2009 NBA draft

The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, the National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.

2009 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)June 25, 2009
LocationMadison Square Garden (New York City)
Network(s)ESPN
Overview
60 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selectionBlake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers)

The Los Angeles Clippers, who won the draft lottery on May 19, 2009, used their first overall draft pick to draft Blake Griffin from University of Oklahoma.[1][2] However, he missed the entire 2009–10 season due to surgery on his broken left kneecap, which he injured during the pre-season.[3] Tanzanian-born Hasheem Thabeet from University of Connecticut was drafted second by the Memphis Grizzlies. Thabeet became the first player born in Tanzania to be drafted by an NBA team.[4] James Harden was drafted 3rd by the Oklahoma City Thunder. This made him the first player to be drafted by the franchise as the Oklahoma City Thunder; the franchise moved from Seattle to OKC in 2008. The Sacramento Kings drafted Tyreke Evans 4th; he was named 2009–10 NBA Rookie of the Year, after he became the fourth NBA player in history to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in his rookie season, joining the elite club of Oscar Robertson (1960), Michael Jordan (1984) and LeBron James (2003). Spanish teenager Ricky Rubio was drafted 5th by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rubio became the fifth-highest-drafted international player who never played U.S. college basketball to be drafted in the NBA, tied with Nikoloz Tskitishvili (5th in 2002), and behind Yao Ming (1st in 2002), Andrea Bargnani (1st in 2006), Darko Miličić (2nd in 2003) and Pau Gasol (3rd in 2001).[5] Twenty-third pick Omri Casspi became the first Israeli player to be drafted in the first round, and later he became the first Israeli to play in the NBA.[6]

The 2009 draft marked the first time three sons of former NBA players were selected in the top 15 picks of the draft. Stephen Curry, son of Dell Curry, was drafted 7th by the Golden State Warriors. Gerald Henderson Jr., son of Gerald Henderson, was drafted 12th by the Charlotte Bobcats. Austin Daye, son of Darren Daye, was drafted 15th by the Detroit Pistons.[5] The draft also marked the first time a former high school player who skipped college to play professional basketball in Europe was selected in an NBA draft. Brandon Jennings, who skipped college to play professional basketball with Italian team Lottomatica Roma, was drafted 10th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the draft.[7]

Of the 60 players drafted, four were freshmen, nine were sophomores, 12 were juniors, 22 were seniors, and 13 were international players without U.S. college basketball experience. The University of North Carolina's Tar Heels had the most players selected in the draft; three players were selected in the first round and one was selected in the second round. This marked the second time ever that four Tar Heels players were selected in the first two rounds of an NBA draft.[8] The Minnesota Timberwolves had the league-high four first-round draft picks and the first time in team history that the team held two top-10 draft picks.[9] The Timberwolves also had two second-round draft picks and became the team with the most draft picks in the 2009 draft with a total of six. The Houston Rockets and the Orlando Magic were the only NBA teams who did not have a draft pick this year, although Houston acquired three drafted players' rights after the draft.[10]

From the players in this draft, there have been six players selected as All-Stars; out of these six, Curry and Harden have both won the NBA's regular season MVP award.[11]

