29th pick D. J. White.^[10]

• ^g  Miami acquired the draft rights to 34th pick Mario Chalmers from Minnesota in exchange for two future second-round draft picks and cash considerations.^[10]

• ^h  In a three-team trade, Chicago acquired the draft rights to 36th pick Ömer Aşık from Portland, the Trail Blazers acquired a second-round draft pick in 2009 from Denver and two future second-round draft picks from Chicago, and Denver acquired the draft rights to 39th pick Sonny Weems from Chicago.^[10]

• ⁱ San Antonio acquired the draft rights to 48th pick Malik Hairston, a second-round draft pick in 2009, and cash considerations from Phoenix in exchange for the draft rights to 45th pick Goran Dragić.^[10]

• ^j  Boston acquired the draft rights to 47th pick Bill Walker from Washington in exchange for cash considerations.^[10]

• ^k  Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 52nd pick Darnell Jackson from Miami in exchange for 2009 second-round draft pick.^[10]

• ^l The L.A. Clippers acquired the draft rights to 55th pick Mike Taylor from Portland in exchange for a 2009 second-round draft pick.^[10]

• ^m  Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 56th pick Sasha Kaun from Seattle in exchange for cash considerations.^[13]

[edit] Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

• ⁿ  On August 19, 2005, Phoenix acquired 2006 and 2008 first-round draft picks and Boris Diaw from Atlanta in exchange for Joe Johnson.^[14] Phoenix used the pick to draft Robin Lopez.

• ^o  On June 25, 2008, Charlotte acquired the 20th draft pick from Denver in exchange for a future conditional first-round draft pick.^[15] Charlotte used the pick to draft Alexis Ajinça.

• ^p  On February 19, 2008, New Jersey acquired 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, DeSagana Diop, and Keith Van Horn from Dallas in exchange for Jason Kidd, Antoine Wright and Malik Allen.^[16] New Jersey used the pick to draft Ryan Anderson.

• ^q  On July 20, 2007, Seattle acquired 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks and Kurt Thomas from Phoenix in exchange for a 2009 second-round draft pick.^[17] Seattle used the pick to draft Serge Ibaka.

• ^r  On February 1, 2008, Memphis acquired 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, the draft rights to Marc Gasol, Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, and Aaron McKie from the L.A. Lakers in exchange for Pau Gasol.^[18] Memphis used the pick to draft Donté Greene.

• ^s  On January 26, 2006, Minnesota acquired Boston's 2006 and Miami's 2008 second-round draft picks, Ricky Davis, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed and Mark Blount from Boston in exchange for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a future first-round draft pick.^[19] Previously, Boston acquired 2006 and 2008 second-round draft picks, Qyntel Woods and the draft rights to Albert Miralles from Miami in a five-team trade on August 8, 2005.^[20] Minnesota used the pick to draft Nikola Peković.

• ^t  On June 28, 2006, Portland acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Memphis in exchange for the draft rights to Alexander Johnson.^[21] Portland used the pick to draft Joey Dorsey.

• ^u  On June 28, 2007, Portland acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick, Steve Francis and Channing Frye from New York in exchange for Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau, Fred Jones and the draft rights to Demetris Nichols.^[22] Portland used the pick to draft Ömer Aşık.

• ^v  On February 16, 2008, Sacramento acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick, Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Shelden Williams, and Lorenzen Wright from Atlanta in exchange for Mike Bibby.^[23] Sacramento used the pick to draft Sean Singletary.

• ^w  On June 6, 2005, Utah acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Philadelphia in exchange for the 60th draft pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.^[24] Utah used the pick to draft Ante Tomić.

• ^x  On June 28, 2007, San Antonio acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Toronto in exchange for the draft rights to Giorgos Printezis.^[25] San Antonio used the pick to draft Goran Dragić.

• ^y  On June 28, 2007, Seattle acquired Portland's 2008 second-round draft pick, Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and the draft rights to Jeff Green from Boston in exchange for Ray Allen and the draft rights to Glen Davis.^[26] Previously, Boston acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick, Sebastian Telfair and Theo Ratliff on June 28, 2006 from Portland in exchange for Raef LaFrentz, Dan Dickau and the draft rights to Randy Foye.^[27] Seattle used the pick to draft Trent Plaisted.

• ^z  On September 17, 2002, Phoenix acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Cleveland in exchange for Milt Palacio.^[28] Phoenix used the pick to draft Malik Hairston.

• ^aa  On February 23, 2006, Seattle acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick, Earl Watson and Bryon Russell from Denver in a four-team trade.^[29] Seattle used the pick to draft DeVon Hardin.

• ^ab  On June 7, 2007, Miami acquired 2007 and 2008 second-round draft picks from Orlando as part of the hiring of Stan Van Gundy as Orlando's head coach.^[30] Miami used the pick to draft Darnell Jackson.

• ^ac  On February 21, 2008, Houston re-acquired their 2008 second-round draft pick along with Bobby Jackson and Adam Haluska from New Orleans in a three-team trade.^[31] Previously, Houston and New Orleans agreed to exchange second-round draft picks in a trade that sent Kirk Snyder to Houston on July 14, 2006.^[32] Houston used the pick to draft Maarty Leunen.

• ^ad  On June 28, 2006, Portland acquired Indiana's 2007 and Phoenix's 2008 second-round draft picks and the draft rights to Alexander Johnson from Indiana in exchange for the draft rights to James White.^[33] Previously, Indiana acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick on August 25, 2005 from Phoenix in exchange for James Jones.^[34] Portland used the pick to draft Mike Taylor.

• ^ae  On June 28, 2007, Seattle acquired New Orleans' 2008 second-round draft pick and cash considerations from Houston in exchange for the draft rights to Carl Landry.^[26] Previously, Houston and New Orleans agreed to exchange second-round draft picks in a trade that sent Kirk Snyder to Houston on July 14, 2006.^[32] Seattle used the pick to draft Sasha Kaun.

[edit] References

General

• "2008 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2008.html. Retrieved on March 29, 2009. 
• "2008 NBA Draft Board". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/draft2008/board.html. Retrieved on April 2, 2009. 

Specific

[edit] External links

• NBA.com: Draft 2008
• NBA Draft - 2008 NBA Draft - ESPN

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