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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2008 NBA Draft

General information

Sport Basketball

Date(s) June 26, 2008

Location Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)

Network(s) ESPN
 Overview

60 total selections in 2 rounds

League NBA

First selection Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)

← 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 five 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 later went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award,
making him the first player to be drafted first overall and to win Rookie of the Year
since LeBron James in 2003, and also became the youngest player to win the NBA
Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 at age 22.[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 The University of Southern
California.[7] The Seattle SuperSonics used their 4th overall pick to draft Russell
Westbrook, who would go on to win the 2017 NBA MVP award and is widely considered
the best player in this draft. 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 until
the University of Kentucky (2012) broke the record with six players drafted.[5] Another
record was set when twelve freshmen were drafted, ten of whom were drafted in the
first round.[8] Of the players drafted, 29 are forwards, 19 are guards, and 12 are centers.
The 2008 NBA Draft was the final time that the Seattle SuperSonics made an NBA Draft
appearance, as well as the final time that the Sonics appeared in official media
publications. In early July, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and
was renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder made their first NBA Draft
appearance in 2009.[9] This draft also marked the first time that an NBA D-League player
was drafted.[10]

Draft selections[edit]
PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center

* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team

+
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

#
Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

~
Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
 Derrick Rose was selected 1st overall by the Chicago Bulls.

Russell Westbrook was selected 4th overall by the Seattle

SuperSonics. Kevin Love was selected 5th overall by the Memphis

Grizzlies (traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves). Eric Gordon was

selected 7th by the Los Angeles Clippers. Brook Lopez was

selected 10th by the New Jersey Nets. Roy Hibbert was selected

17th overall by the Toronto Raptors (traded to the Indiana Pacers).

DeAndre Jordan was selected 35th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
 Goran Dragić was selected 45th overall by the San Antonio
Spurs (traded to the Phoenix Suns).

Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club

Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Derrick United
1 1 PG Chicago Bulls Memphis (Fr.)
Rose*~ States

Michael United Kansas

1 2 PF Miami Heat
Beasley States State (Fr.)

O. J. United Minnesota
1 3 SG Timberwolves (traded USC (Fr.)
Mayo States
to Memphis)[a]

Russell
United
1 4 Westbroo PG Seattle SuperSonics[a] UCLA (So.)
States
k*

Kevin United Memphis Grizzlies (traded

1 5 PF UCLA (Fr.)
Love* States to Minnesota)[a]

Danilo Olimpia
1 6 PF Italy New York Knicks
Gallinari Milano (Italy)

Eric United
1 7 SG Los Angeles Clippers Indiana (Fr.)
Gordon States
Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Joe United West

1 8 SF Milwaukee Bucks
Alexander States Virginia (Jr.)

D. J. United
1 9 PG Charlotte Bobcats Texas (So.)
Augustin States

Brook United
1 10 C New Jersey Nets Stanford (So.)
Lopez+ States

Jerryd United Indiana Pacers (traded

1 11 PG Arizona (Fr.)
Bayless States to Portland)[b]

Jason
United
1 12 Thompso PF Sacramento Kings Rider (Sr.)
States
n

Brandon United Portland Trail Blazers (traded

1 13 SG Kansas (Jr.)
Rush States to Indiana)[b]

United
Anthony States
1 14 PF Golden State Warriors LSU (Fr.)
Randolph Slovenia
[b]

Robin United
1 15 C Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta)[n] Stanford (So.)
Lopez States

Marreese United
1 16 PF Philadelphia 76ers Florida (So.)
Speights States

United
Roy States Toronto Raptors (traded Georgetown (Sr
1 17 C
Hibbert+ Jamaica to Indiana)[c]
[c .)
]
Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

JaVale United
1 18 C Washington Wizards Nevada (So.)
McGee States

JJ United
1 19 PF Cleveland Cavaliers NC State (Fr.)
Hickson States

Alexis Charlotte Hyères-

1 20 C France
Ajinça Bobcats (from Denver)[o] Toulon (France)

Ryan United
1 21 PF New Jersey Nets (from Dallas)[p] California (So.)
Anderson States

Courtney United Western

1 22 SG Orlando Magic
Lee States Kentucky (Sr.)

