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NBA Draft history: 2008 Draft


Posted Feb 27 2013 2:53PM

A rundown of the players picked in the 2008 Draft:

First Round
Pick Team Player School/Country
1 CHI Derrick Rose Memphis
2 MIA Michael Beasley Kansas State
3 MIN O.J. Mayo Southern California
4 SEA Russell Westbrook UCLA
5 MEM Kevin Love UCLA
6 NYK Danilo Gallinari Italy
7 LAC Eric Gordon Indiana
8 MIL Joe Alexander West Virginia
9 CHA D.J. Augustin Texas
10 NJN Brook Lopez Stanford
11 IND Jerryd Bayless Arizona
12 SAC Jason Thompson Rider
13 POR Brandon Rush Kansas
14 GSW Anthony Randolph Louisiana State
15 PHO Robin Lopez Stanford
16 PHI Marreese Speights Florida
17 TOR Roy Hibbert Georgetown
18 WAS JaVale McGee University of Nevada, Reno
19 CLE J.J. Hickson North Carolina State
20 CHA Alexis Ajinca France
21 NJN Ryan Anderson California
22 ORL Courtney Lee Western Kentucky
23 UTA Kosta Koufos Ohio State
24 SEA Serge Ibaka Congo
25 HOU Nicolas Batum France
26 SAS George Hill IUPUI
27 NOH Darrell Arthur Kansas
28 MEM Donte Greene Syracuse
29 DET D.J. White Indiana
30 BOS J.R. Giddens New Mexico
Second Round
Pick Team Player School/Country
31 MIN Nikola Pekovic Montenegro
32 SEA Walter Sharpe Alabama at Birmingham
33 POR Joey Dorsey Memphis
34 MIN Mario Chalmers Kansas
35 LAC DeAndre Jordan Texas A&M
36 POR Omer Asik Turkey
37 MIL Luc Mbah a Moute UCLA
38 CHA Kyle Weaver Washington State
39 CHI Sonny Weems Arkansas
40 NJN Chris Douglas-Roberts Memphis
41 IND Nathan Jawai Australia
42 SAC Sean Singletary Virginia
43 SAC Patrick Ewing Georgetown
44 UTA Ante Tomic Croatia
45 SAS Goran Dragic Slovenia
46 SEA Trent Plaisted Brigham Young University Hawaii
47 WAS Bill Walker Kansas State
48 PHO Malik Hairston Oregon
49 GSW Richard Hendrix Alabama
50 SEA DeVon Hardin California
51 DAL Shan Foster Vanderbilt
52 MIA Darnell Jackson Kansas
53 UTA Tadija Dragicevic Serbia
54 HOU Maarty Leunen Oregon
55 POR Mike Taylor Iowa State
56 SEA Sasha Kaun Kansas
57 SAS James Gist Maryland
58 LAL Joe Crawford Kentucky
59 DET Deron Washington Virginia Tech
60 BOS Semih Erden Turkey
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