2008 NBA draft
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The 2008 NBA Draft will be held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft will be broadcast in the United States on ESPN. The draft order of the first 14 picks was determined by lottery. The 2008 lottery was held May 20th, in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Chicago Bulls, with only a 1.7% chance, won the rights to the number one pick. The Bulls winning the lottery is the second biggest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic winning in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance. Miami Heat will pick second, and the Minnesota Timberwolves will pick third.[1]
Eligibility rules
The current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NBA and its players union, which took effect with the 2005-06 season, established eligibility rules that ended the former practice of jumping from high school to the NBA. These rules, first used in the 2006 draft, affect players of all nationalities.
- All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2008 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1989.[2]
- Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[2]
The "one year out of high school" requirement is in addition to the age requirement. For example, highly-touted USC freshman O.J. Mayo will be eligible for the first time with this draft, even though he turned 19 in November 2006, six months before his high school graduation.
Definition of "international players"
The CBA defines "international players" as those who meet all of the following criteria:[3]
- Permanently resident outside the U.S. for at least three years before the draft while playing basketball outside the U.S.
- Have never enrolled in a U.S. college or university.
- Did not complete high school in the U.S.
Automatic eligibility
Players born on or before December 31, 1989 who are at least one year removed from the graduation of their high school class and do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:[4]
- They have completed all of their U.S. college eligibility.
- If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school graduation.
- If they did not graduate from high school in the U.S., four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.
Those who have reached the minimum eligibility age of 19 and meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if:
- They are least 22 during the calendar year of the draft (i.e., born on or before December 31 1986),[5] or
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.[6]
Early entrants
A player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft.[7][8] This year's declaration deadline fell on April 27, and the NBA released the official list of early entrants on May 1.[9]
The "in writing" part of the rule is significant. One player, Earl Clark of Louisville, had announced on April 5 that he was declaring for the draft,[10] but never submitted the required paperwork to officially declare, and stated on April 18 that he would return to Louisville for his junior season.[11]
All names on the lists in this section, even if otherwise sourced, have been cross-checked against the NBA's official list.[9] All are Americans unless otherwise noted. Two of the college players who have declared, Kosta Koufos and Josh Akognon, were born and raised in the U.S., but have dual citizenship because of their ancestry, and have opted to represent their ancestral homelands in international competition.
College players who have hired agents
These players have either hired agents or announced that they will hire agents.[12] Once a player hires an agent, he forfeits any remaining NCAA eligibility.
- Joe Alexander, small forward, West Virginia, junior
- Ryan Anderson, power forward, California, junior
- Darrell Arthur, forward, Kansas, sophomore
- D. J. Augustin, point guard, Texas, sophomore[13]
- Jerryd Bayless, point guard, Arizona, freshman[14]
- Michael Beasley, forward, Kansas State, freshman [15]
- Mario Chalmers, point guard, Kansas, junior
- Chris Douglas-Roberts, shooting guard, Memphis, junior
- C.J. Giles, power forward, Oregon State, junior
- Eric Gordon, shooting guard, Indiana, freshman[16]
- Jamont Gordon, point forward, Mississippi State, junior
- Donte Greene, small forward, Syracuse, freshman[17]
- Richard Hendrix, power forward, Alabama, junior
- J.J. Hickson, power forward, North Carolina State, freshman
- George Hill, combo guard, IUPUI, junior
- Shawn James, power forward, Duquesne, junior[18]
- Davon Jefferson, small forward, USC, freshman[19]
- DeAndre Jordan, center, Texas A&M, freshman
- Kosta Koufos, center,
Greece and Ohio State, freshman[20][21] - Brook Lopez, center, Stanford, sophomore[22]
- Robin Lopez, center, Stanford, sophomore[22]
- Kevin Love, forward-center, UCLA, freshman[23]
- O.J. Mayo, guard, USC, freshman [24]
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, power forward,
Cameroon and UCLA, junior - JaVale McGee, center, Nevada, sophomore[25]
- Trent Plaisted, forward, BYU, junior [26][27]
- Anthony Randolph, forward, LSU, freshman [28]
- Derrick Rose, point guard, Memphis, freshman [29]
- Brandon Rush, guard, Kansas, junior [30]
- Walter Sharpe, power forward, UAB, junior
- Marreese Speights, power forward, Florida, sophomore
- Bill Walker, shooting guard, Kansas State, freshman
- Russell Westbrook, point guard, UCLA, sophomore
The following players have not hired agents but have forfeited their remaining college eligibility due to declaring for the NBA Draft out of a junior college/community college.
