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2009 NBA Draft

60 picks in 2 rounds · held after the 2008-09 season · 2008-09 college season

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All Round 1 Round 2

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	Last college season	NBA career
1	1	Clippers	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	2008-09: 22.7 ppg, 14.4 rpg, 2.3 apg (2 seasons)	14 seasons, 847 games, 17.1 ppg
1	2	Grizzlies	Hasheem Thabeet	Connecticut		5 seasons, 251 games, 1.9 ppg
1	3	Thunder	James Harden	Arizona State	2008-09: 20.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.2 apg (2 seasons)	17 seasons, 1221 games, 24.0 ppg
1	4	Kings	Tyreke Evans	Memphis	2008-09: 17.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.9 apg (1 season)	10 seasons, 594 games, 15.7 ppg
1	5	Timberwolves	Ricky Rubio	Joventut Badalona (Spain) Pro club		12 seasons, 732 games, 10.9 ppg
1	6	Timberwolves	Jonny Flynn	Syracuse	2008-09: 17.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 6.7 apg (2 seasons)	3 seasons, 163 games, 9.2 ppg
1	7	Warriors	Stephen Curry	Davidson	2008-09: 28.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.6 apg (3 seasons)	17 seasons, 1069 games, 24.8 ppg
1	8	Knicks	Jordan Hill	Arizona	2008-09: 18.3 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 1.5 apg (3 seasons)	8 seasons, 423 games, 7.6 ppg
1	9	Raptors	DeMar DeRozan	Southern California		17 seasons, 1264 games, 21.1 ppg
1	10	Bucks	Brandon Jennings	Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (Italy) Pro club		9 seasons, 555 games, 14.1 ppg
1	11	Nets	Terrence Williams	Louisville	2008-09: 12.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 5.0 apg (4 seasons)	4 seasons, 184 games, 5.9 ppg
1	12	Bobcats	Gerald Henderson	Duke	2008-09: 16.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.5 apg (3 seasons)	8 seasons, 535 games, 11.2 ppg
1	13	Pacers	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina	2008-09: 20.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.0 apg (4 seasons)	7 seasons, 428 games, 6.7 ppg
1	14	Suns	Earl Clark	Louisville	2008-09: 14.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 3.2 apg (3 seasons)	6 seasons, 261 games, 4.4 ppg
1	15	Pistons	Austin Daye	Gonzaga	2008-09: 12.7 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.1 apg (2 seasons)	6 seasons, 293 games, 5.2 ppg
1	16	Bulls	James Johnson	Wake Forest	2008-09: 15.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.0 apg (2 seasons)	16 seasons, 786 games, 7.4 ppg
1	17	76ers	Jrue Holiday	California-Los Angeles		17 seasons, 1090 games, 15.9 ppg
1	18	Timberwolves	Ty Lawson	North Carolina	2008-09: 16.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 6.6 apg (3 seasons)	8 seasons, 551 games, 12.7 ppg
1	19	Hawks	Jeff Teague	Wake Forest	2008-09: 18.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.5 apg (2 seasons)	12 seasons, 827 games, 12.2 ppg
1	20	Jazz	Eric Maynor	Virginia Commonwealth		5 seasons, 267 games, 4.3 ppg
1	21	Hornets	Darren Collison	California-Los Angeles		11 seasons, 711 games, 12.5 ppg
1	22	Trail Blazers	Victor Claver	Valencia BC (Spain) Pro club		3 seasons, 80 games, 3.2 ppg
1	23	Kings	Omri Casspi	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (Israel) Pro club		10 seasons, 588 games, 7.9 ppg
1	24	Mavericks	Byron Mullens	Ohio State	2008-09: 8.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 0.3 apg (1 season)	5 seasons, 189 games, 7.4 ppg
1	25	Thunder	Rodrigue Beaubois	Cholet Basket (France) Pro club		4 seasons, 182 games, 7.1 ppg
1	26	Bulls	Taj Gibson	Southern California		17 seasons, 1012 games, 8.3 ppg
1	27	Grizzlies	DeMarre Carroll	Missouri	2008-09: 16.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.2 apg (4 seasons)	11 seasons, 636 games, 8.1 ppg
