List of 2008–09 NBA season transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Basketball Association during the 2008–09 NBA season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
September 11	Pat Garrity	Phoenix Suns (1998-1999) Orlando Magic (1999-2008)	32		[1]
September 22	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Vancouver Grizzlies (1996-2001) Atlanta Hawks (2001-2004) Portland Trail Blazers (2004-2005) Sacramento Kings (2005-2008)	32	Was hired as an assistant coach for the Kings.	[2]
September 26	Jason Williams	Sacramento Kings (1998-2001) Memphis Grizzlies (2001-2005) Miami Heat (2005-2008)	31	Retired due to injuries.	[3]
October 27	Adrian Griffin	Boston Celtics (1999-2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001-2003, 2005-2006) Houston Rockets (2003-2004) Chicago Bulls (2004-2005, 2006-2008) Seattle SuperSonics (2008)	34	Was hired by the Bucks as an assistant coach.
November 1	Michael Doleac	Orlando Magic (1998-2001) Cleveland Cavaliers (2001-2002) New York Knicks (2002-2004) Denver Nuggets (2004) Miami Heat (2004-2007) Minnesota Timberwolves (2007-2008)	31		[4]
December 4	Damon Stoudamire	Toronto Raptors (1995-1998) Portland Trail Blazers (1998-2004) Memphis Grizzlies (2005-2008) San Antonio Spurs (2008)	35	Hired by Rice as player development	[5]
December 10	Cuttino Mobley	Houston Rockets (1998-2004) Orlando Magic (2004-2005) Sacramento Kings (2005) Los Angeles Clippers (2005-2008)	33	Unofficially retired due to health problems, however, he remained in New York's roster.	[6]
January 22	Alonzo Mourning	Charlotte Hornets (1992-1995) Miami Heat (1995-2002, 2005-2008) New Jersey Nets (2003-2004)	39	Second retirement.	[7]
January 26	Darrell Armstrong	Orlando Magic (1995-2003) New Orleans Hornets (2003-2004) Dallas Mavericks (2004-2006) Indiana Pacers (2006-2007) New Jersey Nets (2007-2008)	40	Was hired as an assistant for the Mavericks.	[8]
April 5	Eric Snow	Seattle SuperSonics (1995-1998) Philadelphia 76ers (1998-2004) Cleveland Cavaliers (2004-2008)	35	Unofficially retired in the off-season due to knee injury, however, he remained in Cleveland's roster until he was released on April 5, 2009.	[9]
April 23	Dikembe Mutombo	Denver Nuggets (1991-1996) Atlanta Hawks (1996-2001) Philadelphia 76ers (2001-2002) New Jersey Nets (2002-2003) New York Knicks (2003-2004) Houston Rockets (2004-2009)	42		[10]
May 5	Wayne Simien	Miami Heat (2005-2007)	26		[11]
May 21	Sam Cassell	Houston Rockets (1993-1996) Phoenix Suns (1996) Dallas Mavericks (1996-1997) New Jersey Nets (1997-1999) Milwaukee Bucks (1999-2003) Minnesota Timberwolves (2003-2005) Los Angeles Clippers (2005-2008) Boston Celtics (2008)	40	Was hired as an assistant for the Wizards.	[12]

