2009
ShamSports NBA Draft database

2009 NBA Draft

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

First round

2 overall

Hasheem Thabeet

C 7'3 Connecticut Tanzania
Current status: Signed elsewhere in Africa
3 overall

James Harden

PG/SG 6'5 Arizona State USA
Current status: Los Angeles Clippers
5 overall

Ricky Rubio

PG 6'2 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) Spain
Current status: Signed in Spain
7 overall

Stephen Curry

PG 6'2 Davidson USA
Current status: Golden State Warriors
9 overall

DeMar DeRozan

SG/SF/PF 6'6 USC USA
Current status: Sacramento Kings
14 overall

Earl Clark

SF/PF 6'10 Louisville USA
Current status: Signed in Uruguay
15 overall

Austin Daye

SF/PF 6'11 Gonzaga USA
Current status: Signed in Taiwan
16 overall

James Johnson

SF/PF/C 6'7 Wake Forest USA
Current status: Free agent
17 overall

Jrue Holiday

PG/SG 6'3 UCLA USA
Current status: Portland Trail Blazers
18 overall

Ty Lawson

PG 5'11 North Carolina USA
Retired
19 overall

Jeff Teague

PG 6'3 Wake Forest USA
Retired
20 overall

Eric Maynor

PG 6'3 Virginia Commonwealth USA
Retired
22 overall

Victor Claver

SF/PF 6'10 Valencia (Spain) Spain
Retired
23 overall

Omri Casspi

SF/PF 6'9 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) Israel
Retired
24 overall

Byron Mullens

C 7'0 Ohio State USA/Britain
Current status: Free agent
25 overall

Rodrigue Beaubois

PG/SG 6'1 Cholet (France) France
Current status: Anadolu Efes
26 overall

Taj Gibson

PF/C 6'9 USC USA
Current status: Free agent
29 overall

Toney Douglas

PG/SG 6'2 Florida State USA
Current status: Signed in Israel
30 overall

Christian Eyenga

SG/SF 6'7 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) D.R. Congo
Current status: Free agent

Second round

31 overall

Jeff Ayres

PF/C 6'10 Arizona State USA
Retired
34 overall

Sergio Llull

PG/SG 6'3 Real Madrid (Spain) Spain
Current status: Real Madrid
Draft rights still held
35 overall

DaJuan Summers

SF/PF 6'8 Georgetown USA
Current status: Free agent
36 overall

Sam Young

SF 6'6 Pittsburgh USA/Lebanon
Retired
39 overall

Jonas Jerebko

PF 6'10 Biella (Italy) Sweden/USA
Retired
42 overall

Patrick Beverley

PG 6'2 Dnipro (Ukraine) USA
Current status: PAOK Thessaloniki
43 overall

Marcus Thornton

SG 6'4 Louisiana State USA
Current status: Free agent
45 overall

Nick Calathes

PG 6'6 Florida USA/Greece
Current status: Partizan Belgrade
46 overall

Danny Green

SG/SF 6'6 North Carolina USA
Retired
47 overall

Henk Norel

PF/C 6'10 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) Netherlands
Retired
Draft rights still held
49 overall

Sergiy Gladyr

SG 6'5 MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine) Ukraine
Retired
Draft rights still held
50 overall

Goran Suton

PF/C 6'10 Michigan State Bosnia/USA
Retired
52 overall

A.J. Price

PG 6'2 Connecticut USA
Retired
53 overall

Nando De Colo

PG/SG 6'5 Cholet (France) France
Retired
56 overall

Ahmad Nivins

PF/C 6'9 Saint Joseph's USA
Retired
57 overall

Emir Preldzic

SF 6'9 Fenerbahce (Turkey) Bosnia/Slovenia/Turkey
Current status: Signed in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Draft rights still held
58 overall