Draft
PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game
~ Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
Blake Griffin was selected first by the Los Angeles Clippers. He is a 6 time All-Star and 5 time All-NBA team selection.
James Harden was selected third by the Oklahoma City Thunder. He won the MVP award in 2018 and led the league in scoring three years in a row.
Tyreke Evans was selected fourth by the Sacramento Kings. He won Rookie of the Year for the 2009-10 season.
Stephen Curry was selected seventh by the Golden State Warriors. He has firmly established himself as the NBA's all-time greatest shooter, guiding the Warriors to 4 championships and winning back-to-back MVP's. He was the only unanimous MVP in league history, in the 2015–16 NBA season.
DeMar DeRozan was selected ninth by the Toronto Raptors and is a 6 time All-Star and 3 time All-NBA team selection.
Jrue Holiday was selected seventeenth by the Philadelphia 76ers. He is a 2 time All-Star, a 5 time NBA All-Defensive Team selection and won a championship in 2021.
Jeff Teague was selected nineteenth by the Atlanta Hawks. He was an All-Star in 2015 and won a championship in 2021.
Patrick Beverley was selected forty-second by the Los Angeles Lakers. He is a 3 time NBA All-Defensive Team selection.
Round Pick Player Position Nationality[n 1] Team School/club team
1 1 Blake Griffin*~ PF  United States Los Angeles Clippers Oklahoma (So.)
1 2 Hasheem Thabeet C  Tanzania Memphis Grizzlies Connecticut (Jr.)
1 3 James Harden* SG  United States Oklahoma City Thunder Arizona State (So.)
1 4 Tyreke Evans~ SG  United States Sacramento Kings Memphis (Fr.)
1 5 Ricky Rubio PG  Spain Minnesota Timberwolves (from Washington)[a] DKV Joventut (Spain)[12]
1 6 Jonny Flynn PG  United States Minnesota Timberwolves[b] Syracuse (So.)
1 7 Stephen Curry* PG  United States Golden State Warriors Davidson (Jr.)
1 8 Jordan Hill PF  United States New York Knicks Arizona (Jr.)
1 9 DeMar DeRozan* SG  United States Toronto Raptors USC (Fr.)
1 10 Brandon Jennings PG  United States Milwaukee Bucks Lottomatica Roma (Italy)[13]
1 11 Terrence Williams SG  United States New Jersey Nets Louisville (Sr.)
1 12 Gerald Henderson SG  United States Charlotte Bobcats Duke (Jr.)
1 13 Tyler Hansbrough PF  United States Indiana Pacers North Carolina (Sr.)
1 14 Earl Clark SF  United States Phoenix Suns Louisville (Jr.)
1 15 Austin Daye SF  United States Detroit Pistons Gonzaga (So.)
1 16 James Johnson SF  United States Chicago Bulls Wake Forest (So.)
1 17 Jrue Holiday+ PG  United States Philadelphia 76ers UCLA (Fr.)
1 18 Ty Lawson PG  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami,[c] traded to Denver)[A] North Carolina (Jr.)
1 19 Jeff Teague+ PG  United States Atlanta Hawks Wake Forest (So.)
1 20 Eric Maynor PG  United States Utah Jazz VCU (Sr.)
1 21 Darren Collison PG  United States New Orleans Hornets UCLA (Sr.)
1 22 Víctor Claver SF  Spain Portland Trail Blazers (from Dallas)[d] Pamesa Valencia (Spain)[12]
1 23 Omri Casspi SF  Israel Sacramento Kings (from Houston)[e] Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)[12]
1 24 Byron Mullens C  United States
 United Kingdom		 Dallas Mavericks (from Portland,[d] traded to Oklahoma City)[B] Ohio State (Fr.)
1 25 Rodrigue Beaubois PG  France Oklahoma City Thunder (from San Antonio,[f] traded to Dallas)[B] Cholet (France)[12]
1 26 Taj Gibson PF  United States Chicago Bulls (from Denver via Oklahoma City)[g] USC (Jr.)
1 27 DeMarre Carroll SF  United States Memphis Grizzlies (from Orlando)[h] Missouri (Sr.)
1 28 Wayne Ellington SG  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Boston)[b] North Carolina (Jr.)
1 29 Toney Douglas PG  United States Los Angeles Lakers (traded to New York)[C] Florida State (Sr.)
1 30 Christian Eyenga SF  DR Congo Cleveland Cavaliers CB Prat (Spain)[12]
2 31 Jeff Pendergraph PF  United States Sacramento Kings (traded to Portland)[D] Arizona State (Sr.)
2 32 Jermaine Taylor SG  United States Washington Wizards (traded to Houston)[E] Central Florida (Sr.)
2 33 Dante Cunningham PF  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from LA Clippers)[j] Villanova (Sr.)
2 34 Sergio Llull[14]# PG  Spain Denver Nuggets (from Oklahoma City,[k] traded to Houston)[F] Real Madrid (Spain)[15]
2 35 DaJuan Summers PF  United States Detroit Pistons (from Minnesota)[l] Georgetown (Jr.)
2 36 Sam Young SF  United States Memphis Grizzlies[m] Pittsburgh (Sr.)
2 37 DeJuan Blair PF  United States San Antonio Spurs (from Golden State via Phoenix)[n] Pittsburgh (So.)
2 38 Jon Brockman PF  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from New York via Chicago,[o] traded to Sacramento)[D] Washington (Sr.)
2 39 Jonas Jerebko PF  Sweden Detroit Pistons (from Toronto)[p] Angelico Biella (Italy)[16]
2 40 Derrick Brown SF  United States Charlotte Bobcats (from New Jersey via Oklahoma City)[q] Xavier (Jr.)
2 41 Jodie Meeks SG  United States Milwaukee Bucks Kentucky (Jr.)
2 42 Patrick Beverley[17] PG  United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Charlotte,[r] traded to Miami)[G] Dnipro (Ukraine)
2 43 Marcus Thornton SG  United States Miami Heat (from Indiana,[s] traded to New Orleans)[H] LSU (Sr.)
2 44 Chase Budinger SF  United States Detroit Pistons (traded to Houston)[I] Arizona (Jr.)
2 45 Nick Calathes PG  Greece
 United States[a]		 Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia via Miami,[t] traded to Dallas)[J] Florida (So.)
2 46 Danny Green SF  United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Chicago)[u] North Carolina (Sr.)
2 47 Henk Norel[18]# PF  Netherlands Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami)[t] DKV Joventut (Spain)[19]
2 48 Taylor Griffin SF  United States Phoenix Suns Oklahoma (Sr.)
2 49 Sergiy Gladyr[20]# SG  Ukraine Atlanta Hawks MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine)[12]
2 50 Goran Suton[21]# C  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 United States[b]		 Utah Jazz Michigan State (Sr.)
2 51 Jack McClinton[22]# SG  United States San Antonio Spurs (from New Orleans via Toronto)[v] Miami (FL) (Sr.)
2 52 A. J. Price PG  United States Indiana Pacers (from Dallas)[w] Connecticut (Sr.)
2 53 Nando de Colo PG  France San Antonio Spurs (from Houston)[x] Cholet (France)[23]
2 54 Robert Vaden[24]# SG  United States Charlotte Bobcats (from San Antonio,[y] traded to Oklahoma City)[K] UAB (Sr.)
2 55 Patty Mills PG  Australia Portland Trail Blazers (from Denver)[o] Saint Mary's (So.)
2 56 Ahmad Nivins[25]# PF  United States Dallas Mavericks (from Portland)[d] Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
2 57 Emir Preldžič[26]# PF  Slovenia
 Turkey[c]		 Phoenix Suns (from Orlando via Oklahoma City,[z] traded to Cleveland)[L] Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)[27]
2 58 Lester Hudson PG  United States Boston Celtics Tennessee-Martin (Sr.)
2 59 Chinemelu Elonu[28]# PF  Nigeria
 United States[d]		 Los Angeles Lakers Texas A&M (Jr.)
2 60 Robert Dozier[29]# SF  United States Miami Heat (from Cleveland)[aa] Memphis (Sr.)
  1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