- Jason Bennett, center, Tallahassee Community College, sophomore
- Keith Brumbaugh, small forward, Hillsborough Community College, sophomore
- Kiwan Smith, small forward, Redlands Community College (OK), sophomore
College players who have not hired agents
A player who has declared for early entry into the draft is allowed to withdraw from the draft no later than 10 days before the draft (on or before June 16, 2008).[31] If he does not sign with an agent before withdrawing from the draft, he retains his college eligibility as long as he has not declared for and withdrawn from a previous draft. Although the CBA allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice,[31] NCAA rules only permit one withdrawal.[32]
This list also includes prep school students who meet the minimum age requirements (born on or before December 31, 1989 and at least one year removed from the graduation of their high school class).
- Derek Bailey, shooting guard, Providence Christian Academy (SC) (prep school)
- Charles Carter, power forward, Oklahoma Baptist, junior
- Paul Graham III, shooting guard, Florida Atlantic, junior
- Kalen Grimes, forward-center, Missouri, junior
- Reggie Huffman, small forward, UAB, junior
- Kojo Mensah, guard, Duquesne, junior
- Courtney Pigram, guard, East Tennessee State, junior
- Bruce Price, guard, Tennessee State, junior
- Gordon Watt, small forward, Houston Baptist, junior
- Raymond Wright, forward-center, Arkansas-Monticello, junior
International players who have declared
- Alexis Ajinça, power forward,
France, born 1988 - Nicolas Batum, shooting guard, France, born 1988
- Danilo Gallinari, small forward,
Italy, born 1988 - Serge Ibaka, power forward,
Republic of the Congo, born 1989 - Mladen Jeremić, shooting guard,
Serbia, born 1988 - Maxym Korniyenko, power forward,
Ukraine, born 1987 - Maxim Sheleketo, small forward,
Russia, born 1987 - Ante Tomic, center,
Croatia, born 1987 - Maksym Vilkhovetskyi, Ukraine, born 1988
Withdrawn entrants
- A.J. Abrams, shooting guard, Texas, junior
- Josh Akognon, combo guard,
Nigeria and Cal State Fullerton, junior - Antonio Anderson, shooting guard, Memphis, junior
- Rodrigue Beaubois, point guard, France, born 1988
- Mikheil Berishvili, power forward,
Georgia, born 1987 - Chase Budinger, shooting guard, Arizona, sophomore
- Derrick Caracter, power forward, Louisville, sophomore
- Josh Carter, shooting guard, Texas A&M, junior[33]
- DeMarre Carroll, small forward, Missouri, junior
- Omri Casspi, small forward,
Israel, born 1988 - Victor Claver, small forward,
Spain, born 1988 - Nando de Colo, shooting guard, France, born 1987
- Lee Cummard, shooting guard, BYU, Junior
- Robert Dozier, forward, Memphis, junior
- Wayne Ellington, shooting guard, UNC, sophomore
- Alonzo Gee, shooting guard, Alabama, junior
- Danny Green, shooting guard, North Carolina, junior
- Lester Hudson, point guard, UT-Martin, junior
- Joe Ingles, small forward,
Australia, born 1987 - Stefon Jackson, shooting guard, UTEP, junior
- Jonas Jerebko, small forward,
Sweden, born 1987 - Tywon Lawson, point guard, North Carolina, sophomore
- Luc Louves, power forward, France, born 1989
- Leo Lyons, power forward, Missouri, junior
- Rudy Mbemba, point guard, Sweden, born 1987
- Jerel McNeal, shooting guard, Marquette, junior
- Henk Norel, center,
Netherlands, born 1987 - Jeremy Pargo, point guard, Gonzaga, junior[34]
- John Riek, center,
Sudan and The Winchendon School (prep school) - Giorgi Shermadini, power forward, Georgia, born 1989
- Josh Shipp, small forward, UCLA, Junior
- Tyler Smith, small forward, Tennessee, sophomore
- Ronald Steele, point guard, Alabama, Junior