Lester Hudson

PG/SG 6'3 Tennessee-Martin USA
Retired
59 overall

Chinemelu Elonu

PF/C 6'10 Texas A&M Nigeria
Current status: Free agent
Draft rights still held

NCAA early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Darion Anderson SG 6'2 205 lbs 04/08/1987 Iowa State USA Withdrew
Dominique Archie SF 6'7 217 lbs 08/19/1987 South Carolina USA Withdrew
DeJuan Blair PF 6'8 270 lbs 04/22/1989 Pittsburgh USA Stayed in
Derrick Brown SF/PF 6'7 225 lbs 09/08/1987 Xavier (Ohio) USA Stayed in
Chase Budinger SF 6'7 209 lbs 05/22/1988 Arizona USA Stayed in
Nick Calathes PG 6'6 213 lbs 02/07/1989 Florida USA/Greece Stayed in
Earl Clark SF/PF 6'10 225 lbs 01/17/1988 Louisville USA Stayed in
Dwayne Collins PF/C 6'8 241 lbs 04/13/1988 Miami (FL) USA Withdrew
Brandon Costner PF 6'9 230 lbs 07/21/1987 North Carolina State USA Stayed in
Stephen Curry PG 6'2 185 lbs 03/14/1988 Davidson USA Stayed in
Bryan Davis PF 6'9 250 lbs 12/31/1986 Texas A&M USA Withdrew
Austin Daye SF/PF 6'11 200 lbs 06/05/1988 Gonzaga USA Stayed in
DeMar DeRozan SG/SF/PF 6'6 220 lbs 08/07/1989 USC USA Stayed in
Eric Devendorf PG/SG 6'4 180 lbs 04/21/1987 Syracuse USA Stayed in
Devan Downey PG 5'9 175 lbs 09/28/1987 South Carolina USA Withdrew
Wayne Ellington SG 6'4 207 lbs 11/29/1987 North Carolina USA Stayed in
Chinemelu Elonu PF/C 6'10 235 lbs 03/11/1987 Texas A&M Nigeria Stayed in
Tyreke Evans SG/SF 6'6 220 lbs 09/19/1989 Memphis USA Stayed in
Gary Flowers SF 6'8 214 lbs 04/22/1986 Southern Mississippi USA Withdrew
Jonny Flynn PG 6'0 185 lbs 02/06/1989 Syracuse USA Stayed in
Jonathan Gibson PG/SG 6'1 171 lbs 11/08/1987 New Mexico State USA Withdrew
Kyle Gibson SG 6'4 205 lbs 05/22/1987 Louisiana Tech USA Withdrew
Taj Gibson PF/C 6'9 232 lbs 06/24/1985 USC USA Stayed in
Blake Griffin PF 6'9 250 lbs 03/16/1989 Oklahoma USA Stayed in
Daniel Hackett PG/SG 6'5 215 lbs 12/19/1987 USC USA/Italy Stayed in
Luke Harangody SF/PF 6'7 245 lbs 01/02/1988 Notre Dame USA Withdrew
James Harden PG/SG 6'5 220 lbs 08/26/1989 Arizona State USA Stayed in
Paul Harris SG/SF 6'4 230 lbs 10/15/1986 Syracuse USA Stayed in
Gerald Henderson SG 6'5 215 lbs 12/09/1987 Duke USA Stayed in
Jordan Hill PF/C 6'10 235 lbs 07/27/1987 Arizona USA Stayed in
Jrue Holiday PG/SG 6'3 205 lbs 06/12/1990 UCLA USA Stayed in
Damion James SF/PF 6'7 225 lbs 10/07/1987 Texas USA Withdrew
James Johnson SF/PF/C 6'7 240 lbs 02/20/1987 Wake Forest USA Stayed in
Mac Koshwal PF 6'10 255 lbs 10/19/1987 DePaul Sudan Withdrew
Gani Lawal PF/C 6'9 234 lbs 11/07/1988 Georgia Tech USA/Nigeria Withdrew
Ty Lawson PG 5'11 195 lbs 11/03/1987 North Carolina USA Stayed in
Dior Lowhorn SF/PF 6'7 230 lbs 04/15/1987 San Francisco USA Withdrew
Ater Majok C 6'10 225 lbs 07/04/1987 Connecticut Australia/South Sudan/Lebanon Withdrew
Jodie Meeks SG 6'4 210 lbs 08/21/1987 Kentucky USA Stayed in
Patrick Mills PG 6'1 180 lbs 08/11/1988 Saint Mary's Australia Stayed in
Tasmin Mitchell SF 6'7 240 lbs 06/25/1986 Louisiana State USA Withdrew
Byron Mullens C 7'0 270 lbs 02/14/1989 Ohio State USA/Britain Stayed in
Patrick Patterson PF/C 6'8 235 lbs 03/14/1989 Kentucky USA Withdrew
Scottie Reynolds PG 6'2 195 lbs 10/10/1987 Villanova USA Withdrew
Magnum Rolle PF 6'11 235 lbs 02/23/1986 Louisiana Tech Bahamas Withdrew
Donald Sloan PG/SG 6'3 205 lbs 01/15/1988 Texas A&M USA Withdrew
Tyler Smith SF 6'7 215 lbs 09/04/1986 Tennessee USA Withdrew
DaJuan Summers SF/PF 6'8 240 lbs 01/24/1988 Georgetown USA Stayed in
Shawn Taggart PF/C 6'10 230 lbs 03/26/1985 Memphis USA Stayed in
Jonathan Tavernari PF 6'6 215 lbs 06/18/1987 Brigham Young Brazil/Italy Withdrew
Jeff Teague PG 6'3 195 lbs 06/10/1988 Wake Forest USA Stayed in
Hasheem Thabeet C 7'3 263 lbs 02/16/1987 Connecticut Tanzania Stayed in
Malcolm Thomas PF 6'9 225 lbs 11/08/1988 San Diego State USA Withdrew
Dar Tucker SG 6'4 205 lbs 04/11/1988 DePaul USA/Jordan Stayed in
Jarvis Varnado PF/C 6'9 210 lbs 03/01/1988 Mississippi State USA Withdrew
Greivis Vasquez PG/SG 6'6 211 lbs 01/16/1987 Maryland Venezuela Withdrew
Michael Washington PF 6'9 210 lbs 10/02/1986 Arkansas USA Withdrew
Jeremy Wise PG 6'1 165 lbs 03/13/1986 Southern Mississippi USA Withdrew
Nic Wise PG 5'10 180 lbs 09/08/1987 Arizona USA Withdrew