^ a: Nick Calathes was born in the United States, and has dual U.S. and Greek citizenship by birth. He has represented Greece internationally.[30]
^ b: Goran Suton, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is also a naturalized citizen of the United States since 2006.[31]
^ c: Emir Preldžič, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also has Slovenian and Turkish citizenship. He had represented Slovenia internationally in 2008, before switching to Turkey.[32][33]
^ d: Chinemelu Elonu was born in Nigeria, is also a naturalized citizen of the United States.[34][35]

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2009 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Position Nationality School/club team
Jeff Adrien PF  United States Connecticut (Sr.)
Josh Akognon PG  United States
 Nigeria		 Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
Antonio Anderson SG  United States Memphis (Sr.)
Aron Baynes C/PF  Australia Washington State (Sr.)
Dionte Christmas SG  United States Temple (Sr.)
Marcus Cousin C  United States Houston (Sr.)
Luigi Datome SF  Italy Virtus Roma (Italy)
Justin Dentmon PG  United States Washington (Sr.)
Shane Edwards F  United States Arkansas–Little Rock (Sr.)
Vítor Faverani PF/C  Brazil CB Axarquía (Spain)
Alonzo Gee SF/SG  United States Alabama (Sr.)
Terrel Harris G  United States Oklahoma State (Sr.)
Joe Ingles SG/SF  Australia South Dragons (Australia)
Aaron Jackson PG/SG  United States Duquesne (Sr.)
Cedric Jackson PG  United States Cleveland State (Sr.)
Chris Johnson C/PF  United States LSU (Sr.)
Viacheslav Kravtsov C  Ukraine Kyiv (Ukraine)
Marcus Landry PF  United States Wisconsin (Sr.)
Wesley Matthews SG/SF  United States Marquette (Sr.)
Jerel McNeal PG/SG  United States Marquette (Sr.)
Jeremy Pargo PG  United States Gonzaga (Sr.)
Garret Siler C  United States Augusta State (Sr.)
Garrett Temple SG  United States LSU (Sr.)
Miloš Teodosić G  Serbia Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece)
Luke Zeller F/C  United States Notre Dame (Sr.)

