2008
ShamSports NBA Draft database

2008 NBA Draft

Every selection currently recorded in the dedicated ShamSports draft-history database.

First round

3 overall

O.J. Mayo

SG 6'4 USC USA
Current status: Free agent
5 overall

Kevin Love

PF/C 6'8 UCLA USA
Current status: Utah Jazz
7 overall

Eric Gordon

SG 6'3 Indiana USA/Bahamas
Current status: Philadelphia 76ers
8 overall

Joe Alexander

SF/PF 6'8 West Virginia USA/Taiwan/Israel
Retired
10 overall

Brook Lopez

C 7'1 Stanford USA
Current status: Los Angeles Clippers
18 overall

JaVale McGee

C 7'0 Nevada USA
Current status: Signed in Australia
19 overall

J.J. Hickson

PF 6'9 North Carolina State USA
Retired
20 overall

Alexis Ajinca

C 7'2 Hyeres-Toulon (France) France
Retired
22 overall

Courtney Lee

SG 6'5 Western Kentucky USA
Retired
23 overall

Kosta Koufos

C 7'0 Ohio State Greece/USA
Retired
24 overall

Serge Ibaka

PF/C 7'0 L'Hospitalet (Spain) Republic of Congo/Spain
Current status: Free agent
25 overall

Nicolas Batum

SG/SF/PF 6'8 Le Mans (France) France/Cameroon
Retired
28 overall

Donte Greene

SF/PF 6'11 Syracuse USA/Germany
Retired
29 overall

D.J. White

PF 6'9 Indiana USA
Retired

Second round

31 overall

Nikola Pekovic

C 6'11 Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) Montenegro
Retired
32 overall

Walter Sharpe

SF/PF 6'9 UAB USA
Current status: Free agent
34 overall

Mario Chalmers

PG 6'2 Kansas USA
Current status: Free agent
35 overall

DeAndre Jordan

C 6'11 Texas A&M USA
Current status: New Orleans Pelicans
36 overall

Omer Asik

C 7'0 Fenerbahce (Turkey) Turkey
Retired
38 overall

Kyle Weaver

SG 6'6 Washington State USA
Retired
39 overall

Sonny Weems

SG/SF 6'6 Arkansas USA
Current status: Signed in China
41 overall

Nathan Jawai

C 6'10 Midland College Australia
Retired
44 overall

Ante Tomic

C 7'1 KK Zagreb (Croatia) Croatia
Current status: Signed in Spain
Draft rights still held
45 overall

Goran Dragic

PG 6'4 Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) Slovenia
Retired
50 overall

DeVon Hardin

C 6'11 California USA
Retired
Draft rights still held
53 overall

Tadija Dragicevic

PF 6'9 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) Serbia
Retired
Draft rights still held
54 overall