1	28	Timberwolves	Wayne Ellington	North Carolina	2008-09: 15.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.7 apg (3 seasons)	13 seasons, 770 games, 8.0 ppg
1	29	Lakers	Toney Douglas	Florida State	2008-09: 21.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.9 apg (4 seasons)	8 seasons, 394 games, 7.6 ppg
1	30	Cavaliers	Christian Eyenga	CB Prat (Spain) Pro club		2 seasons, 92 games, 3.5 ppg
2	31	Kings	Jeff Ayres	Arizona State	2008-09: 14.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 0.9 apg (4 seasons)	6 seasons, 237 games, 2.9 ppg
2	32	Wizards	Jermaine Taylor	Central Florida		2 seasons, 71 games, 4.9 ppg
2	33	Trail Blazers	Dante Cunningham	Villanova	2008-09: 16.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.2 apg (4 seasons)	10 seasons, 716 games, 5.8 ppg
2	34	Nuggets	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) Pro club		no NBA games
2	35	Pistons	DaJuan Summers	Georgetown	2008-09: 13.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.3 apg (3 seasons)	4 seasons, 83 games, 3.3 ppg
2	36	Grizzlies	Sam Young	Pittsburgh	2008-09: 18.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.1 apg (4 seasons)	4 seasons, 249 games, 5.8 ppg
2	37	Spurs	DeJuan Blair	Pittsburgh	2008-09: 15.9 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 1.2 apg (2 seasons)	7 seasons, 424 games, 6.8 ppg
2	38	Trail Blazers	Jon Brockman	Washington	2008-09: 14.9 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 1.1 apg (4 seasons)	3 seasons, 150 games, 2.1 ppg
2	39	Pistons	Jonas Jerebko	Pallacanestro Biella (Italy) Pro club		10 seasons, 717 games, 5.5 ppg
2	40	Bobcats	Derrick Brown	Xavier	2008-09: 13.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.9 apg (3 seasons)	3 seasons, 186 games, 4.8 ppg
2	41	Bucks	Jodie Meeks	Kentucky	2008-09: 23.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.8 apg (3 seasons)	10 seasons, 542 games, 9.2 ppg
2	42	Lakers	Patrick Beverley	BC Dnipro (Ukraine) Pro club		12 seasons, 666 games, 8.3 ppg
2	43	Heat	Marcus Thornton	Louisiana State		8 seasons, 487 games, 11.8 ppg
2	44	Pistons	Chase Budinger	Arizona	2008-09: 18.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 3.4 apg (3 seasons)	7 seasons, 407 games, 7.9 ppg
2	45	Timberwolves	Nick Calathes	Florida	2008-09: 17.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 6.4 apg (2 seasons)	2 seasons, 129 games, 4.6 ppg
2	46	Cavaliers	Danny Green	North Carolina	2008-09: 13.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.7 apg (4 seasons)	15 seasons, 832 games, 8.7 ppg
2	47	Timberwolves	Henk Norel	Joventut Badalona (Spain) Pro club		no NBA games
2	48	Suns	Taylor Griffin	Oklahoma	2008-09: 9.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.3 apg (4 seasons)	1 season, 8 games, 1.2 ppg
2	49	Hawks	Sergiy Gladyr	MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine) Pro club		no NBA games
2	50	Jazz	Goran Suton	Michigan State	2008-09: 10.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.5 apg (4 seasons)	no NBA games
2	51	Spurs	Jack McClinton	Miami (FL)		no NBA games
2	52	Pacers	AJ Price	Connecticut		6 seasons, 261 games, 5.8 ppg
2	53	Spurs	Nando De Colo	Cholet Basket (France) Pro club		2 seasons, 119 games, 3.8 ppg
2	54	Bobcats	Robert Vaden	Alabama-Birmingham		1 season, 2 games, ppg
2	55	Trail Blazers	Patty Mills	St. Mary's (CA)		16 seasons, 921 games, 8.7 ppg
2	56	Mavericks	Ahmad Nivins	Saint Joseph's		no NBA games
2	57	Suns	Emir Preldzic	Fenerbahce S.K. (Turkey) Pro club		no NBA games
2	58	Celtics	Lester Hudson	Tennessee-Martin		4 seasons, 81 games, 3.3 ppg
2	59	Lakers	Chinemelu Elonu	Texas A&M		no NBA games
2	60	Heat	Robert Dozier	Memphis	2008-09: 12.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.4 apg (4 seasons)	no NBA games

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