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2009 NBA Draft

2008 NBA Draft 2010 NBA Draft

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 60 (50 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Blake Griffin (81.1 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: J. Harden (174.7), S. Curry (143.1) and D. DeRozan (108.5)

All-Stars: 6 (S. Curry, D. DeRozan, B. Griffin, J. Harden, J. Holiday and J. Teague)

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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	LAC	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	13	765	24384	14513	6109	3055	.493	.328	.696	31.9	19.0	8.0	4.0	81.1	.160	3.3	32.8
2	2	MEM	Hasheem Thabeet	UConn	5	224	2357	483	595	27	.567		.578	10.5	2.2	2.7	0.1	4.8	.099	-2.7	-0.4
3	3	OKC	James Harden	Arizona State	16	1151	40012	27687	6473	8316	.439	.363	.861	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	174.7	.210	6.3	84.2
4	4	SAC	Tyreke Evans	Memphis	10	594	18242	9347	2720	2852	.440	.323	.757	30.7	15.7	4.6	4.8	28.4	.075	0.8	13.1
5	5	MIN	Ricky Rubio		12	698	20694	7570	2830	5160	.388	.324	.843	29.6	10.8	4.1	7.4	42.3	.098	0.5	13.3
6	6	MIN	Jonny Flynn	Syracuse	3	163	3738	1504	307	634	.400	.338	.809	22.9	9.2	1.9	3.9	-1.1	-.015	-4.0	-1.9
7	7	GSW	Stephen Curry	Davidson	16	1026	34975	25386	4819	6540	.471	.423	.911	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	143.1	.196	6.5	74.7
8	8	NYK	Jordan Hill	Arizona	8	409	7692	3232	2389	322	.497	.136	.699	18.8	7.9	5.8	0.8	16.4	.102	-2.0	0.0
9	9	TOR	DeMar DeRozan	USC	16	1187	41228	25292	5208	4869	.469	.300	.842	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	108.5	.126	0.8	29.4
10	10	MIL	Brandon Jennings		9	555	16844	7801	1659	3151	.387	.345	.796	30.3	14.1	3.0	5.7	29.9	.085	0.8	11.8
11	11	NJN	Terrence Williams	Louisville	4	153	2922	1085	545	364	.412	.317	.659	19.1	7.1	3.6	2.4	-0.2	-.004	-2.8	-0.6
12	12	CHA	Gerald Henderson	Duke	8	535	13854	5987	1716	1009	.440	.327	.793	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.9	18.3	.063	-1.8	0.6
13	13	IND	Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	7	428	7233	2881	1808	181	.439	.136	.738	16.9	6.7	4.2	0.4	20.2	.134	-2.0	0.0
14	14	PHO	Earl Clark	Louisville	6	261	3630	1138	778	134	.403	.328	.664	13.9	4.4	3.0	0.5	2.9	.038	-2.8	-0.8
15	15	DET	Austin Daye	Gonzaga	6	293	4132	1522	764	212	.402	.351	.778	14.1	5.2	2.6	0.7	4.5	.053	-2.0	0.0
16	16	CHI	James Johnson	Wake Forest	16	786	15561	5830	2716	1610	.473	.300	.678	19.8	7.4	3.5	2.0	27.4	.084	0.4	9.3
17	17	PHI	Jrue Holiday	UCLA	16	1037	34160	16422	4340	6440	.462	.370	.788	32.9	15.8	4.2	6.2	74.6	.105	1.6	31.1
18	18	MIN	Ty Lawson	UNC	8	551	16088	6977	1506	3316	.460	.359	.770	29.2	12.7	2.7	6.0	42.1	.126	1.4	13.6
19	19	ATL	Jeff Teague	Wake Forest	12	826	22164	10061	1989	4585	.444	.360	.844	26.8	12.2	2.4	5.6	52.4	.113	0.6	14.3
20	20	UTA	Eric Maynor	VCU	5	267	3896	1141	348	760	.392	.350	.721	14.6	4.3	1.3	2.8	3.3	.041	-2.9	-0.8
21	21	NOH	Darren Collison	UCLA	11	711	20833	8861	1889	3545	.471	.394	.853	29.3	12.5	2.7	5.0	49.9	.115	0.5	13.4
22	22	POR	Victor Claver		3	80	1072	258	178	56	.398	.293	.585	13.4	3.2	2.2	0.7	0.2	.011	-3.6	-0.4
23	23	SAC	Omri Casspi		10	588	11959	4642	2355	662	.454	.368	.678	20.3	7.9	4.0	1.1	19.6	.078	-0.8	3.5
24	24	DAL	Byron Mullens	Ohio State	5	189	3446	1398	790	153	.408	.319	.706	18.2	7.4	4.2	0.8	0.6	.008	-4.0	-1.8
