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2008 NBA Draft Results

2008 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Derrick Rose to Chicago Bulls.

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The 2008 NBA Draft produced 60 selections across 2 rounds, with 28 franchises making at least one pick. Chicago Bulls held the first overall selection and took Derrick Rose out of Memphis.

Seattle SuperSonics made the most selections that year with 6. 35 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Kansas with 5 players drafted.

Pick	Team	Player	College
Round 1
1	Chicago Bulls	Derrick Rose	Memphis
2	Miami Heat	Michael Beasley	Kansas State
3	Minnesota Timberwolves	O.J. Mayo	USC
4	Seattle SuperSonics	Russell Westbrook	UCLA
5	Memphis Grizzlies	Kevin Love	UCLA
6	New York Knicks	Danilo Gallinari	None listed
7	LA Clippers	Eric Gordon	Indiana
8	Milwaukee Bucks	Joe Alexander	West Virginia
9	Charlotte Bobcats	D.J. Augustin	Texas
10	New Jersey Nets	Brook Lopez	Stanford
11	Indiana Pacers	Jerryd Bayless	Arizona
12	Sacramento Kings	Jason Thompson	Rider University
13	Portland Trail Blazers	Brandon Rush	Kansas
14	Golden State Warriors	Anthony Randolph	LSU
15	Phoenix Suns	Robin Lopez	Stanford
16	Philadelphia 76ers	Marreese Speights	Florida
17	Toronto Raptors	Roy Hibbert	Georgetown
18	Washington Wizards	JaVale McGee	Nevada
19	Cleveland Cavaliers	J.J. Hickson	NC State
20	Charlotte Bobcats	Alexis Ajinça	None listed
21	New Jersey Nets	Ryan Anderson	California
22	Orlando Magic	Courtney Lee	Western Kentucky
23	Utah Jazz	Kosta Koufos	Ohio State
24	Seattle SuperSonics	Serge Ibaka	None listed
25	Houston Rockets	Nicolas Batum	None listed
26	San Antonio Spurs	George Hill	IUPUI
27	New Orleans Hornets	Darrell Arthur	Kansas
28	Memphis Grizzlies	Donté Greene	Syracuse
29	Detroit Pistons	D.J. White	Indiana
30	Boston Celtics	J.R. Giddens	New Mexico
Round 2
31	Minnesota Timberwolves	Nikola Peković	None listed
32	Seattle SuperSonics	Walter Sharpe	UAB
33	Portland Trail Blazers	Joey Dorsey	Memphis
34	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mario Chalmers	Kansas
35	LA Clippers	DeAndre Jordan	Texas A&M
36	Portland Trail Blazers	Ömer Aşık	None listed
37	Milwaukee Bucks	Luc Mbah a Moute	UCLA
38	Charlotte Bobcats	Kyle Weaver	Washington State
39	Chicago Bulls	Sonny Weems	Arkansas
40	New Jersey Nets	Chris Douglas-Roberts	Memphis
41	Indiana Pacers	Nathan Jawai	None listed
42	Sacramento Kings	Sean Singletary	Virginia
43	Sacramento Kings	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
44	Utah Jazz	Ante Tomić	None listed
45	San Antonio Spurs	Goran Dragić	None listed
46	Seattle SuperSonics	Trent Plaisted	BYU
47	Washington Wizards	Henry Walker	Kansas State
48	Phoenix Suns	Malik Hairston	Oregon
49	Golden State Warriors	Richard Hendrix	Alabama
50	Seattle SuperSonics	DeVon Hardin	California
51	Dallas Mavericks	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt
52	Miami Heat	Darnell Jackson	Kansas
53	Utah Jazz	Tadija Dragićević	None listed
54	Houston Rockets	Maarty Leunen	Oregon
55	Portland Trail Blazers	Mike Taylor	Iowa State
56	Seattle SuperSonics	Sasha Kaun	Kansas
57	San Antonio Spurs	James Gist	Maryland
58	Los Angeles Lakers	Joe Crawford	Kentucky
59	Detroit Pistons	Deron Washington	Virginia Tech
60	Boston Celtics	Semih Erden	None listed

Selections by franchise

The same 60 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 2008.

Seattle SuperSonics 6 No. 4 Russell Westbrook, No. 24 Serge Ibaka, No. 32 Walter Sharpe, No. 46 Trent Plaisted, No. 50 DeVon Hardin, No. 56 Sasha Kaun
Portland Trail Blazers 4 No. 13 Brandon Rush, No. 33 Joey Dorsey, No. 36 Ömer Aşık, No. 55 Mike Taylor
Charlotte Bobcats 3 No. 9 D.J. Augustin, No. 20 Alexis Ajinça, No. 38 Kyle Weaver
Minnesota Timberwolves 3 No. 3 O.J. Mayo, No. 31 Nikola Peković, No. 34 Mario Chalmers
New Jersey Nets 3 No. 10 Brook Lopez, No. 21 Ryan Anderson, No. 40 Chris Douglas-Roberts
Sacramento Kings 3 No. 12 Jason Thompson, No. 42 Sean Singletary, No. 43 Patrick Ewing
San Antonio Spurs 3 No. 26 George Hill, No. 45 Goran Dragić, No. 57 James Gist
Utah Jazz 3 No. 23 Kosta Koufos, No. 44 Ante Tomić, No. 53 Tadija Dragićević
Boston Celtics 2 No. 30 J.R. Giddens, No. 60 Semih Erden
Chicago Bulls 2 No. 1 Derrick Rose, No. 39 Sonny Weems
Detroit Pistons 2 No. 29 D.J. White, No. 59 Deron Washington
Golden State Warriors 2 No. 14 Anthony Randolph, No. 49 Richard Hendrix
Houston Rockets 2 No. 25 Nicolas Batum, No. 54 Maarty Leunen
Indiana Pacers 2 No. 11 Jerryd Bayless, No. 41 Nathan Jawai
LA Clippers 2 No. 7 Eric Gordon, No. 35 DeAndre Jordan
Memphis Grizzlies 2 No. 5 Kevin Love, No. 28 Donté Greene
Miami Heat 2 No. 2 Michael Beasley, No. 52 Darnell Jackson
Milwaukee Bucks 2 No. 8 Joe Alexander, No. 37 Luc Mbah a Moute
Phoenix Suns 2 No. 15 Robin Lopez, No. 48 Malik Hairston
Washington Wizards 2 No. 18 JaVale McGee, No. 47 Henry Walker
Cleveland Cavaliers 1 No. 19 J.J. Hickson
Dallas Mavericks 1 No. 51 Shan Foster
Los Angeles Lakers 1 No. 58 Joe Crawford
New Orleans Hornets 1 No. 27 Darrell Arthur
New York Knicks 1 No. 6 Danilo Gallinari
Orlando Magic 1 No. 22 Courtney Lee
Philadelphia 76ers 1 No. 16 Marreese Speights
Toronto Raptors 1 No. 17 Roy Hibbert

Colleges and programs represented

35 programs produced at least one selection in the 2008 draft.

Kansas5
Memphis3
UCLA3
California2
Georgetown2
Indiana2
Kansas State2
Oregon2
Stanford2
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
BYU
Florida
Iowa State
IUPUI
Kentucky
LSU
Maryland
NC State
Nevada
New Mexico
Ohio State
Rider University
Syracuse
Texas
Texas A&M
UAB
USC
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington State
West Virginia
Western Kentucky

Compiled and maintained by Alex Carter. Data via published league records. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it against the source.