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 (34.3 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: R. Westbrook (82.4), K. Love (74.0) and D. Jordan (69.5)

All-Stars: 6 (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	University of Memphis	9	477	16480	9255	1753	2811	.451	.297	.821	34.5	19.4	3.7	5.9	34.3	.100	0.5	10.3
2	2	MIA	Michael Beasley	Kansas State University	10	529	12273	6575	2457	657	.460	.345	.756	23.2	12.4	4.6	1.2	12.9	.051	-3.5	-4.6
3	3	MIN	O.J. Mayo	University of Southern California	8	547	16919	7574	1706	1607	.429	.373	.820	30.9	13.8	3.1	2.9	21.8	.062	-0.8	5.1
4	4	SEA	Russell Westbrook	University of California, Los Angeles	10	693	23685	15725	4382	5540	.432	.312	.819	34.2	22.7	6.3	8.0	82.4	.167	6.4	50.4
5	5	MEM	Kevin Love	University of California, Los Angeles	10	602	19534	11092	6882	1416	.443	.364	.823	32.4	18.4	11.4	2.4	74.0	.182	2.9	24.1
6	6	NYK	Danilo Gallinari		9	471	14671	7200	2199	928	.418	.367	.864	31.1	15.3	4.7	2.0	41.1	.135	0.9	10.9
7	7	LAC	Eric Gordon	Indiana University	10	514	17163	8560	1298	1614	.429	.375	.818	33.4	16.7	2.5	3.1	27.5	.077	-0.7	5.6
8	8	MIL	Joe Alexander	West Virginia University	2	67	745	282	120	44	.410	.340	.698	11.1	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.5	.030	-3.3	-0.2
9	9	CHA	D.J. Augustin	University of Texas at Austin	10	672	15815	6389	1196	2565	.403	.372	.862	23.5	9.5	1.8	3.8	32.0	.097	-1.7	1.3
10	10	NJN	Brook Lopez	Stanford University	10	587	18689	10774	4118	909	.504	.324	.794	31.8	18.4	7.0	1.5	50.9	.131	0.9	13.6
11	11	IND	Jerryd Bayless	University of Arizona	10	533	11446	4571	1143	1538	.414	.365	.825	21.5	8.6	2.1	2.9	18.1	.076	-1.8	0.6
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	-1.7	1.3
13	13	POR	Brandon Rush	University of Kansas	9	481	10564	3250	1413	468	.426	.402	.706	22.0	6.8	2.9	1.0	11.2	.051	-1.7	0.7
14	14	GSW	Anthony Randolph	Louisiana State University	6	252	3841	1789	1078	187	.453	.241	.740	15.2	7.1	4.3	0.7	5.8	.072	-2.1	-0.1
15	15	PHO	Robin Lopez	Stanford University	10	653	15114	5819	3609	480	.526	.154	.761	23.1	8.9	5.5	0.7	39.4	.125	0.4	9.0
16	16	PHI	Marreese Speights	University of Florida	10	674	10206	5339	2787	433	.462	.356	.798	15.1	7.9	4.1	0.6	25.3	.119	-2.8	-2.2
17	17	TOR	Roy Hibbert	Georgetown University	9	662	16389	6611	4173	885	.465	.250	.755	24.8	10.0	6.3	1.3	35.9	.105	0.2	9.1
18	18	WAS	JaVale McGee	University of Nevada, Reno	10	517	8909	3950	2533	168	.554	.091	.578	17.2	7.6	4.9	0.3	24.0	.129	-0.6	3.1
19	19	CLE	J.J. Hickson	North Carolina State University	8	534	11925	5081	3639	449	.505	.000	.617	22.3	9.5	6.8	0.8	21.9	.088	-2.3	-0.9
20	20	CHA	Alexis Ajinca		7	293	3905	1553	1150	143	.503	.286	.797	13.3	5.3	3.9	0.5	7.5	.093	-2.5	-0.5
21	21	NJN	Ryan Anderson	University of California	10	579	15373	7598	3144	522	.424	.383	.860	26.6	13.1	5.4	0.9	44.3	.138	0.8	10.9
22	22	ORL	Courtney Lee	Western Kentucky University	10	703	19685	6942	1909	1195	.453	.389	.851	28.0	9.9	2.7	1.7	36.5	.089	-0.1	9.6
23	23	UTA	Kosta Koufos	Ohio State University	10	599	9851	3402	2952	265	.532	.000	.595	16.4	5.7	4.9	0.4	24.6	.120	-1.0	2.6
24	24	SEA	Serge Ibaka		9	625	18120	7513	4533	397	.516	.371	.754	29.0	12.0	7.3	0.6	54.3	.144	0.7	12.4
25	25	HOU	Nicolas Batum		10	640	20246	7721	3393	2358	.435	.354	.840	31.6	12.1	5.3	3.7	47.1	.112	2.6	23.5
26	26	SAS	George Hill	Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	10	622	17943	7245	1991	2059	.453	.381	.801	28.8	11.6	3.2	3.3	54.6	.146	2.0	18.1
27	27	NOH	Darrell Arthur	University of Kansas	9	487	8828	3230	1756	401	.443	.349	.766	18.1	6.6	3.6	0.8	12.2	.067	-1.8	0.4
