2009 NBA Draft Recap

The 2009 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 25, 2009

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Blake Griffin LAC PF 6-9 250 20 14 Oklahoma So * United States
2 Hasheem Thabeet MEM C 7-3 267 22 5 UConn Jr * Tanzania
3 James Harden OKC SG 6-5 220 19 14 Arizona State So * United States
4 Tyreke Evans SAC G 6-6 220 19 10 Memphis Fr * United States
5 Ricky Rubio MIN G 6-2 190 18 12 Joventut Badalona (Spain) 1990 DOB * Spain
6 Jonny Flynn MIN PG 5-10 196 20 3 Syracuse So * United States
7 Stephen Curry GOS G 6-2 185 21 14 Davidson Jr * United States
8 Jordan Hill NYK PF 6-10 240 21 8 Arizona Jr * United States
9 DeMar DeRozan TOR GF 6-6 220 19 14 USC Fr * United States
10 Brandon Jennings MIL G 6-1 170 19 9 Virtus Roma (Italy) 1989 DOB United States
11 Terrence Williams NJN GF 6-6 220 21 4 Louisville Sr United States
12 Gerald Henderson CHA SG 6-5 215 21 8 Duke Jr * United States
13 Tyler Hansbrough IND PF 6-9 250 23 7 North Carolina Sr United States
14 Earl Clark PHX F 6-10 234 21 6 Louisville Jr * United States
15 Austin Daye DET F 6-11 220 21 6 Gonzaga So * United States
16 James Johnson CHI F 6-7 240 22 14 Wake Forest So * United States
17 Jrue Holiday PHL G 6-4 205 19 14 UCLA Fr * United States
18 Ty Lawson MIN MIN to DEN PG 5-11 195 21 9 North Carolina Jr * United States
19 Jeff Teague ATL PG 6-3 195 21 12 Wake Forest So * United States
20 Eric Maynor UTH G 6-3 175 22 5 VCU Sr United States
21 Darren Collison NOP PG 6-0 175 21 11 UCLA Sr United States
22 Victor Claver POR SF 6-10 235 20 3 Valencia Basket (Spain) 1988 DOB * Spain
23 Omri Casspi SAC F 6-9 225 21 10 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (Israel) 1988 DOB * Israel
24 Byron Mullens DAL DAL to OKC C 7-0 270 20 5 Ohio State Fr * United States
25 Rodrigue Beaubois OKC OKC to DAL G 6-1 183 21 4 Cholet Basket (France) 1988 DOB * France
26 Taj Gibson CHI F 6-9 232 24 14 USC Jr * United States
27 DeMarre Carroll MEM F 6-8 215 22 11 Missouri Sr United States
28 Wayne Ellington MIN SG 6-4 207 21 13 North Carolina Jr * United States
29 Toney Douglas LAL LAL to NYK G 6-2 195 23 8 Florida State Sr United States
30 Christian Eyenga CLE GF 6-7 210 20 2 CB Prat (Spain) 1989 DOB * Democratic Republic of the Congo