Eligibility
Further information: Eligibility for the NBA draft

The basic requirements for draft eligibility are:

  • All drafted players must be born on or before December 31, 1990.
  • Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NBA and its players union, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[36]

The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.[37]

The basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility.[38] Players who meet the CBA definition of "international players" are automatically eligible if their 22nd birthday falls during or before the calendar year of the draft (i.e., born on or before December 31, 1987).[39] U.S. players who were at least one year removed from their high school graduation and have played professional basketball with a team outside the NBA were also automatically eligible. Former high school player Brandon Jennings meets these criteria, having graduated high school in 2008, skipped college basketball and then played professional basketball in Italy.[7]

A player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft.[40][41] For the 2009 draft, this date fell on April 26. An early entry candidate is allowed to withdraw his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 10 days before the draft.[42] This year, a total of 74 collegiate players and 29 international players declared as early entry candidates.[43] At the withdrawal deadline, 55 early-entry candidates withdrew from the draft, leaving 39 collegiate players and 10 international players as the early-entry candidates for the draft.[12]

A player who has hired an agent will forfeit his remaining college eligibility, regardless of whether he is drafted. Also, while the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and its players' union allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice,[42] the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) mandates that a player who has declared twice loses his college eligibility. This second provision affected Chase Budinger, Wayne Ellington, and Ty Lawson, all of whom declared for and withdrew from the 2008 draft.[44]

College underclassmen

The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[45]

International players

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[45]

Automatically eligible entrants

Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They have no remaining college eligibility.
  • If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 1987, were automatically eligible for the 2009 draft.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
Other automatically eligible players
PlayerTeamNoteRef.
Australia Daniel Johnson Melbourne Tigers (Australia)Left Pepperdine in 2008; playing professionally since the 2008–09 season[46]
Australia Stephen Weigh Perth Wildcats (Australia)Left Utah in 2008; playing professionally since the 2008–09 season[47]

Draft lottery
Further information: NBA draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top fourteen picks in the 2009 draft occurred on May 19, 2009.[48] The Los Angeles Clippers won the first pick, while the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder moved up to second and third picks respectively. The Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards, who had the two best chances to land a top-three pick, fell down to the fourth and fifth spots, the lowest possible picks they could be awarded through the lottery.[1] The remaining first-round picks and all the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season. As is commonplace in the event of identical win–loss records, the NBA performed a random drawing to break the ties on April 17, 2009.[49]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2009 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:[50]

^ Denotes the actual lottery results
Team2008–09
record		Lottery
chances		Pick
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th
Sacramento Kings17–65 250.250.215.177.358^——————————
Washington Wizards[1]19–63 178.178.174.164.347.137^—————————
Los Angeles Clippers19–63 177.177^.173.164.195.250.040————————
Oklahoma City Thunder23–59 119.119.126.132^.100.350.161.013———————
Minnesota Timberwolves24–58 76.076.084.095—.263.385^.093.004——————
Memphis Grizzlies24–58 75.075.083^.094——.414.294.039.001—————
Golden State Warriors29–53 43.043.049.058———.600^.232.018.000————
New York Knicks32–50 28.028.033.039————.725^.168.008.000———
Toronto Raptors33–49 17.017.020.024—————.813^.122.004.000——
Milwaukee Bucks34–48 10.010.012.014——————.870^.092.002.000—
New Jersey Nets34–48 9.009.011.013———————.904^.063.001.000
Charlotte Bobcats35–47 7.007.008.010————————.935^.039.000
Indiana Pacers36–46 6.006.007.009—————————.960^.018
Phoenix Suns46–36 5.005.006.007——————————.982^

^ 1: Washington Wizards' pick was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.[a]

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

Draft-day trades

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.

See also

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