25	25	OKC	Rodrigue Beaubois		4	182	2896	1286	338	374	.439	.325	.810	15.9	7.1	1.9	2.1	4.8	.079	-0.1	1.4
26	26	CHI	Taj Gibson	USC	16	1002	23069	8397	5727	946	.517	.266	.712	23.0	8.4	5.7	0.9	60.2	.125	-0.9	6.5
27	27	MEM	DeMarre Carroll	Missouri	11	578	13675	5150	2454	726	.430	.358	.741	23.7	8.9	4.2	1.3	29.5	.104	0.0	6.7
28	28	MIN	Wayne Ellington	UNC	13	770	16100	6190	1643	852	.410	.382	.843	20.9	8.0	2.1	1.1	21.1	.063	-1.5	2.2
29	29	LAL	Toney Douglas	Florida State	8	394	7511	3009	875	889	.404	.354	.824	19.1	7.6	2.2	2.3	12.1	.077	-0.8	2.2
30	30	CLE	Christian Eyenga		2	51	1049	320	137	40	.411	.277	.611	20.6	6.3	2.7	0.8	-0.4	-.020	-4.2	-0.6
			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	SAC	Jeff Ayres	Arizona State	6	237	2322	690	632	99	.553	.400	.776	9.8	2.9	2.7	0.4	6.3	.131	-2.3	-0.2
32	32	WAS	Jermaine Taylor	Central Florida	2	65	786	351	108	48	.441	.284	.730	12.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	0.2	.014	-3.7	-0.3
33	33	POR	Dante Cunningham	Villanova	10	715	14875	4133	2676	506	.469	.345	.649	20.8	5.8	3.7	0.7	24.9	.080	-1.7	1.1
34	34	DEN	Sergio Llull
35	35	DET	DaJuan Summers	Georgetown	4	83	820	278	82	29	.384	.367	.642	9.9	3.3	1.0	0.3	-0.1	-.008	-5.8	-0.8
36	36	MEM	Sam Young	Pitt	4	249	3966	1436	573	180	.442	.280	.742	15.9	5.8	2.3	0.7	5.2	.063	-2.1	-0.1
37	37	SAS	DeJuan Blair	Pitt	7	424	7054	2865	2153	349	.524	.000	.608	16.6	6.8	5.1	0.8	19.0	.129	-1.2	1.4
38	38	POR	Jon Brockman	Washington	3	150	1570	320	472	49	.488	.000	.618	10.5	2.1	3.1	0.3	3.7	.113	-3.9	-0.8
39	39	DET	Jonas Jerebko		9	635	11323	3919	2522	525	.457	.363	.770	17.8	6.2	4.0	0.8	25.8	.109	-1.0	2.9
40	40	CHA	Derrick Brown	Xavier	3	171	2554	895	413	119	.515	.317	.637	14.9	5.2	2.4	0.7	4.5	.085	-1.3	0.4
41	41	MIL	Jodie Meeks	Kentucky	10	539	12110	4988	1120	583	.420	.373	.879	22.5	9.3	2.1	1.1	24.3	.096	-0.6	4.2
42	42	LAL	Patrick Beverley	Arkansas	12	666	17689	5520	2729	2245	.413	.371	.760	26.6	8.3	4.1	3.4	40.2	.109	0.7	12.1
43	43	MIA	Marcus Thornton	LSU	8	483	11299	5750	1348	677	.425	.358	.830	23.4	11.9	2.8	1.4	20.0	.085	0.2	6.2
44	44	DET	Chase Budinger	Arizona	7	407	7998	3198	1240	473	.430	.352	.797	19.7	7.9	3.0	1.2	13.9	.083	-0.5	2.9
45	45	MIN	Nick Calathes	Florida	2	129	2011	590	243	353	.441	.288	.581	15.6	4.6	1.9	2.7	2.6	.063	-0.5	0.8
46	46	CLE	Danny Green	UNC	15	832	20899	7204	2827	1277	.421	.400	.805	25.1	8.7	3.4	1.5	49.3	.113	1.8	20.2
47	47	MIN	Henk Norel
48	48	PHO	Taylor Griffin	Oklahoma	1	8	32	10	2	1	.400	.000	.500	4.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	-.039	-8.1	-0.1
49	49	ATL	Sergiy Gladyr
50	50	UTA	Goran Suton	Michigan State
51	51	SAS	Jack McClinton	Miami (FL)
52	52	IND	A.J. Price	UConn	6	261	3929	1523	377	567	.380	.316	.742	15.1	5.8	1.4	2.2	4.7	.058	-1.3	0.7
53	53	SAS	Nando De Colo		2	119	1414	453	211	203	.429	.363	.835	11.9	3.8	1.8	1.7	2.4	.081	-0.7	0.5
54	54	CHA	Robert Vaden	UAB
55	55	POR	Patty Mills	Saint Mary's	16	921	18316	8004	1491	2010	.423	.385	.857	19.9	8.7	1.6	2.2	35.9	.094	-0.2	8.5
56	56	DAL	Ahmad Nivins	Saint Joseph's
57	57	PHO	Emir Preldžić
58	58	BOS	Lester Hudson	University of Tennessee at Martin	4	57	594	268	77	71	.375	.277	.806	10.4	4.7	1.4	1.2	0.2	.016	-2.1	0.0
59	59	LAL	Chinemelu Elonu	Texas A&M
60	60	MIA	Robert Dozier	Memphis

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