2008 NBA Draft

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Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 60 (51 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Derrick Rose (44.6 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: R. Westbrook (111.4), D. Jordan (97.1) and K. Love (94.9)

All-Stars: 7 (G. Dragić, R. Hibbert, D. Jordan, B. Lopez, K. Love, D. Rose and R. Westbrook)

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60 Selections

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60 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	CHI	Derrick Rose	Memphis	15	723	22054	12573	2324	3770	.456	.316	.831	30.5	17.4	3.2	5.2	44.6	.097	1.2	18.2
2	2	MIA	Michael Beasley	Kansas State	11	609	13903	7568	2861	788	.465	.349	.759	22.8	12.4	4.7	1.3	15.6	.054	-1.7	0.9
3	3	MIN	O.J. Mayo	USC	8	547	16919	7574	1706	1607	.429	.373	.820	30.9	13.8	3.1	2.9	21.8	.062	-0.9	4.7
4	4	SEA	Russell Westbrook	UCLA	17	1186	39685	25483	8405	9623	.438	.305	.774	33.5	21.5	7.1	8.1	111.4	.135	3.8	58.2
5	5	MEM	Kevin Love	UCLA	17	943	27419	15389	9469	2169	.438	.369	.828	29.1	16.3	10.0	2.3	94.9	.166	3.2	36.3
6	6	NYK	Danilo Gallinari		14	777	22410	11607	3618	1469	.428	.381	.876	28.8	14.9	4.7	1.9	65.4	.140	1.7	20.8
7	7	LAC	Eric Gordon	Indiana	17	903	28406	13954	2083	2465	.429	.370	.810	31.5	15.5	2.3	2.7	41.1	.069	-0.8	8.7
8	8	MIL	Joe Alexander	West Virginia	2	67	745	282	120	44	.410	.340	.698	11.1	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.5	.030	-3.6	-0.3
9	9	CHA	D.J. Augustin	Texas	14	976	22851	9259	1805	3761	.412	.381	.867	23.4	9.5	1.8	3.9	47.7	.100	-0.7	7.6
10	10	NJN	Brook Lopez	Stanford	17	1050	31793	16757	6459	1511	.496	.349	.796	30.3	16.0	6.2	1.4	86.9	.131	1.3	26.4
11	11	IND	Jerryd Bayless	Arizona	11	586	12486	4909	1235	1674	.411	.361	.818	21.3	8.4	2.1	2.9	18.6	.072	-1.6	1.1
12	12	SAC	Jason Thompson	Rider University	8	588	14819	5210	3880	635	.496	.143	.657	25.2	8.9	6.6	1.1	23.8	.077	-2.6	-2.4
13	13	POR	Brandon Rush	Kansas	9	481	10564	3250	1413	468	.426	.402	.706	22.0	6.8	2.9	1.0	11.2	.051	-1.4	1.6
14	14	GSW	Anthony Randolph	LSU	6	252	3841	1789	1078	187	.453	.241	.740	15.2	7.1	4.3	0.7	5.8	.072	-1.6	0.4
15	15	PHO	Robin Lopez	Stanford	16	992	20937	8326	4660	819	.537	.297	.743	21.1	8.4	4.7	0.8	49.6	.114	-1.1	4.6
16	16	PHI	Marreese Speights	Florida	10	705	10640	5592	2875	461	.459	.356	.797	15.1	7.9	4.1	0.7	25.8	.116	-2.2	-0.6
17	17	TOR	Roy Hibbert	Georgetown	9	662	16389	6611	4173	885	.465	.250	.755	24.8	10.0	6.3	1.3	35.9	.105	-1.1	3.5
18	18	WAS	JaVale McGee	Nevada	16	909	14676	6907	4577	386	.578	.192	.604	16.1	7.6	5.0	0.4	43.7	.143	0.0	7.3
19	19	CLE	J.J. Hickson	NC State	8	534	11925	5081	3639	449	.505	.000	.617	22.3	9.5	6.8	0.8	21.9	.088	-1.8	0.5
20	20	CHA	Alexis Ajinça		7	293	3905	1553	1150	143	.503	.286	.797	13.3	5.3	3.9	0.5	7.5	.093	-2.8	-0.8
21	21	NJN	Ryan Anderson	California	12	649	16769	8001	3413	586	.422	.380	.854	25.8	12.3	5.3	0.9	46.7	.134	1.0	12.8
22	22	ORL	Courtney Lee	Western Kentucky	12	811	21938	7765	2127	1353	.451	.388	.853	27.1	9.6	2.6	1.7	39.3	.086	-0.6	7.9
23	23	UTA	Kosta Koufos	Ohio State	11	686	11271	3913	3452	359	.534	.000	.582	16.4	5.7	5.0	0.5	28.3	.120	-1.3	2.0
24	24	SEA	Serge Ibaka		14	919	25127	11028	6513	749	.513	.359	.757	27.3	12.0	7.1	0.8	73.0	.139	0.5	15.7
25	25	HOU	Nicolas Batum		17	1080	31757	11046	5326	3502	.436	.366	.831	29.4	10.2	4.9	3.2	71.3	.108	1.5	27.9
