2008 NBA Draft Recap

The 2008 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 26, 2008

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Derrick Rose CHI PG 191cm 91kg 19 15 Memphis Fr * United States
2 Michael Beasley MIA PF 206cm 107kg 19 11 Kansas State Fr * United States
3 O.J. Mayo MIN MIN to MEM SG 196cm 95kg 20 8 USC Fr * United States
4 Russell Westbrook SEA G 193cm 91kg 19 15 UCLA So * United States
5 Kevin Love MEM MEM to MIN FC 203cm 114kg 19 15 UCLA Fr * United States
6 Danilo Gallinari NYK SF 208cm 107kg 19 15 AX Armani Exchange Milan (Italy) 1988 DOB * Italy
7 Eric Gordon LAC G 191cm 98kg 19 15 Indiana Fr * United States / Bahamas
8 Joe Alexander MIL SF 203cm 104kg 21 3 West Virginia Jr * United States / Israel
9 D.J. Augustin CHA G 183cm 83kg 20 15 Texas So * United States
10 Brook Lopez NJN C 216cm 128kg 20 15 Stanford So * United States
11 Jerryd Bayless IND IND to POR G 191cm 95kg 19 11 Arizona Fr * United States
12 Jason Thompson SAC PF 211cm 113kg 21 8 Rider Sr United States
13 Brandon Rush POR POR to IND SG 198cm 100kg 22 10 Kansas Jr * United States
14 Anthony Randolph GOS PF 211cm 102kg 18 6 LSU Fr * United States / Slovenia
15 Robin Lopez PHX FC 216cm 127kg 20 15 Stanford So * United States
16 Marreese Speights PHL C 208cm 116kg 20 10 Florida So * United States
17 Roy Hibbert TOR TOR to IND C 218cm 122kg 21 9 Georgetown Sr United States
18 JaVale McGee WAS C 213cm 122kg 20 15 Nevada So * United States
19 J.J. Hickson CLE PF 206cm 110kg 19 8 NC State Fr * United States
20 Alexis Ajinca CHA C 218cm 112kg 20 8 Hyeres-Toulon (France) 1988 DOB * France
21 Ryan Anderson NJN PF 208cm 109kg 20 12 California So * United States
22 Courtney Lee ORL SG 196cm 98kg 22 12 Western Kentucky Sr United States
23 Kosta Koufos UTH C 213cm 120kg 19 11 Ohio State Fr * United States / Greece
24 Serge Ibaka SEA C 208cm 107kg 18 14 CB L'Hospitalet (Spain) 1989 DOB * Republic of the Congo / Spain
25 Nicolas Batum HOU HOU to POR F 203cm 104kg 19 15 Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) 1988 DOB * France
26 George Hill SAN G 191cm 85kg 22 15 IUPUI Jr * United States
27 Darrell Arthur NOP NOP to POR
POR to MEM		 PF 206cm 107kg 20 10 Kansas So * United States
28 Donte Greene MEM MEM to HOU F 211cm 103kg 20 5 Syracuse Fr * United States / Germany
29 D.J. White DET DET to SEA PF 206cm 113kg 21 6 Indiana Sr United States
30 J.R. Giddens BOS GF 196cm 95kg 23 2 New Mexico Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
31 Nikola Pekovic MIN PF 211cm 139kg 22 7 Panathinaikos (Greece) 1986 DOB Montenegro
32 Walter Sharpe SEA SEA to DET F 206cm 111kg 21 1 UAB Jr * United States
33 Joey Dorsey POR POR to HOU FC 206cm 125kg 24 4 Memphis Sr United States
34 Mario Chalmers MIN MIN to MIA G 188cm 86kg 22 10 Kansas Jr * United States
35 DeAndre Jordan LAC C 211cm 120kg 19 15 Texas A&M Fr * United States
36 Omer Asik POR POR to CHI C 213cm 116kg 21 9 Fenerbahce Beko (Turkey) 1986 DOB Turkey
37 Luc Mbah a Moute MIL F 203cm 104kg 21 11 UCLA Jr * Cameroon
38 Kyle Weaver CHA CHA to OKC SG 198cm 91kg 22 3 Washington State Sr United States
39 Sonny Weems CHI CHI to DEN SF 198cm 93kg 21 4 Arkansas Sr United States
40 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN SF 201cm 95kg 21 6 Memphis Jr * United States
41 Nathan Jawai IND IND to TOR C 208cm 127kg 21 2 Cairns (Australia) 1986 DOB Australia
42 Sean Singletary SAC PG 183cm 84kg 22 1 Virginia Sr United States
43 Pat Ewing SAC F 203cm 108kg 24 1 Georgetown Sr United States / Jamaica
44 Ante Tomic UTH UTH to NYK
NYK to POR		 C 216cm 102kg 21 0 KK Zagreb (Croatia) 1987 DOB * Croatia
45 Goran Dragic SAN SAN to PHX G 193cm 86kg 22 15 Union Olimpija (Slovenia) 1986 DOB Slovenia
46 Trent Plaisted SEA SEA to DET C 211cm 111kg 21 0 Brigham Young Jr * United States
47 Henry Walker WAS WAS to BOS GF 198cm 107kg 20 5 Kansas State Fr * United States
48 Malik Hairston PHX PHX to SAN SF 198cm 100kg 21 2 Oregon Sr United States
49 Richard Hendrix GOS FC 206cm 120kg 21 1 Alabama Jr * United States / North Macedonia
50 DeVon Hardin SEA C 211cm 107kg 21 0 California Sr United States
51 Shan Foster DAL DAL to UTH GF 198cm 88kg 21 0 Vanderbilt Sr United States
52 Darnell Jackson MIA MIA to CLE F 203cm 109kg 22 3 Kansas Sr United States
53 Tadija Dragicevic UTH UTH to DAL
DAL to CHI
CHI to HOU
HOU to NYK		 PF 206cm 107kg 22 0 KK Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) 1986 DOB Serbia
54 Maarty Leunen HOU HOU to LAC
LAC to DAL
DAL to HOU
HOU to IND		 F 206cm 100kg 22 0 Oregon Sr United States
55 Mike Taylor POR POR to LAC PG 188cm 75kg 22 1 Idaho Stampede 1986 DOB United States
56 Sasha Kaun SEA SEA to CLE C 211cm 113kg 23 1 Kansas Sr Russia
57 James Gist SAN PF 206cm 107kg 21 0 Maryland Sr United States
58 Joe Crawford LAL G 196cm 94kg 22 1 Kentucky Sr United States
59 Deron Washington DET GF 201cm 95kg 22 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
60 Semih Erden BOS C 213cm 109kg 21 2 Fenerbahce Beko (Turkey) 1986 DOB Turkey