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
31 Jeff Ayres SAC SAC to POR FC 6-10 240 22 6 Arizona State Sr United States
32 Jermaine Taylor WAS WAS to HOU G 6-5 205 22 2 UCF Sr United States
33 Dante Cunningham POR F 6-8 230 22 10 Villanova Sr United States
34 Sergio Llull DEN DEN to HOU
HOU to NYK		 PG 6-3 190 21 0 Real Madrid (Spain) 1987 DOB Spain
35 DaJuan Summers DET PF 6-8 230 21 4 Georgetown Jr * United States
36 Sam Young MEM F 6-6 225 24 4 Pittsburgh Sr United States / Lebanon
37 DeJuan Blair SAN F 6-8 270 20 7 Pittsburgh So * United States
38 Jon Brockman POR POR to SAC PF 6-7 255 22 3 Washington Sr United States
39 Jonas Jerebko DET F 6-10 231 22 10 Edilnol Pallacanestro Biella (Italy) 1987 DOB Sweden
40 Derrick Brown CHA F 6-7 225 21 3 Xavier Jr * United States
41 Jodie Meeks MIL G 6-4 210 21 10 Kentucky Jr * United States
42 Patrick Beverley LAL LAL to MIA PG 6-2 180 20 11 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 1988 DOB United States
43 Marcus Thornton MIA MIA to NOP SG 6-4 205 22 8 LSU Sr United States
44 Chase Budinger DET DET to HOU GF 6-7 215 21 7 Arizona Jr * United States
45 Nick Calathes MIN MIN to DAL
DAL to MEM		 PG 6-6 213 20 2 Florida So * United States / Greece
46 Danny Green CLE SF 6-6 215 22 14 North Carolina Sr United States
47 Henk Norel MIN C 7-0 230 21 0 Joventut Badalona (Spain) 1987 DOB Netherlands
48 Taylor Griffin PHX F 6-8 235 23 1 Oklahoma Sr United States
49 Sergii Gladyr ATL ATL to CLE G 6-5 190 20 0 MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine) 1988 DOB * Ukraine
50 Goran Suton UTH C 6-8 245 23 0 Michigan State Sr Bosnia and Herzegovina / United States
51 Jack McClinton SAN G 6-1 185 24 0 Miami (FL) Sr United States
52 A.J. Price IND G 6-2 195 22 6 UConn Sr United States
53 Nando De Colo SAN G 6-5 195 22 2 Cholet Basket (France) 1987 DOB France
54 Robert Vaden CHA CHA to OKC SG 6-5 220 24 1 UAB Sr United States
55 Patty Mills POR G 6-2 180 20 14 Saint Mary's So * Australia
56 Ahmad Nivins DAL DAL to NYK F 6-9 207 22 0 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
57 Emir Preldzic PHX PHX to CLE
CLE to WAS
WAS to DAL
DAL to IND
IND to TOR
TOR to PHL
PHL to NYK		 SF 6-9 220 21 0 Fenerbahce Beko (Turkey) 1987 DOB Turkey / Slovenia
58 Lester Hudson BOS G 6-3 190 24 4 Tennessee-Martin Sr United States
59 Chinemelu Elonu LAL C 6-10 235 22 0 Texas A&M Jr * Nigeria / United States
60 Robert Dozier MIA PF 6-9 215 23 0 Memphis Sr United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Wesley Matthews G 6-5 220 22 14 Marquette Sr United States
Garrett Temple G 6-5 195 23 13 LSU Sr United States
Aron Baynes C 6-10 260 22 9 Washington State Sr New Zealand / Australia
Joe Ingles F 6-9 220 21 9 Melbourne South (Australia) 1987 DOB Australia
Alonzo Gee SF 6-6 225 22 8 Alabama Sr United States
Jeff Adrien SF 6-7 245 23 5 UConn Sr United States
Chris Johnson C 6-11 209 23 3 LSU Sr United States
Jerel McNeal SG 6-3 200 21 3 Marquette Sr United States
Jeremy Pargo PG 6-2 219 23 3 Gonzaga Sr United States
Gigi Datome SF 6-8 215 21 2 Virtus Bologna (Italy) 1987 DOB Italy
Justin Dentmon PG 6-0 185 23 2 Washington Sr United States
Vitor Faverani FC 6-11 260 21 2 Unicaja (Spain) 1988 DOB * Brazil
Terrel Harris SF 6-5 190 21 2 Oklahoma State Sr United States
Viacheslav Kravtsov C 6-11 254 21 2 BC Kyiv (Ukraine) 1987 DOB Ukraine
Garret Siler C 6-11 305 22 2 Augusta University Sr United States
Josh Akognon PG 5-11 175 23 1 Cal State Fullerton Sr United States / Nigeria
Alade Aminu C 6-10 225 21 1 Georgia Tech Sr United States / Nigeria
Antonio Anderson SG 6-6 215 24 1 Memphis Sr United States
Dionte Christmas SG 6-5 205 22 1 Temple Sr United States
Marcus Cousin C 6-11 255 22 1 Houston Sr United States
Shane Edwards F 6-7 220 22 1 Little Rock Sr United States
Tony Gaffney PF 6-8 215 24 1 Massachusetts Sr United States
Kenny Hasbrouck SG 6-3 194 22 1 Siena Sr United States
Aaron Jackson G 6-4 185 23 1 Duquesne Sr United States
Cedric Jackson PG 6-3 190 23 1 Cleveland State Sr United States
Curtis Jerrells PG 6-1 195 22 1 Baylor Sr United States
Marcus Landry F 6-7 230 23 1 Wisconsin Sr United States
Diamon Simpson F 6-7 230 21 1 Saint Mary's Sr United States
Luke Zeller C 6-11 245 22 1 Notre Dame Sr United States
Connor Atchley F-C 6-10 225 23 0 Texas Sr United States
Tyrell Biggs F 6-8 240 22 0 Pittsburgh Sr United States
Josh Bostic F 6-5 230 22 0 Findlay Sr United States
Micah Downs G 6-8 200 22 0 Gonzaga Sr United States
Courtney Fells GF 6-5 205 22 0 NC State Sr United States
Anthony Goods G 6-3 200 22 0 Stanford Sr United States
Paul Harris G-F 6-4 230 22 0 Syracuse Jr * United States
Russell Hicks C 6-10 253 24 0 Florida International Sr Canada
Lawrence Hill PF 6-8 235 21 0 Stanford Sr United States
Dominic James PG 5-11 185 22 0 Marquette Sr United States
Ben McCauley F 6-9 237 22 0 NC State Sr United States
Luke Nevill C 7-2 265 23 0 Utah Sr Australia
Kleon Penn C 6-11 295 22 0 McNeese State Sr British Virgin Islands
Raymond Sykes C 6-9 220 22 0 Clemson Sr United States
Gal Mekel PG 6-3 202 21 2 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (Israel) 1988 DOB Israel
Milos Teodosic PG 6-5 196 22 2 Olympiacos (Greece) 1987 DOB Serbia
Kyle Goldcamp FC 6-10 250 23 0 Gannon Sr United States
Marcus Lewis PF 6-8 245 22 0 Oral Roberts Sr United States

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