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2008 NBA Draft

2007 NBA Draft 2009 NBA Draft

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 60 (51 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Derrick Rose (44.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: R. Westbrook (106.5), D. Jordan (94.4) and K. Love (88.6)

All-Stars: 7 (G. Dragić, R. Hibbert, D. Jordan, B. Lopez, K. Love, D. Rose and R. Westbrook)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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60 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

60 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	CHI	Derrick Rose	Memphis	13	672	21317	12230	2239	3646	.457	.316	.830	31.7	18.2	3.3	5.4	44.2	.100	1.4	18.5
2	2	MIA	Michael Beasley	Kansas State	11	609	13903	7568	2861	788	.465	.349	.759	22.8	12.4	4.7	1.3	15.6	.054	-1.7	0.9
3	3	MIN	O.J. Mayo	USC	8	547	16919	7574	1706	1607	.429	.373	.820	30.9	13.8	3.1	2.9	21.8	.062	-0.9	4.7
4	4	SEA	Russell Westbrook	UCLA	14	1021	35426	23298	7541	8611	.438	.305	.783	34.7	22.8	7.4	8.4	106.5	.144	4.3	55.8
5	5	MEM	Kevin Love	UCLA	14	812	25090	14305	8666	1920	.441	.373	.829	30.9	17.6	10.7	2.4	88.6	.170	3.4	34.0
6	6	NYK	Danilo Gallinari		13	728	21780	11327	3510	1414	.428	.382	.877	29.9	15.6	4.8	1.9	64.1	.141	1.8	20.8
7	7	LAC	Eric Gordon	Indiana	14	749	24257	12263	1811	2121	.428	.371	.810	32.4	16.4	2.4	2.8	36.3	.072	-0.6	8.7
8	8	MIL	Joe Alexander	West Virginia	2	67	745	282	120	44	.410	.340	.698	11.1	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.5	.030	-3.6	-0.3
9	9	CHA	D.J. Augustin	Texas	14	976	22851	9259	1805	3761	.412	.381	.867	23.4	9.5	1.8	3.9	47.7	.100	-0.7	7.6
10	10	NJN	Brook Lopez	Stanford	14	868	26192	14247	5407	1246	.494	.341	.796	30.2	16.4	6.2	1.4	71.5	.131	1.3	21.7
11	11	IND	Jerryd Bayless	Arizona	11	586	12486	4909	1235	1674	.411	.361	.818	21.3	8.4	2.1	2.9	18.6	.072	-1.6	1.1
12	12	SAC	Jason Thompson	Rider University	8	588	14819	5210	3880	635	.496	.143	.657	25.2	8.9	6.6	1.1	23.8	.077	-2.6	-2.4
13	13	POR	Brandon Rush	Kansas	9	481	10564	3250	1413	468	.426	.402	.706	22.0	6.8	2.9	1.0	11.2	.051	-1.4	1.6
14	14	GSW	Anthony Randolph	LSU	6	252	3841	1789	1078	187	.453	.241	.740	15.2	7.1	4.3	0.7	5.8	.072	-1.6	0.4
15	15	PHO	Robin Lopez	Stanford	14	939	20573	8196	4604	796	.536	.294	.742	21.9	8.7	4.9	0.8	49.0	.114	-1.1	4.7
16	16	PHI	Marreese Speights	Florida	10	705	10640	5592	2875	461	.459	.356	.797	15.1	7.9	4.1	0.7	25.8	.116	-2.2	-0.6
17	17	TOR	Roy Hibbert	Georgetown	9	662	16389	6611	4173	885	.465	.250	.755	24.8	10.0	6.3	1.3	35.9	.105	-1.1	3.5
18	18	WAS	JaVale McGee	Nevada	14	821	13982	6536	4344	358	.576	.182	.605	17.0	8.0	5.3	0.4	42.4	.146	0.1	7.4
19	19	CLE	J.J. Hickson	NC State	8	534	11925	5081	3639	449	.505	.000	.617	22.3	9.5	6.8	0.8	21.9	.088	-1.8	0.5
20	20	CHA	Alexis Ajinça		7	293	3905	1553	1150	143	.503	.286	.797	13.3	5.3	3.9	0.5	7.5	.093	-2.8	-0.8
21	21	NJN	Ryan Anderson	California	12	649	16769	8001	3413	586	.422	.380	.854	25.8	12.3	5.3	0.9	46.7	.134	1.0	12.8
22	22	ORL	Courtney Lee	Western Kentucky	12	811	21938	7765	2127	1353	.451	.388	.853	27.1	9.6	2.6	1.7	39.3	.086	-0.6	7.9
23	23	UTA	Kosta Koufos	Ohio State	11	686	11271	3913	3452	359	.534	.000	.582	16.4	5.7	5.0	0.5	28.3	.120	-1.3	2.0
24	24	SEA	Serge Ibaka		13	903	24941	10962	6469	745	.513	.360	.758	27.6	12.1	7.2	0.8	72.8	.140	0.5	15.8
25	25	HOU	Nicolas Batum		14	915	28030	10149	4707	3215	.437	.363	.837	30.6	11.1	5.1	3.5	63.5	.109	1.7	26.1