26	26	SAS	George Hill	IUPUI	15	915	24501	9545	2731	2807	.457	.380	.806	26.8	10.4	3.0	3.1	71.0	.139	1.1	19.4
27	27	NOH	Darrell Arthur	Kansas	9	503	8945	3282	1768	409	.444	.352	.765	17.8	6.5	3.5	0.8	12.3	.066	-2.2	-0.4
28	28	MEM	Donté Greene	Syracuse	4	253	4259	1541	600	183	.406	.304	.701	16.8	6.1	2.4	0.7	1.5	.017	-2.8	-0.9
29	29	DET	D.J. White	Indiana	6	138	2111	810	437	80	.507	.333	.720	15.3	5.9	3.2	0.6	3.8	.087	-2.1	0.0
30	30	BOS	J.R. Giddens	New Mexico	2	38	247	73	54	13	.476	.000	.565	6.5	1.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	.027	-4.3	-0.1
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
31	31	MIN	Nikola Peković		6	271	6744	3405	1807	199	.518		.760	24.9	12.6	6.7	0.7	18.8	.134	-0.7	2.2
32	32	SEA	Walter Sharpe	UAB	1	8	20	8	3	0	.364	.000	.000	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1	-.131	-10.1	0.0
33	33	POR	Joey Dorsey	Memphis	4	130	1488	344	513	55	.534	.000	.375	11.4	2.6	3.9	0.4	2.9	.092	-2.7	-0.3
34	34	MIN	Mario Chalmers	Kansas	9	646	17245	5743	1585	2412	.417	.351	.793	26.7	8.9	2.5	3.7	32.3	.090	-0.6	5.9
35	35	LAC	DeAndre Jordan	Texas A&M	17	1067	27298	9304	10545	1005	.674	.154	.475	25.6	8.7	9.9	0.9	97.1	.171	1.2	22.0
36	36	POR	Ömer Aşık		8	471	9216	2479	3362	280	.528	.000	.551	19.6	5.3	7.1	0.6	20.9	.109	-1.9	0.1
37	37	MIL	Luc Mbah a Moute	UCLA	12	689	16038	4380	2800	588	.454	.334	.659	23.3	6.4	4.1	0.9	26.0	.078	-1.5	2.0
38	38	CHA	Kyle Weaver	Washington State	3	73	1379	363	158	119	.441	.353	.736	18.9	5.0	2.2	1.6	1.5	.051	-1.1	0.3
39	39	CHI	Sonny Weems	Arkansas	4	183	3335	1189	402	257	.465	.283	.702	18.2	6.5	2.2	1.4	0.0	.001	-4.2	-1.8
40	40	NJN	Chris Douglas-Roberts	Memphis	6	222	4381	1571	472	254	.439	.329	.831	19.7	7.1	2.1	1.1	5.4	.059	-2.2	-0.2
41	41	IND	Nathan Jawai		2	45	431	126	106	24	.435	.000	.684	9.6	2.8	2.4	0.5	0.2	.020	-4.4	-0.3
42	42	SAC	Sean Singletary	Virginia	1	37	303	90	35	29	.365	.400	.857	8.2	2.4	0.9	0.8	0.0	.006	-5.1	-0.2
43	43	SAC	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown	1	7	19	3	2	2	.000	.000	.750	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.158	-9.1	0.0
44	44	UTA	Ante Tomić
45	45	SAS	Goran Dragić		15	946	25603	12568	2816	4405	.459	.362	.766	27.1	13.3	3.0	4.7	56.7	.106	0.5	15.9
46	46	SEA	Trent Plaisted	BYU
47	47	WAS	Henry Walker	Kansas State	5	181	3016	1079	401	153	.446	.369	.760	16.7	6.0	2.2	0.8	5.0	.079	-1.8	0.2
48	48	PHO	Malik Hairston	Oregon	2	62	472	149	77	29	.512	.167	.514	7.6	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.8	.086	-2.0	0.0
49	49	GSW	Richard Hendrix	Alabama
50	50	SEA	DeVon Hardin	California
51	51	DAL	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt
52	52	MIA	Darnell Jackson	Kansas	3	138	1039	308	203	26	.449	.235	.644	7.5	2.2	1.5	0.2	1.3	.059	-5.2	-0.8
53	53	UTA	Tadija Dragićević
54	54	HOU	Maarty Leunen	Oregon
55	55	POR	Mike Taylor	Iowa State	1	51	771	289	87	106	.412	.325	.691	15.1	5.7	1.7	2.1	-0.4	-.028	-5.2	-0.6
56	56	SEA	Sasha Kaun	Kansas	1	25	95	23	26	3	.529		.455	3.8	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.2	.096	-2.8	0.0
57	57	SAS	James Gist	Maryland
58	58	LAL	Joe Crawford	Kentucky	1	2	23	9	4	1	.300	.250	1.000	11.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	.037	-2.7	0.0
59	59	DET	Deron Washington	Virginia Tech
60	60	BOS	Semih Erden		2	69	928	262	190	29	.546		.594	13.4	3.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	.094	-3.6	-0.4

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