Kosta Greece
1 23 C United Utah Jazz Ohio State (Fr.)
Koufos
States[d]

Republic
Serge Seattle L'Hospitalet (S
1 24 PF/C of the Congo
Ibaka SuperSonics[a] (from Phoenix)[q] pain)
Spain[e]

Nicolas Houston Rockets (traded Le

1 25 SF France
Batum to Portland)[d] Mans (France)

George United
1 26 PG San Antonio Spurs IUPUI (Jr.)
Hill States

Darrell United New Orleans Hornets (traded

1 27 PF Kansas (So.)
Arthur States to Memphis via Portland)[d][e]
Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Donté United Memphis Grizzlies (from LA

1 28 SF Syracuse (Fr.)
Greene States[f] Lakers[r], traded to Houston)[d]

D. J. United Detroit Pistons (traded

1 29 PF Indiana (Sr.)
White States to Seattle)[a][f]

J. R. United New
1 30 SG Boston Celtics
Giddens States Mexico (Sr.)

Nikola Montene Minnesota

Partizan (Serbia
2 31 C Timberwolves (from Miami via
Peković gro [s]
)
Boston)

Walter United Seattle SuperSonics[a] (traded

2 32 PF UAB (Jr.)
Sharpe States to Detroit)[f]

Joey United Portland Trail

2 33 PF Blazers (from Memphis[t], traded Memphis (Sr.)
Dorsey States
to Houston)[d]

Mario United Minnesota

2 34 PG Timberwolves (traded Kansas (Jr.)
Chalmers States
to Miami)[g]

DeAndre United Texas

2 35 C Los Angeles Clippers
Jordan* States A&M (Fr.)

Ömer Portland Trail Fenerbahçe

2 36 C Turkey Blazers (from New York[u], traded
Aşık [h] Ülker (Turkey)
to Chicago)

Luc Mbah Camero

2 37 SF Milwaukee Bucks UCLA (Jr.)
a Moute on
Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Kyle United Washington

2 38 SG Charlotte Bobcats
Weaver States State (Sr.)

Sonny United Chicago Bulls (traded

2 39 SG Arkansas (Sr.)
Weems States to Denver)[h]

Chris
United
2 40 Douglas- SG New Jersey Nets Memphis (Jr.)
States
Roberts

Cairns
Nathan Australi Indiana Pacers (traded
2 41 PF Taipans (Austral
Jawai a to Toronto)[c]
ia)

Sean United Sacramento

2 42 PG Virginia (Sr.)
Singletary States Kings (from Atlanta)[v]

Patrick Georgetown (Sr

2 43 SF Jamaica Sacramento Kings
Ewing Jr. .)

Ante KK
2 44 C Croatia Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia)[w]
Tomić# Zagreb (Croatia)

Goran San Antonio Union

2 45 PG Slovenia Spurs (from Toronto[x], traded Olimpija (Slove
Dragić*
to Phoenix)[i] nia)

Trent United Seattle

2 46 PF SuperSonics[a] (from Portland via BYU (Jr.)
Plaisted# States
Boston[y], traded to Detroit)[f]

Bill United Washington Wizards (traded Kansas

2 47 SG
Walker States to Boston)[j] State (Fr.)
Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Malik United Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland[z],

2 48 SG Oregon (Sr.)
Hairston States traded to San Antonio)[i]

Richard United
2 49 PF Golden State Warriors Alabama (Jr.)
Hendrix# States

DeVon United Seattle

2 50 C California (Sr.)
Hardin# States SuperSonics[a] (from Denver)[aa]

Shan United
2 51 SG Dallas Mavericks Vanderbilt (Sr.)
Foster# States

Darnell United Miami Heat (from Orlando[ab],

2 52 PF Kansas (Sr.)
Jackson States traded to Cleveland)[k]

Tadija Red Star

2 53 Dragićevi PF Serbia Utah Jazz Belgrade (Serbi
ć# a)

Maarty United
2 54 PF Houston Rockets[ac] Oregon (Sr.)
Leunen# States

Mike United Portland Trail Idaho

2 55 PG Blazers (from Phoenix via Indiana[ Stampede (D-
Taylor States ad]
, traded to LA Clippers)[l] League)

Seattle
Sasha SuperSonics[a] (from New
2 56 C Russia Kansas (Sr.)
Kaun Orleans via Houston[ae], traded
to Cleveland)[m]

James United
2 57 PF San Antonio Spurs Maryland (Sr.)
Gist# States[g]
 Rou Pic Positi Nationalit School/club
Player Team
nd k on y[n 1] team

Joe United
2 58 SG Los Angeles Lakers Kentucky (Sr.)
Crawford States

Deron
United Virginia
2 59 Washingt SF Detroit Pistons
States Tech (Sr.)
on#

Semih Fenerbahçe
2 60 C Turkey Boston Celtics
Erden Ülker (Turkey)

1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not
competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is
eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

^ a: The franchise relocated to become the Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2008.[9]
^ b: Anthony Randolph was born in West Germany to American parents and was raised
in the United States. He became a naturalized citizen of Slovenia in 2017 and he has
represented Slovenia internationally.[11][12]
^ c: Roy Hibbert was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and
a Trinidadian mother. He had represented the United States internationally at youth
level in 2007.[13] Since 2010, he has represented Jamaica internationally.[14]
^ d: Kosta Koufos was born and raised in the United States to Greek parents. He has
represented Greece internationally.[15]
^ e: Serge Ibaka, who was born in Congo, became a naturalized citizen of Spain in
2011.[16] He has represented Spain internationally since 2011.[17]
^ f: Donté Greene was born in West Germany to American parents. He has represented
the United States internationally at youth level.[18]
^ g: James Gist was born in Turkey to American parents.[19]

Notable undrafted players[edit]

These players were not selected in the 2008 NBA Draft but have played in the NBA.