- Robert Vaden, shooting guard, UAB, junior[35]
- Lorenzo Wade, Shooting guard, San Diego State, Junior
- Ronalds Zakis, small forward,
Latvia, born 1987
Round one
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bulls | |||
| 2 | Miami Heat | |||
| 3 | Minnesota Timberwolves | |||
| 4 | Los Angeles Clippers | |||
| 5 | Memphis Grizzlies | |||
| 6 | New York Knicks | |||
| 7 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| 8 | Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| 9 | Charlotte Bobcats | |||
| 10 | New Jersey Nets | |||
| 11 | Indiana Pacers | |||
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | |||
| 13 | Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| 14 | Golden State Warriors | |||
| 15 | Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta as part of the Joe Johnson trade.) | |||
| 16 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| 17 | Toronto Raptors | |||
| 18 | Washington Wizards | |||
| 19 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |||
| 20 | Charlotte Bobcats (from Denver Nuggets for a future protected first-round pick.)[36] | |||
| 21 | New Jersey Nets (from Dallas as part of the Jason Kidd trade.) | |||
| 22 | Orlando Magic | |||
| 23 | Utah Jazz | |||
| 24 | Seattle SuperSonics (from Phoenix as part of the Kurt Thomas trade.) | |||
| 25 | Houston Rockets | |||
| 26 | San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 27 | Portland Trailblazers (from New Orleans Hornets for cash considerations) [37] | |||
| 28 | Memphis Grizzlies (from LA Lakers as part of the Pau Gasol trade.) | |||
| 29 | Detroit Pistons | |||
| 30 | Boston Celtics |
Round two
Selections by team
Several trades resulted in players changing teams on draft night. The following represents a team-by-team list showing where players ended up after those transactions.
- Atlanta Hawks:
- Boston Celtics:
- Charlotte Bobcats:
- Chicago Bulls:
- Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Dallas Mavericks:
- Denver Nuggets:
- Detroit Pistons:
- Golden State Warriors:
- Houston Rockets:
- Indiana Pacers:
- Los Angeles Clippers:
- Los Angeles Lakers:
- Memphis Grizzlies:
- Miami Heat:
- Milwaukee Bucks:
- Minnesota Timberwolves:
- New Jersey Nets:
- New Orleans Hornets:
- New York Knicks:
- Orlando Magic:
- Philadelphia 76ers:
- Phoenix Suns:
- Portland Trail Blazers:
- Sacramento Kings:
- San Antonio Spurs:
- Seattle SuperSonics:
- Toronto Raptors:
- Utah Jazz:
- Washington Wizards:
Traded picks
- The Seattle SuperSonics received a conditional second-round draft pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for Rashard Lewis on July 11, 2007. [38]
- The Memphis Grizzlies received a first-round draft pick in 2008 and 2010 from the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade involving all-star Pau Gasol and the former number one draft pick in Kwame Brown, Aaron McKie, first-round draft pick Javaris Crittenton, and Pau Gasol's younger brother Marc Gasol.
- The New Jersey Nets received a first-round draft pick from the Dallas Mavericks in a trade involving Jason Kidd.
- On July 20, 2007, the Sonics received a 2008 first-round draft pick and 2010 first-round draft pick from the Phoenix Suns in a trade involving Kurt Thomas.[39] They also acquired Portland's 2008 second-round pick in the exchange that sent Ray Allen to Boston.
- The Portland Trailblazers acquired the 27th pick overall from The New Orleans Hornets for cash considerations. [40]
- The Charlotte Bobcats acquired the 20th pick overall from The Denver Nuggets for a future protected first-round pick.[41]
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