28	28	MEM	Donte Greene	Syracuse University	4	253	4259	1541	600	183	.406	.304	.701	16.8	6.1	2.4	0.7	1.5	.017	-3.8	-2.0
29	29	DET	D.J. White	Indiana University	6	138	2111	810	437	80	.507	.333	.720	15.3	5.9	3.2	0.6	3.8	.087	-3.4	-0.7
30	30	BOS	J.R. Giddens	University of New Mexico	2	38	247	73	54	13	.476	.000	.565	6.5	1.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	.027	-4.6	-0.2
			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 Pekovic		6	271	6744	3405	1807	199	.518		.760	24.9	12.6	6.7	0.7	18.8	.134	-0.8	2.0
32	32	SEA	Walter Sharpe	University of Alabama at Birmingham	1	8	20	8	3	0	.364	.000	.000	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1	-.131	-16.5	-0.1
33	33	POR	Joey Dorsey	University of Memphis	4	130	1488	344	513	55	.534	.000	.375	11.4	2.6	3.9	0.4	2.9	.092	-1.3	0.3
34	34	MIN	Mario Chalmers	University of Kansas	9	605	16411	5429	1500	2304	.418	.353	.787	27.1	9.0	2.5	3.8	31.9	.093	0.4	10.0
35	35	LAC	DeAndre Jordan	Texas A&M University	10	697	19401	6404	7160	463	.677	.091	.434	27.8	9.2	10.3	0.7	69.5	.172	2.1	20.2
36	36	POR	Omer Asik		8	459	9091	2468	3335	279	.529	.000	.554	19.8	5.4	7.3	0.6	21.0	.111	-1.5	1.3
37	37	MIL	Luc Mbah a Moute	University of California, Los Angeles	10	643	14965	4056	2682	552	.453	.334	.660	23.3	6.3	4.2	0.9	24.2	.078	-0.8	4.5
38	38	CHA	Kyle Weaver	Washington State University	3	73	1379	363	158	119	.441	.353	.736	18.9	5.0	2.2	1.6	1.5	.051	-1.3	0.3
39	39	CHI	Sonny Weems	University of Arkansas	4	183	3335	1189	402	257	.465	.283	.702	18.2	6.5	2.2	1.4	0.0	.001	-4.2	-1.9
40	40	NJN	Chris Douglas-Roberts	University of Memphis	6	222	4381	1571	472	254	.439	.329	.831	19.7	7.1	2.1	1.1	5.4	.059	-2.9	-1.0
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	-4.0	-0.2
42	42	SAC	Sean Singletary	University of Virginia	1	37	303	90	35	29	.365	.400	.857	8.2	2.4	0.9	0.8	0.0	.006	-4.9	-0.2
43	43	SAC	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown University	1	7	19	3	2	2	.000	.000	.750	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.158	-9.3	0.0
44	44	UTA	Ante Tomic
45	45	SAS	Goran Dragic		10	672	18665	9063	1998	3225	.471	.365	.757	27.8	13.5	3.0	4.8	45.8	.118	1.3	15.8
46	46	SEA	Trent Plaisted	Brigham Young University Hawaii
47	47	WAS	Bill Walker	Kansas State University	5	181	3016	1079	401	153	.446	.369	.760	16.7	6.0	2.2	0.8	5.0	.079	-1.3	0.5
48	48	PHO	Malik Hairston	University of Oregon	2	62	472	149	77	29	.512	.167	.514	7.6	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.8	.086	-1.9	0.0
49	49	GSW	Richard Hendrix	University of Alabama
50	50	SEA	DeVon Hardin	University of California
51	51	DAL	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt University
52	52	MIA	Darnell Jackson	University of Kansas	3	138	1039	308	203	26	.449	.235	.644	7.5	2.2	1.5	0.2	1.3	.059	-4.9	-0.7
53	53	UTA	Tadija Dragicevic
54	54	HOU	Maarty Leunen	University of Oregon
55	55	POR	Mike Taylor	Iowa State University	1	51	771	289	87	106	.412	.325	.691	15.1	5.7	1.7	2.1	-0.4	-.028	-5.5	-0.7
56	56	SEA	Sasha Kaun	University of Kansas	1	25	95	23	26	3	.529		.455	3.8	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.2	.096	-0.8	0.0
57	57	SAS	James Gist	University of Maryland
58	58	LAL	Joe Crawford	University of Kentucky	1	2	23	9	4	1	.300	.250	1.000	11.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	.037	-5.6	0.0
59	59	DET	Deron Washington	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
60	60	BOS	Semih Erden		2	69	928	262	190	29	.546		.594	13.4	3.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	.094	-2.0	0.0

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