Blake Griffin was the No. 1 pick of 2009, but he missed the entire 2009-10 season due to injury.
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NBA Draft history: 2009 Draft
Posted Feb 27 2013 2:54PM
A rundown of the players picked in the 2009 Draft:
| First Round |
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
School/Country |
| 1 |
LAC |
Blake Griffin |
Oklahoma |
| 2 |
MEM |
Hasheem Thabeet |
Connecticut |
| 3 |
OKC |
James Harden |
Arizona State |
| 4 |
SAC |
Tyreke Evans |
Memphis |
| 5 |
MIN |
Ricky Rubio |
Spain |
| 6 |
MIN |
Jonny Flynn |
Syracuse |
| 7 |
GSW |
Stephen Curry |
Davidson College |
| 8 |
NYK |
Jordan Hill |
Arizona |
| 9 |
TOR |
DeMar DeRozan |
Southern California |
| 10 |
MIL |
Brandon Jennings |
Oak Hill Academy (VA) |
| 11 |
NJN |
Terrence Williams |
Louisville |
| 12 |
CHA |
Gerald Henderson |
Duke |
| 13 |
IND |
Tyler Hansbrough |
North Carolina |
| 14 |
PHO |
Earl Clark |
Louisville |
| 15 |
DET |
Austin Daye |
Gonzaga |
| 16 |
CHI |
James Johnson |
Wake Forest |
| 17 |
PHI |
Jrue Holiday |
UCLA |
| 18 |
MIN |
Ty Lawson |
North Carolina |
| 19 |
ATL |
Jeff Teague |
Wake Forest |
| 20 |
UTA |
Eric Maynor |
Virginia Commonwealth |
| 21 |
NOH |
Darren Collison |
UCLA |
| 22 |
POR |
Victor Claver |
Spain |
| 23 |
SAC |
Omri Casspi |
Israel |
| 24 |
DAL |
Byron Mullens |
Ohio State |
| 25 |
OKC |
Rodrigue Beaubois |
Guadeloupe |
| 26 |
CHI |
Taj Gibson |
Southern California |
| 27 |
MEM |
DeMarre Carroll |
Missouri |
| 28 |
MIN |
Wayne Ellington |
North Carolina |
| 29 |
LAL |
Toney Douglas |
Florida State |
| 30 |
CLE |
Christian Eyenga |
Congo |
|
| Second Round |
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
School/Country |
| 31 |
SAC |
Jeff Pendergraph |
Arizona State |
| 32 |
WAS |
Jermaine Taylor |
Central Florida |
| 33 |
POR |
Dante Cunningham |
Villanova |
| 34 |
DEN |
Sergio Llull |
Spain |
| 35 |
DET |
DaJuan Summers |
Georgetown |
| 36 |
MEM |
Sam Young |
Pittsburgh |
| 37 |
SAS |
DeJuan Blair |
Pittsburgh |
| 38 |
POR |
Jon Brockman |
Washington |
| 39 |
DET |
Jonas Jerebko |
Sweden |
| 40 |
CHA |
Derrick Brown |
Xavier |
| 41 |
MIL |
Jodie Meeks |
Kentucky |
| 42 |
LAL |
Patrick Beverley |
Arkansas |
| 43 |
MIA |
Marcus Thornton |
Louisiana State |
| 44 |
DET |
Chase Budinger |
Arizona |
| 45 |
MIN |
Nick Calathes |
Florida |
| 46 |
CLE |
Danny Green |
North Carolina |
| 47 |
MIN |
Henk Norel |
Netherlands |
| 48 |
PHO |
Taylor Griffin |
Oklahoma |
| 49 |
ATL |
Sergiy Gladyr |
Ukraine |
| 50 |
UTA |
Goran Suton |
Michigan State |
| 51 |
SAS |
Jack McClinton |
Miami |
| 52 |
IND |
A.J. Price |
Connecticut |
| 53 |
SAS |
Nando De Colo |
France |
| 54 |
CHA |
Robert Vaden |
Alabama at Birmingham |
| 55 |
POR |
Patrick Mills |
St. Mary's |
| 56 |
DAL |
Ahmad Nivins |
St. Joseph's |
| 57 |
PHO |
Emir Preldzic |
Bosnia |
| 58 |
BOS |
Lester Hudson |
Tennessee at Martin |
| 59 |
LAL |
Chinemelu Elonu |
Texas A&M |
| 60 |
MIA |
Robert Dozier |
Memphis |
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