International early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Rodrigue Beaubois PG/SG 6'1 183 lbs 02/24/1988 Cholet (France) France Stayed in
Nemanja Bjelica PF 6'10 234 lbs 05/09/1988 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) Serbia Withdrew
Georgios Bogris PF/C 6'11 240 lbs 02/19/1989 Panathinaikos (Greece) Greece Withdrew
Omri Casspi SF/PF 6'9 225 lbs 06/22/1988 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) Israel Stayed in
Victor Claver SF/PF 6'10 235 lbs 08/30/1988 Valencia (Spain) Spain Stayed in
Carl Ona Embo PG 6'2 190 lbs 06//08/1989 Poitiers (France) France Withdrew
Christian Eyenga SG/SF 6'7 210 lbs 06/22/1989 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) D.R. Congo Stayed in
Vitor Faverani C 6'11 260 lbs 05/05/1988 Murcia (Spain) Brazil Stayed in
Sergiy Gladyr SG 6'5 190 lbs 10/17/1989 MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine) Ukraine Stayed in
Adam Hanga SF 6'7 200 lbs 04/12/1989 Alba Fehervar (Hungary) Hungary Withdrew
Tanel Kurbas SG 6'5 202 lbs 05/08/1988 Kalev/Cramo (Estonia) Estonia Withdrew
Milan Macvan PF 6'9 265 lbs 11/16/1989 Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia) Serbia Withdrew
Boban Marjanovic C 7'4 290 lbs 08/15/1988 Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia) Serbia Withdrew
Tim Ohlbrecht PF/C 6'11 255 lbs 08/30/1988 Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany) Germany Withdrew
Nikos Pappas SG 6'4 200 lbs 07/11/1990 Bilbao (Spain) Greece Withdrew
Paulao Prestes PF/C 6'11 260 lbs 02/15/1988 Unicaja Malaga (Spain) Brazil/Spain Withdrew
Miroslav Raduljica PF/C 7'0 250 lbs 01/05/1988 FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) Serbia Withdrew
Ricky Rubio PG 6'2 190 lbs 10/21/1990 Joventut Badaloma (Spain) Spain Stayed in

Draft terminology

Relevant explanations from The CBA Glossary.