Player Position Nationality School/club team

Gary Forbes SF Panama UMass (Sr.)

 Player Position Nationality School/club team

Sundiata Gaines PG United States Georgia (Sr.)

Trey Gilder SF United States Northwestern State (Sr.)

Mickell Gladness C United States Alabama A&M (Sr.)

Steven Hill PF United States Arkansas (Sr.)

Othello Hunter F United States Ohio State (Sr.)

Othyus Jeffers SG United States Robert Morris (IL) (Sr.)

Rob Kurz SF United States Notre Dame (Sr.)

Étoile Sportive du
Salah Mejri C Tunisia Sahel (Tunisia)

Gal Mekel PG Israel Wichita State (So.)

Anthony Morrow SG United States Georgia Tech (Sr.)

Timofey Mozgov C Russia Khimki Moscow (Russia)

DeMarcus Nelson PG United States Duke (Sr.)

Brian Roberts PG United States Dayton (Sr.)

Damjan Rudež F Croatia KK Split (Croatia)

 Player Position Nationality School/club team

Greg Stiemsma C United States Wisconsin (Sr.)

Reggie Williams SF United States VMI (Sr.)

Eligibility[edit]
Main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft
Early entrants[edit]
College underclassmen[edit]
The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[20]

• Joe Alexander – F, West Virginia (junior)

• Ryan Anderson – F, California (sophomore)
• Darrell Arthur – F, Kansas (sophomore)
• D. J. Augustin – G, Texas (sophomore)
• Jerryd Bayless – G, Arizona (freshman)
• Michael Beasley – F, Kansas State (freshman)
• Keith Brumbaugh – F, Hillsborough CC (sophomore)
• Mario Chalmers – G, Kansas (junior)
• Chris Douglas-Roberts – G, Memphis (junior)
• C. J. Giles – C, Oregon State (junior)
• Eric Gordon – G, Indiana (freshman)
• Jamont Gordon – G, Mississippi State (junior)
• Donté Greene – F, Syracuse (freshman)
• Kalem Grimes – F, Missouri (junior)
• Richard Hendrix – F, Alabama (junior)
• JJ Hickson – F, NC State (freshman)
• George Hill – G, IUPUI (junior)
• Reggie Huffman – F, UAB (junior)
• / Shawn James – F, Duquesne (junior)
• Davon Jefferson – F, USC (freshman)
• DeAndre Jordan – C, Texas A&M (freshman)
• / Kosta Koufos – F/C, Ohio State (freshman)
• Brook Lopez – C, Stanford (sophomore)
• Robin Lopez – C, Stanford (sophomore)
• Kevin Love – F, UCLA (freshman)
• O. J. Mayo – G, USC (freshman)
• Luc Mbah a Moute – F, UCLA (junior)
• JaVale McGee – C, Nevada (sophomore)
• Kojo Mensah – G, Duquesne (sophomore)
• Trent Plaisted – C, BYU (junior)
• Bruce Price – G, Tennessee State (junior)
• Anthony Randolph – F, LSU (freshman)
• JaJuan Robinson – G, Lincoln (Pennsylvania) (freshman)
• Derrick Rose – G, Memphis (freshman)
• Brandon Rush – G, Kansas (junior)
• Walter Sharpe – F, UAB (junior)
• Marreese Speights – F, Florida (sophomore)
• Bill Walker – F, Kansas State (freshman)
• Russell Westbrook – G, UCLA (sophomore)
International players[edit]
The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [20]

• Alexis Ajinça – C, Hyères-Toulon (France)

• Nicolas Batum – F, Le Mans (France)
• Danilo Gallinari – F, Olimpia Milano (Italy)
• / Serge Ibaka – F, L'Hospitalet (Spain)
• Ante Tomić – KK Zagreb (Croatia)
Automatically eligible entrants[edit]
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible
if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They have no remaining college eligibility.

• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or
university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA,
anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they
meet any of the following criteria:

• They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates
players born on or before December 31, 1986, were automatically eligible for the
2008 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the
NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
 Other automatically eligible players

Player Team Note Ref.