26	26	SAS	George Hill	IUPUI	14	869	23667	9313	2646	2697	.456	.380	.807	27.2	10.7	3.0	3.1	69.1	.140	1.2	19.3
27	27	NOH	Darrell Arthur	Kansas	9	503	8945	3282	1768	409	.444	.352	.765	17.8	6.5	3.5	0.8	12.3	.066	-2.2	-0.4
28	28	MEM	Donté Greene	Syracuse	4	253	4259	1541	600	183	.406	.304	.701	16.8	6.1	2.4	0.7	1.5	.017	-2.8	-0.9
29	29	DET	D.J. White	Indiana	6	138	2111	810	437	80	.507	.333	.720	15.3	5.9	3.2	0.6	3.8	.087	-2.1	0.0
30	30	BOS	J.R. Giddens	New Mexico	2	38	247	73	54	13	.476	.000	.565	6.5	1.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	.027	-4.3	-0.1
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
31	31	MIN	Nikola Peković		6	271	6744	3405	1807	199	.518		.760	24.9	12.6	6.7	0.7	18.8	.134	-0.7	2.2
32	32	SEA	Walter Sharpe	UAB	1	8	20	8	3	0	.364	.000	.000	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1	-.131	-10.1	0.0
33	33	POR	Joey Dorsey	Memphis	4	130	1488	344	513	55	.534	.000	.375	11.4	2.6	3.9	0.4	2.9	.092	-2.7	-0.3
34	34	MIN	Mario Chalmers	Kansas	9	646	17245	5743	1585	2412	.417	.351	.793	26.7	8.9	2.5	3.7	32.3	.090	-0.6	5.9
35	35	LAC	DeAndre Jordan	Texas A&M	14	980	26194	8933	10142	932	.673	.083	.475	26.7	9.1	10.3	1.0	94.4	.173	1.3	21.9
36	36	POR	Ömer Aşık		8	471	9216	2479	3362	280	.528	.000	.551	19.6	5.3	7.1	0.6	20.9	.109	-1.9	0.1
37	37	MIL	Luc Mbah a Moute	UCLA	12	689	16038	4380	2800	588	.454	.334	.659	23.3	6.4	4.1	0.9	26.0	.078	-1.5	2.0
38	38	CHA	Kyle Weaver	Washington State	3	73	1379	363	158	119	.441	.353	.736	18.9	5.0	2.2	1.6	1.5	.051	-1.1	0.3
39	39	CHI	Sonny Weems	Arkansas	4	183	3335	1189	402	257	.465	.283	.702	18.2	6.5	2.2	1.4	0.0	.001	-4.2	-1.8
40	40	NJN	Chris Douglas-Roberts	Memphis	6	222	4381	1571	472	254	.439	.329	.831	19.7	7.1	2.1	1.1	5.4	.059	-2.2	-0.2
41	41	IND	Nathan Jawai		2	45	431	126	106	24	.435	.000	.684	9.6	2.8	2.4	0.5	0.2	.020	-4.4	-0.3
42	42	SAC	Sean Singletary	Virginia	1	37	303	90	35	29	.365	.400	.857	8.2	2.4	0.9	0.8	0.0	.006	-5.1	-0.2
43	43	SAC	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown	1	7	19	3	2	2	.000	.000	.750	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.158	-9.1	0.0
44	44	UTA	Ante Tomić
45	45	SAS	Goran Dragić		14	888	24734	12203	2735	4254	.460	.362	.767	27.9	13.7	3.1	4.8	56.3	.109	0.6	16.3
46	46	SEA	Trent Plaisted	Brigham Young University Hawaii
47	47	WAS	Henry Walker	Kansas State	5	181	3016	1079	401	153	.446	.369	.760	16.7	6.0	2.2	0.8	5.0	.079	-1.8	0.2
48	48	PHO	Malik Hairston	Oregon	2	62	472	149	77	29	.512	.167	.514	7.6	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.8	.086	-2.0	0.0
49	49	GSW	Richard Hendrix	Alabama
50	50	SEA	DeVon Hardin	California
51	51	DAL	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt
52	52	MIA	Darnell Jackson	Kansas	3	138	1039	308	203	26	.449	.235	.644	7.5	2.2	1.5	0.2	1.3	.059	-5.2	-0.8
53	53	UTA	Tadija Dragićević
54	54	HOU	Maarty Leunen	Oregon
55	55	POR	Mike Taylor	Iowa State	1	51	771	289	87	106	.412	.325	.691	15.1	5.7	1.7	2.1	-0.4	-.028	-5.2	-0.6
56	56	SEA	Sasha Kaun	Kansas	1	25	95	23	26	3	.529		.455	3.8	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.2	.096	-2.8	0.0
57	57	SAS	James Gist	Maryland
58	58	LAL	Joe Crawford	Kentucky	1	2	23	9	4	1	.300	.250	1.000	11.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	.037	-2.7	0.0
59	59	DET	Deron Washington	Virginia Tech
60	60	BOS	Semih Erden		2	69	928	262	190	29	.546		.594	13.4	3.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	.094	-3.6	-0.4

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