News from June 25, 2009
Patricia Bender
News from June 25.
TRADE: Phoenix traded Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland for Sasha Pavlovic,
Ben Wallace, a 2010 2nd round draft pick, and $500,000.
TRADE: New Jersey traded Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to Orlando for
Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston, and Tony Battie.
TRADE: Golden State traded Jamal Crawford to Atlanta for Acie Law and
Speedy Claxton.
TRADE: New York traded Quentin Richardson and cash to Memphis for Darko
Milicic.
The NBA held the 2009 draft.
a) TRADE: Minnesota traded the rights to #18 Ty Lawson to Denver for a
future 1st round draft pick.
b) TRADE: Dallas traded the rights to #24 B.J. Mullen to Oklahoma City for
the rights to #25 Rodrigue Beaubois and a future 2nd round draft pick.
c) TRADE: The LA Lakers traded the rights to #29 Toney Douglas to New York
for a future 2nd round draft pick and cash.
d) TRADE: Sacramento traded the rights to #31 Jeff Pendergraph to Portland
for Sergio Rodriguez, the rights to #38 Jon Brockman, and cash.
e) TRADE: Washington traded the rights to #32 Jermaine Taylor to Houston
for cash.
f) TRADE: Denver traded the rights to #34 Sergio Llull to Houston for
cash.
g) TRADE: The LA Lakers traded the rights to #42 Patrick Beverley to Miami
for a future 2nd round draft pick and cash.
h) TRADE: Miami traded the rights to #43 Marcus Thornton to New Orleans for
2 future 2nd round draft picks.
i) TRADE: Detroit traded the rights to #44 Chase Budinger to Houston for a
future 2nd round draft pick and cash.
j) TRADE: Minnesota traded the rights to #45 Nick Calathes to Dallas for
the lowest of Portland's 2010 2nd round draft picks.
k) TRADE: Charlotte traded the rights to #54 Robert Vaden to Oklahoma City
for cash.
First Round
# Team Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College
1 LAC Blake Griffin ......... F 6-10 251 3/16/89 Oklahoma'11
2 Mem Hasheem Thabeet ....... C 7-3 263 2/16/87 Connecticut'10
3 OKC James Harden .......... G 6-5 220 8/26/89 Arizona State'11
4 Sac Tyreke Evans .......... G 6-6 220 9/19/89 Memphis'12
5 Min Ricky Rubio ........... G 6-4 180 10/21/90 Spain
6 Min Jonny Flynn ........... G 6-0 185 2/6/89 Syracuse'11
7 GS Stephen Curry ......... G 6-3 185 3/14/88 Davidson'10
8 NY Jordan Hill ........... C 6-10 235 7/27/87 Arizona'10
9 Tor Demar DeRozan ......... F 6-7 220 8/7/89 USC'12
10 Mil Brandon Jennings ...... G 6-1 169 9/23/89 Oak Hill Academy
11 NJ Terrence Williams ..... G-F 6-6 220 6/28/87 Louisville'09
12 Cha Gerald Henderson ...... G 6-4 215 12/7/87 Duke'10
13 Ind Tyler Hansbrough ...... F 6-9 250 11/3/85 North Carolina'09
14 Pho Earl Clark ............ F 6-9 225 1/17/88 Louisville'10
15 Det Austin Daye ........... F 6-11 200 6/5/88 Gonzaga'11
16 Chi James Johnson ......... F 6-9 245 2/20/87 Wake Forest'11
17 Phi Jrue Holiday .......... G 6-3 180 6/12/90 UCLA'12
18 aDen Ty Lawson ............. F 5-11 195 11/3/87 North Carolina'10
19 Atl Jeff Teague ........... G 6-2 180 6/10/88 Wake Forest'11
20 Uta Eric Maynor ........... G 6-3 175 6/11/87 Virg. Commonwealth'09
21 NO Darren Collison ....... G 6-0 160 8/23/87 UCLA'09
22 Por Victor Claver ......... F 6-9 224 8/30/88 Spain
23 Sac Omri Casspi ........... F 6-9 225 6/22/88 Israel
24 bOKC B.J. Mullens .......... C 7-1 258 2/14/89 Ohio State'12
25 bDal Rodrigue Beaubois ..... G 6-0 170 2/24/88 France
26 Chi Taj Gibson ............ F 6-9 225 6/24/85 USC'10
27 Mem DeMarre Carroll ....... F 6-8 212 7/27/86 Missouri'09
28 Min Wayne Ellington ....... G 6-4 200 11/29/87 North Carolina'10
29 cNY Toney Douglas ......... G 6-1 200 3/16/86 Florida State'09
30 Cle Christian Eyenga ...... F 6-5 200 6/28/89 Congo
Second Round
# Team Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College
31 dPor Jeff Pendergraph ...... F 6-9 240 4/29/87 Arizona State'09
32 eHou Jermaine Taylor ....... G 6-4 210 12/8/86 Central Florida'09
33 Por Dante Cunningham ...... F 6-8 230 4/22/87 Villanova'09
34 fHou Sergio Llull .......... G 6-3 190 11/15/87 Spain
35 Det DaJuan Summers ........ F 6-8 240 1/24/88 Georgetown'10
36 Mem Sam Young ............. F 6-6 220 6/1/85 Pittsburgh'09
37 SA DeJuan Blair .......... C 6-7 265 3/22/89 Pittsburgh'11
38 dSac Jon Brockman .......... F 6-7 255 3/20/87 Washington'09
39 Det Jonas Jerebko ......... F 6-8 231 3/2/87 Italy
40 Cha Derrick Brown ......... F 6-8 227 9/8/87 Xavier'09
41 Mil Jodie Meeks ........... G 6-4 208 8/21/87 Kentucky'10
42 gMia Patrick Beverley ...... G 6-1 180 7/12/88 Arkansas'10
43 hNO Marcus Thornton ....... G 6-4 205 6/5/87 LSU'09
44 iHou Chase Budinger ........ F 6-7 218 5/22/88 Arizona'10
45 jDal Nick Calathes ......... G 6-6 194 2/7/89 Florida'11
46 Cle Danny Green ........... G 6-6 210 6/22/87 North Carolina'09
47 Min Henk Norel ............ F 6-10 230 9/17/87 Netherlands
48 Pho Taylor Griffin ........ F 6-7 238 3/16/89 Oklahoma'09
49 Atl Sergey Gladyr ......... F 6-5 190 10/17/89 Ukraine
50 Uta Goran Suton ........... C 6-10 245 8/11/85 Michigan State'09
51 SA Jack McClinton ........ G 6-1 185 1/19/85 Miami'09
52 Ind A.J. Price ............ G 6-2 193 10/7/86 Connecticut'09
53 SA Nando De Colo ......... G 6-5 200 6/23/87 France
54 kOKC Robert Vaden .......... G-F 6-5 205 3/3/85 Alabama-Birmingham'09
55 Por Patrick Mills ......... G 6-0 185 8/11/88 Saint Mary's of CA'11
56 Dal Ahmad Nivins .......... F 6-9 242 2/10/87 St Joseph's'09
57 Pho Emir Preldzic ......... F 6-9 205 9/6/87 Bosnia
58 Bos Lester Hudson ......... G 6-3 190 8/7/84 Tenn-Martin'09
59 LAL Chinemelu Elonu ....... F-C 6-10 235 3/11/87 Texas A&M'10
60 Mia Robert Dozier ......... F 6-9 215 11/6/85 Memphis'09
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