Front office movements

Coaching changes

Off-season

Date	Team	Outgoing coach	New coach	Previous position	Ref.
April 21, 2008	Milwaukee Bucks	Krystkowiak, LarryLarry Krystkowiak	Skiles, ScottScott Skiles	Head coach of the Chicago Bulls (2003–2007)	[13]
April 28, 2008	Miami Heat	Riley, PatPat Riley	Spoelstra, ErikErik Spoelstra	Assistant coach / Director of Scouting of the Miami Heat (2001–2008)	[14]
April 29, 2008	Charlotte Bobcats	Vincent, SamSam Vincent	Brown, LarryLarry Brown	Head coach of the New York Knicks (2005–2006)	[15]
May 13, 2008	New York Knicks	Thomas, IsiahIsiah Thomas	D'Antoni, MikeMike D'Antoni	Head coach of the Phoenix Suns (2003–2008)	[16]
May 14, 2008	Dallas Mavericks	Johnson, AveryAvery Johnson	Carlisle, RickRick Carlisle	Head coach of the Indiana Pacers (2003–2007)	[17]
June 9, 2008	Phoenix Suns	D'Antoni, MikeMike D'Antoni	Porter, TerryTerry Porter	Assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons (2006–2008)	[18]
June 10, 2008	Detroit Pistons	Saunders, FlipFlip Saunders	Curry, MichaelMichael Curry	Assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons (2007–2008)	[19]
June 11, 2008	Chicago Bulls	Boylan, JimJim Boylan (interim)	Del Negro, VinnyVinny Del Negro	Assistant general manager of the Phoenix Suns (2007–2008)	[20]

In-season

Date	Team	Outgoing coach	New coach	Previous position	Ref.
November 22, 2008	Oklahoma City Thunder	Carlesimo, P. J.P. J. Carlesimo	Brooks, ScottScott Brooks (interim)	Assistant coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder (2007–2008)	[21]
November 24, 2008	Washington Wizards	Jordan, EddieEddie Jordan	Tapscott, EdEd Tapscott (interim)	Director of Player Development of the Washington Wizards (2007–2008)	[22]
December 3, 2008	Toronto Raptors	Mitchell, SamSam Mitchell	Triano, JayJay Triano (interim)	Assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors (2002–2008)	[23]
December 8, 2008	Minnesota Timberwolves	Wittman, RandyRandy Wittman	McHale, KevinKevin McHale (interim)	Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves (1995–2008)	[24]
December 13, 2008	Philadelphia 76ers	Cheeks, MauriceMaurice Cheeks	DiLeo, TonyTony DiLeo (interim)	Senior Vice President / Assistant general manager of the Philadelphia Sixers (2003–2008)	[25]
December 15, 2008	Sacramento Kings	Theus, ReggieReggie Theus	Natt, KennyKenny Natt (interim)	Assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings (2007–2008)	[26]
January 23, 2009	Memphis Grizzlies	Iavaroni, MarcMarc Iavaroni	Davis, JohnnyJohnny Davis (interim)	Assistant coach of the Memphis Grizzlies (2007–2009)	[27]
January 25, 2009	Memphis Grizzlies	Davis, JohnnyJohnny Davis (interim)	Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins	Assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks (2008–2009)	[28]
February 16, 2009	Phoenix Suns	Porter, TerryTerry Porter	Gentry, AlvinAlvin Gentry (interim)	Assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns (2004–2009)	[29]