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Anthony Morrow GF 196cm 95kg 22 9 Georgia Tech Sr United States
Timofey Mozgov C 216cm 125kg 21 9 Khimki (Russia) 1986 DOB Russia
Reggie Williams F 198cm 93kg 21 7 Virginia Military Sr United States
Brian Roberts PG 185cm 78kg 22 5 Dayton Sr United States
Greg Stiemsma C 211cm 118kg 22 5 Wisconsin Sr United States
Sundiata Gaines G 185cm 88kg 22 3 Georgia Sr United States
Othyus Jeffers GF 196cm 95kg 22 3 Robert Morris Sr United States
Damjan Rudez SF 208cm 103kg 22 3 Cedevita (Croatia) 1986 DOB Croatia
Gary Forbes F 201cm 100kg 23 2 Massachusetts Sr Panama
Othello Hunter FC 203cm 102kg 22 2 Ohio State Sr United States
Rob Kurz F 206cm 105kg 23 2 Notre Dame Sr United States
Brian Butch FC 211cm 109kg 23 1 Wisconsin Sr United States
Trey Gilder F 206cm 84kg 23 1 Northwestern State Sr United States
Mickell Gladness C 211cm 100kg 21 1 Alabama A&M Sr United States
Steven Hill C 213cm 112kg 22 1 Arkansas Sr United States
DeMarcus Nelson G 193cm 91kg 22 1 Duke Sr United States
Marshall Brown SG 201cm 102kg 23 0 Missouri Sr United States
Keith Brumbaugh F 208cm 98kg 22 0 Hillsborough CC Jr * United States
Chris Daniels C 206cm 120kg 24 0 Texas A&M-CC Sr United States
Marcus Dove F 206cm 102kg 23 0 Oklahoma State Sr United States
Dion Dowell SF 201cm 95kg 23 0 Houston Sr United States / Germany
Moses Ehambe GF 198cm 98kg 22 0 Oral Roberts Sr United States
C.J. Giles C 211cm 109kg 22 0 Oregon State Jr * United States / Bahrain
Stefhon Hannah G 185cm 79kg 23 0 Missouri Sr United States
Marcus Hubbard C 206cm 104kg 24 0 Angelo State Sr United States
Michael Jenkins G 191cm 88kg 21 0 Winthrop Sr United States
Julian Khazzouh C 208cm 100kg 22 0   1986 DOB Australia
Michael Lee PF 206cm 98kg 22 0 St. Bonaventure Sr United States
Longar Longar C 211cm 104kg 25 0 Oklahoma Sr South Sudan
Kurt Looby C 208cm 104kg 24 0 Iowa Sr Antigua and Barbuda
James Mays F 206cm 104kg 22 0 Clemson Sr United States / Central African Republic
Bo McCalebb PG 178cm 82kg 23 0 New Orleans Sr United States / North Macedonia
Taj McCullough F 201cm 104kg 21 0 Winthrop Sr United States
Drew Naymick FC 208cm 113kg 23 0 Michigan State Sr United States
Drew Neitzel G 183cm 82kg 23 0 Michigan State Sr United States
David Padgett C-F 211cm 111kg 23 0 Louisville Sr United States
Shaun Pruitt FC 208cm 111kg 22 0 Illinois Sr United States
Charles Rhodes F-C 203cm 109kg 23 0 Mississippi State Sr United States
Maureece Rice G 185cm 102kg 24 0 George Washington Sr United States
Jason Richards G 188cm 86kg 22 0 Davidson Sr United States
Frank Robinson G 193cm 100kg 24 0 Cal State Fullerton Sr United States
Russell Robinson G 185cm 90kg 22 0 Kansas Sr United States
JaJuan Smith G 191cm 88kg 22 0 Tennessee Sr United States
Lanny Smith G 191cm 86kg 23 0 Houston Sr United States
Mark Tyndale SG 196cm 95kg 22 0 Temple Sr United States
Salah Mejri C 216cm 107kg 22 4 Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) 1986 DOB Tunisia

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