2008–09 rookie class

2008 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

60selections

2rounds

28teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Chicago Bulls

Memphis

Pick #2

Miami Heat

Kansas State

Pick #3

Minnesota Timberwolves

Southern California

Pick #4

Oklahoma City Thunder

California-Los Angeles

Pick #5

Memphis Grizzlies

California-Los Angeles

Complete draft board

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 130 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Derrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	Memphis	1
2	Michael Beasley	Miami Heat	Kansas State	2
3	O.J. Mayo	Minnesota Timberwolves	Southern California	3
4	Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder	California-Los Angeles	4
5	Kevin Love	Memphis Grizzlies	California-Los Angeles	5
6	Danilo Gallinari	New York Knicks	Olimpia Milano (Italy)	6
7	Eric Gordon	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana	7
8	Joe Alexander	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia	8
9	D.J. Augustin	Charlotte Bobcats	Texas	9
10	Brook Lopez	New Jersey Nets	Stanford	10
11	Jerryd Bayless	Indiana Pacers	Arizona	11
12	Jason Thompson	Sacramento Kings	Rider	12
13	Brandon Rush	Portland Trail Blazers	Kansas	13
14	Anthony Randolph	Golden State Warriors	Louisiana State	14
15	Robin Lopez	Phoenix Suns	Stanford	15
16	Marreese Speights	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida	16
17	Roy Hibbert	Toronto Raptors	Georgetown	17
18	JaVale McGee	Washington Wizards	Nevada-Reno	18
19	JJ Hickson	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State	19
20	Alexis Ajinca	Charlotte Bobcats	Hyeres-Toulon Var Basket (France)	20
21	Ryan Anderson	New Jersey Nets	California	21
22	Courtney Lee	Orlando Magic	Western Kentucky	22
23	Kosta Koufos	Utah Jazz	Ohio State	23
24	Serge Ibaka	Oklahoma City Thunder	CB L'Hospitalet (Spain)	24
25	Nicolas Batum	Houston Rockets	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)	25
26	George Hill	San Antonio Spurs	IUPUI	26
27	Darrell Arthur	New Orleans Hornets	Kansas	27
28	Donte Greene	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse	28
29	DJ White	Detroit Pistons	Indiana	29
30	J.R. Giddens	Boston Celtics	New Mexico	30

Round 230 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
31	Nikola Pekovic	Minnesota Timberwolves	KK Partizan (Serbia)	1
32	Walter Sharpe	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alabama-Birmingham	2
33	Joey Dorsey	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis	3
34	Mario Chalmers	Minnesota Timberwolves	Kansas	4
35	DeAndre Jordan	Los Angeles Clippers	Texas A&M	5
36	Omer Asik	Portland Trail Blazers	Fenerbahce S.K. (Turkey)	6
37	Luc Mbah a Moute	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Los Angeles	7
38	Kyle Weaver	Charlotte Bobcats	Washington State	8
39	Sonny Weems	Chicago Bulls	Arkansas	9
40	Chris Douglas-Roberts	New Jersey Nets	Memphis	10
41	Nathan Jawai	Indiana Pacers	Cairns Taipans (Australia)	11
42	Sean Singletary	Sacramento Kings	Virginia	12
43	Patrick Ewing	Sacramento Kings	Georgetown	13
44	Ante Tomic	Utah Jazz	KK Zagreb (Croatia)	14
45	Goran Dragic	San Antonio Spurs	KK Olimpija (Slovenia)	15
46	Trent Plaisted	Oklahoma City Thunder	Brigham Young	16
47	Henry Walker	Washington Wizards	Kansas State	17
48	Malik Hairston	Phoenix Suns	Oregon	18
49	Richard Hendrix	Golden State Warriors	Alabama	19
50	DeVon Hardin	Oklahoma City Thunder	California	20
51	Shan Foster	Dallas Mavericks	Vanderbilt	21
52	Darnell Jackson	Miami Heat	Kansas	22
53	Tadija Dragicevic	Utah Jazz	KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia)	23
54	Maarty Leunen	Houston Rockets	Oregon	24
55	Mike Taylor	Portland Trail Blazers	Idaho Stampede (D-League)	25
56	Sasha Kaun	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kansas	26
57	James Gist	San Antonio Spurs	Maryland	27
58	Joe Crawford	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky	28
59	Deron Washington	Detroit Pistons	Virginia Tech	29
60	Semih Erden	Boston Celtics	Fenerbahce S.K. (Turkey)	30

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.