Ryan New Zealand Left New Mexico in 2007; playing professionally since [21]
Kersten Breakers (Australia) the 2007–08 season

Draft Lottery[edit]
Further information: NBA Draft Lottery
The first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the playoffs; the order
was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined the three teams that would
obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-
round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in
the previous season. As it is commonplace in the event of identical win–loss records,
the NBA performed a random drawing to break the ties on April 18, 2008.[22]
The lottery was held on May 20, 2008, in Secaucus, New Jersey.[22] The Chicago Bulls,
who had the ninth-worst record, won the lottery with just a 1.7% chance to win.
The Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves, with the worst and third-worst records,
respectively, won the second and third picks.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2008 draft lottery,
rounded to three decimal places:[23][24]

^ Denotes the actual lottery results

200 Pick
Lott
7–
ery
Team 08
chan
reco 2n 3r 10t 11t 12t 13t 14t
ces 1st 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
rd d d h h h h h

Miami 15– .25 .21 .17 .35

250 — — — — — — — — — —
Heat 67 0 5^ 7 8

Seattle
20– .19 .18 .17 .31 .12
SuperSo 199 — — — — — — — — —
62 9 8 1 9^ 4
nics
Minnesot
a 22– .13 .14 .14 .23 .29 .04
138 — — — — — — — —
Timberw 60 8 2 5^ 8 0 5
olves

Memphis 22– .13 .14 .14 .08 .32 .15 .01

137 — — — — — — —
Grizzlies 60 7 2 5 5 3^ 6 3

New
23– .07 .08 .09 .26 .38 .09 .00
York 76 — — — — — — —
59 6 4 5 2 5^ 3 4
Knicks

Los
23– .07 .08 .09 .41 .29 .03 .00
Angeles 75 — — — — — — —
59 5 3 4 4 4^ 9 1
Clippers

Milwauk 26– .04 .04 .05 .60 .23 .01 .00

43 — — — — — — —
ee Bucks 56 3 9 8 0 2^ 8 0

Charlotte 32– .02 .03 .03 .72 .16 .00 .00

28 — — — — — — —
Bobcats 50 8 3 9 5 8^ 6 0

Chicago 33– .01 .02 .02 .81 .12 .00 .00

17 — — — — — — —
Bulls 49 7^ 0 4 3 2 4 0

New
34– .01 .01 .01 .87 .08 .00 .00
Jersey 11 — — — — — — —
48 1 3 6 0^ 9 2 0
Nets

Indiana 36– .00 .00 .01 .90 .06 .00 .00

8 — — — — — — —
Pacers 46 8 9 2 8^ 3 1 0

Sacrame
38– .00 .00 .01 .93 .03 .00
nto 7 — — — — — — — —
44 7 8 0 5^ 9 0
Kings
Portland
41– .00 .00 .00 .96 .01
Trail 6 — — — — — — — — —
41 6 7 9 0^ 8
Blazers

Golden
48– .00 .00 .00 .98
State 5 — — — — — — — — — —
34 5 6 7 2^
Warriors

Trades involving draft picks[edit]

Draft-day trades[edit]
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.

• a1 2
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.[25][26]
• b1 2
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.[25] The trade was finalized on July 9, 2008.[27]
• c1 2
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.[25] The trade was finalized on July 9,
2008.[27]
• d1 2 3 4
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.[25]
• e
Portland acquired the draft rights to 27th pick Darrell Arthur from New Orleans in
exchange for cash considerations.[25]
• f1 2 3
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.[25]
• 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.[25]
• h1 2
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.[25]
• i1 2
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.[25]
• j
Boston acquired the draft rights to 47th pick Bill Walker from Washington in
exchange for cash considerations.[25]
• k
Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 52nd pick Darnell Jackson from Miami in
exchange for 2009 second-round draft pick.[25]
• 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.[25]
• m
Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 56th pick Sasha Kaun from Seattle in
exchange for cash considerations.[28]
Pre-draft trades[edit]
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.[29] 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.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32] 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 and a 2010 second-round draft
pick.[33] 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.[34] 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.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37] 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.[38] 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 Draft.[39] 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.[40] 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.[41] 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.[42] 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.[43] 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.[44] 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.[45] 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.[46] 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.[47] 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.[48] Previously, Indiana acquired a 2008
second-round draft pick on August 25, 2005, from Phoenix in exchange for James
Jones.[49] 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.[41] 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. [47] Seattle
used the pick to draft Sasha Kaun.

See also[edit]
• List of first overall NBA draft picks

References[edit]
General
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21, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
• "2008 NBA Draft Board". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the
original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
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