Maarty Leunen

PF 6'9 Oregon USA
Retired
Draft rights still held
55 overall

Mike Taylor

PG/SG 6'2 Idaho Stampede (D League) USA
Retired
56 overall

Sasha Kaun

C 6'11 Kansas Russia
Retired
57 overall

James Gist

PF 6'9 Maryland USA
Retired
60 overall

Semih Erden

C 6'11 Fenerbahce (Turkey) Turkey
Retired

NCAA early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
A.J. Abrams SG 5'11 160 lbs 10/16/1986 Texas USA Withdrew
Josh Akognon PG/SG 5'11 185 lbs 02/10/1986 Cal State Fullerton USA/Nigeria Withdrew
Joe Alexander SF/PF 6'8 230 lbs 12/26/1986 West Virginia USA/Taiwan/Israel Stayed in
Antonio Anderson SG 6'6 215 lbs 06/05/1985 Memphis USA Withdrew
Ryan Anderson PF 6'10 240 lbs 05/06/1988 California USA Stayed in
Darrell Arthur PF 6'9 235 lbs 03/25/1988 Kansas USA Stayed in
D.J. Augustin PG 5'11 183 lbs 11/10/1987 Texas USA Stayed in
Jerryd Bayless PG/SG 6'3 200 lbs 08/20/1988 Arizona USA Stayed in
Michael Beasley SF/PF 6'9 235 lbs 01/09/1989 Kansas State USA Stayed in
Keith Brumbaugh SF 6'10 215 lbs 07/30/1985 Hillsborough CC USA Stayed in
Chase Budinger SF 6'7 209 lbs 05/22/1988 Arizona USA Withdrew
Derrick Caracter PF/C 6'9 275 lbs 05/04/1988 UTEP USA Withdrew
DeMarre Carroll SF/PF 6'8 215 lbs 07/27/1986 Missouri USA Withdrew
Josh Carter SG/SF 6'7 195 lbs 11/20/1986 Texas A&M USA Withdrew
Mario Chalmers PG 6'2 190 lbs 05/19/1986 Kansas USA Stayed in
Chris Douglas-Roberts SG/SF 6'7 210 lbs 01/08/1987 Memphis USA Stayed in
Robert Dozier PF/C 6'9 215 lbs 11/06/1985 Memphis USA Withdrew
Wayne Ellington SG 6'4 207 lbs 11/29/1987 North Carolina USA Withdrew
Alonzo Gee SG/SF 6'6 219 lbs 05/29/1987 Alabama USA Withdrew
C.J. Giles PF/C 6'10 220 lbs 09/25/1985 Oregon State USA/Bahrain Stayed in
Eric Gordon SG 6'3 215 lbs 12/25/1988 Indiana USA/Bahamas Stayed in
Jamont Gordon PG/SG 6'4 225 lbs 03/16/1987 Mississippi State USA Stayed in
Danny Green SG/SF 6'6 215 lbs 06/22/1987 North Carolina USA Withdrew
Donte Greene SF/PF 6'11 226 lbs 02/21/1988 Syracuse USA/Germany Stayed in
Richard Hendrix PF 6'9 255 lbs 11/15/1986 Alabama USA/North Macedonia Stayed in
J.J. Hickson PF 6'9 242 lbs 09/04/1988 North Carolina State USA Stayed in
George Hill PG/SG 6'3 188 lbs 05/04/1986 IUPUI USA Stayed in
Lester Hudson PG/SG 6'3 190 lbs 08/07/1984 Tennessee-Martin USA Withdrew
Shawn James PF 6'10 225 lbs 09/01/1983 Duquesne USA Stayed in
Davon Jefferson PF 6'8 215 lbs 11/03/1986 USC USA Stayed in
DeAndre Jordan C 6'11 265 lbs 07/21/1988 Texas A&M USA Stayed in
Kosta Koufos C 7'0 245 lbs 02/24/1989 Ohio State Greece/USA Stayed in
Ty Lawson PG 5'11 195 lbs 11/03/1987 North Carolina USA Withdrew
Brook Lopez C 7'1 282 lbs 04/01/1988 Stanford USA Stayed in
Robin Lopez C 7'1 281 lbs 04/01/1988 Stanford USA Stayed in
Kevin Love PF/C 6'8 251 lbs 09/07/1988 UCLA USA Stayed in
Leo Lyons PF 6'9 225 lbs 05/25/1987 Missouri USA Withdrew
O.J. Mayo SG 6'4 210 lbs 11/05/1987 USC USA Stayed in
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute SF/PF 6'8 230 lbs 09/09/1986 UCLA Cameroon Stayed in
JaVale McGee C 7'0 270 lbs 01/19/1988 Nevada USA Stayed in
Jerel McNeal SG 6'3 200 lbs 06/01/1987 Marquette USA Withdrew
Jeremy Pargo PG 6'2 219 lbs 03/17/1986 Gonzaga USA Withdrew
Trent Plaisted C 6'11 245 lbs 10/20/1986 Brigham Young USA Stayed in
Anthony Randolph PF/C 6'11 225 lbs 07/15/1989 Louisiana State USA/Slovenia Stayed in
Derrick Rose PG 6'3 200 lbs 10/04/1988 Memphis USA Stayed in
Brandon Rush SG/SF 6'6 220 lbs 07/07/1985 Kansas USA Stayed in
Walter Sharpe SF/PF 6'9 245 lbs 07/18/1986 UAB USA Stayed in
Josh Shipp SG 6'5 215 lbs 02/16/1985 UCLA USA Withdrew
Marreese Speights PF/C 6'10 255 lbs 08/04/1987 Florida USA Stayed in
Robert Vaden SG 6'5 205 lbs 03/03/1985 UAB USA Withdrew
Lorrenzo Wade SG/SF 6'6 225 lbs 11/23/1985 San Diego State USA Withdrew
Henry Walker SF 6'6 235 lbs 10/09/1987 Kansas State USA Stayed in
Russell Westbrook PG 6'4 200 lbs 11/12/1988 UCLA USA Stayed in

International early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Alexis Ajinca C 7'2 248 lbs 05/06/1988 Hyeres-Toulon (France) France Stayed in
Nicolas Batum SG/SF/PF 6'8 230 lbs 12/14/1988 Le Mans (France) France/Cameroon Stayed in
Rodrigue Beaubois PG/SG 6'1 183 lbs 02/24/1988 Cholet (France) France Withdrew
Mikhail Berishvili SF 6'8 200 lbs 12/04/1987 Prat (Spain) Georgia Withdrew
Omri Casspi SF/PF 6'9 225 lbs 06/22/1988 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) Israel Withdrew
Victor Claver SF/PF 6'10 235 lbs 08/30/1988 Valencia (Spain) Spain Withdrew
Nando De Colo PG/SG 6'5 195 lbs 06/23/1987 Cholet (France) France Withdrew
Danilo Gallinari SF/PF 6'10 236 lbs 08/08/1988 Milano (Italy) Italy Stayed in
Serge Ibaka PF/C 7'0 235 lbs 09/18/1989 L'Hospitalet (Spain) Republic of Congo/Spain Stayed in
Joe Ingles SF 6'9 220 lbs 10/02/1987 Melbourne South Dragons (Australia) Australia/Britain Withdrew
Jonas Jerebko PF 6'10 231 lbs 03/02/1987 Biella (Italy) Sweden/USA Withdrew
Henk Norel PF/C 6'10 230 lbs 09/17/1987 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) Netherlands Withdrew
Giorgi Shermadini C 7'1 248 lbs 04/02/1989 Panathinaikos (Greece) Georgia Withdrew
Ante Tomic C 7'1 225 lbs 02/17/1987 KK Zagreb (Croatia) Croatia Stayed in

Draft terminology

Relevant explanations from The CBA Glossary.