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Thursday, June 26, 2008
NBA Draft 2008 result
Here are the results of the NBA 2008 Draft that was held in New York:
1 Chicago Bulls : Derrick Rose, Guard, Memphis
2 Miami Heat : Michael Beasley, Forward, Kansas State
3 Minnesota Timberwolves : O.J. Mayo, Guard, USC
4 Seattle Supersonics : Russell Westbrook, Guard, UCLA
5 Memphis Grizzlies : Kevin Love, Forward, UCLA
6 New York Knicks : Danilo Gallinari, Forward, Italy
7 Los Angeles Clippers : Eric Gordon, Guard, Indiana
8 Milwaukee Bucks : Joe Alexander, Forward, West Virginia
9 Charlotte Bobcats : D.J. Augustin, Guard, Texas
10 New Jersey Nets : Brook Lopez, Center, Stanford
11 Indiana Pacers : Jerryd Bayless, Guard, Arizona
12 Sacramento Kings : Jason Thompson, Forward, Rider
13 Portland Trail Blazers : Brandon Rush, Forward, Kansas
14 Golden State Warriors : Anthony Randolph, Forward, LSU
15 Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta) : Robin Lopez, Forward, Stanford
16 Philadelphia 76ers : Marreese Speights, Forward, Florida
17 Toronto Raptors : Roy Hibbert, Center, Georgetown
18 Washington Wizards : JaVale McGee, Center, Nevada
19 Cleveland Cavaliers : J.J. Hickson, Forward, N.C. State
20 Charlotte Bobcats (from Denver) : Alexis Ajinca, Center, France
21 New Jersey Nets (from Dallas) : Ryan Anderson, Forward, California
22 Orlando Magic : Courtney Lee, Guard, Western Kentucky
23 Utah Jazz : Kosta Koufos, Center, Ohio State
24 Seattle SuperSonics (from Phoenix) : Serge Ibaka, Forward, Spain
25 Houston Rockets : Nicolas Batum, Forward, France
26 San Antonio Spurs : George Hill, Guard, IUPUI
27 New Orleans : Darrell Arthur, Forward, Kansas (To Portland)
28 Memphis Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers) : Donte Greene, Forward, Syracuse
29 Detroit Pistons : D.J. White, Forward, Indiana
30 Boston Celtics : J.R. Giddens, Guard, New Mexico
31 Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami): Nikola Pekovic, Center, Serbia
32 Seattle Supersonics : Walter Sharpe, Forward, Alabama-Birmingham
33 Portland Trail Blazers (from Memphis) : Joey Dorsey, Forward, Memphis
34 Minnesota Timberwolves : Mario Chalmers, Guard, Kansas (To Miami)
35 Los Angeles Clippers : DeAndre Jordan, Center, Texas A&M
36 Portland Trail Blazers (from New York) : Omer Asik, Center, Turkey
37 Milwaukee Bucks : Luc Mbah a Moute, Forward, UCLA
38 Charlotte Bobcats : Kyle Weaver, Guard, Washington State
39 Chicago Bulls : Sonny Weems, Guard, Arkansas
40 New Jersey Nets : Chris Douglas-Roberts, Guard, Memphis
41 Indiana Pacers : Nathan Jawai, Forward, Australia
42 Sacramento Kings (from Atlanta) : Sean Singletary, Guard, Virginia
43 Sacramento Kings : Patrick Ewing Jr., Forward, Georgetown
44 Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia) : Ante Tomic, Center, Croatia
45 San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto): Goran Dragic, Guard, Slovenia
46 Seattle SuperSonics (from Portland): Trent Plaisted, Forward, BYU
47 Washington Wizards : Bill Walker, Forward, Kansas State (To Boston)
48 Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland) : Malik Hairston, Guard, Oregon
49 Golden State Warriors : Richard Hendrix, Forward, Alabama
50 Seattle SuperSonics (from Denver): DeVon Hardin, Center, California
51 Dallas Mavericks : Shan Foster, Guard, Vanderbilt
52 Miami Heat (from Orlando): Darnell Jackson, Forward, Kansas
53 Utah Jazz : Tadija Dragicevic, Forward, Serbia
54 Houston Rockets : Maarty Leunen, Forward, Oregon
55 Portland Trail Blazers (from Phoenix): Mike Taylor, Guard, Idaho Stampede
56 Seattle SuperSonics (from New Orleans) : Sasha Kaun, Center, Kansas
57 San Antonio Spurs : James Gist, Forward, Maryland
58 Los Angeles Lakers : Joe Crawford, Guard, Kentucky
59 Detroit Pistons : Deron Washington, Forward, Virginia Tech
60 Boston Celtics : Semih Erden, Center, Turkey]
This is a record breaking event in NBA Draft History, for it had surpasses the 2007 record of 8 freshman drafted to the NBA and now it has come up with a 12 freshmen coming in 2009 season.