Player movements

Trades

June
June 25	To Charlotte Bobcats Draft rights to Alexis Ajinça	To Denver Nuggets Future protected first-round pick
June 26	To Memphis Grizzlies Greg Buckner Marko Jarić Antoine Walker Draft rights to O. J. Mayo	To Minnesota Timberwolves Brian Cardinal Jason Collins Mike Miller Draft rights to Kevin Love
	To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Trent Plaisted Walter Sharpe	To Seattle SuperSonics Draft rights to D. J. White
	To Cleveland Cavaliers Draft rights to Darnell Jackson	To Miami Heat Second-round pick in 2009 NBA Draft
	To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Mike Taylor	To Portland Trail Blazers Second-round pick in 2009 NBA Draft
	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Goran Dragić	To San Antonio Spurs Draft rights to Malik Hairston Second-round pick in 2009 NBA Draft Cash considerations
	To Boston Celtics Draft rights to Bill Walker	To Washington Wizards Cash considerations
	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Mario Chalmers	To Minnesota Timberwolves Two future second-round picks Cash considerations
	To New Orleans Hornets Cash considerations	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Darrell Arthur
	To Milwaukee Bucks Richard Jefferson	To New Jersey Nets Yi Jianlian Bobby Simmons
	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Joey Dorsey	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Nicolas Batum
	To Houston Rockets (from Memphis Grizzlies) Draft rights to Donté Greene Second-round pick in 2009 NBA Draft
	To Memphis Grizzlies (from Portland Trail Blazers) Draft rights to Darrell Arthur
	To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to Ömer Aşık	To Portland Trail Blazers Two future second-round picks
	To Denver Nuggets (from Chicago Bulls) Draft rights to Sonny Weems
	To Portland Trail Blazers (from Denver Nuggets) Second-round pick in 2009 NBA Draft
July
July 9	To Indiana Pacers Jarrett Jack Josh McRoberts Draft rights to Brandon Rush Cash considerations	To Portland Trail Blazers Jerryd Bayless Ike Diogu
	To Indiana Pacers Maceo Baston T. J. Ford Rasho Nesterovič Draft rights to Roy Hibbert	To Toronto Raptors Jermaine O'Neal Draft rights to Nathan Jawai
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Calvin Booth Rodney Carney First-round pick Cash considerations	To Philadelphia 76ers Future conditional second-round draft pick
July 9	To Denver Nuggets Option to exchange 2010 second-round picks	To Los Angeles Clippers Marcus Camby
July 21	To New Jersey Nets Keyon Dooling	To Orlando Magic Cash considerations
July 22	To Golden State Warriors Marcus Williams	To New Jersey Nets Future first-round pick
July 23	To Los Angeles Clippers Jason Hart	To Utah Jazz Brevin Knight
July 28	To Denver Nuggets Renaldo Balkman Cash considerations	To New York Knicks Taurean Green Bobby Jones Second-round pick in the 2010 NBA Draft
August
August 6	To Houston Rockets Option to exchange 2011 second-round picks	To Los Angeles Clippers Steve Novak
August 11	To Charlotte Bobcats 2009 second-round pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder Kyle Weaver
August 13	To Cleveland Cavaliers Mo Williams	To Milwaukee Bucks Damon Jones
	To Oklahoma City Thunder Desmond Mason Joe Smith	To Milwaukee Bucks Luke Ridnour Adrian Griffin
August 14	To Sacramento Kings Bobby Jackson Donte Greene	To Houston Rockets Ron Artest Sean Singletary Draft rights to Patrick Ewing, Jr.
August 29	To New York Knicks Patrick Ewing, Jr.	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Frederic Weis
November
November 3	To Denver Nuggets Chauncey Billups Antonio McDyess Cheikh Samb	To Detroit Pistons Allen Iverson
November 21	To New York Knicks Cuttino Mobley Tim Thomas	To Los Angeles Clippers Mardy Collins Zach Randolph
	To Golden State Warriors Jamal Crawford	To New York Knicks Al Harrington
December
December 10	To Charlotte Bobcats Raja Bell Boris Diaw Sean Singletary	To Phoenix Suns Jason Richardson Jared Dudley
	To Washington Wizards Mike James	To New Orleans Hornets Antonio Daniels
	To Washington Wizards Javaris Crittenton	To Memphis Grizzlies Conditional future first-round draft pick
December 24	To Houston Rockets Conditional 2011 second-round draft pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Steve Francis 2009 second-round draft pick Cash considerations
January
January 5	To Denver Nuggets Conditional future second-round draft pick Cash considerations	To Los Angeles Clippers Cheikh Samb
January 7	To Los Angeles Clippers Hassan Adams	To Toronto Raptors Conditional future second-round draft pick
	To Denver Nuggets Johan Petro second-round draft pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder Chucky Atkins first-round draft pick
	To Memphis Grizzlies Shaun Livingston cash considerations	To Miami Heat Conditional 2012 second-round draft pick
January 16	To Charlotte Bobcats DeSagana Diop	To Dallas Mavericks Matt Carroll Ryan Hollins
February
February 5	To Milwaukee Bucks Keith Bogans Cash considerations	To Orlando Magic Tyronn Lue
February 7	To Charlotte Bobcats Vladimir Radmanović	To Los Angeles Lakers Shannon Brown Adam Morrison
February 14	To Miami Heat Jamario Moon Jermaine O'Neal	To Toronto Raptors Marcus Banks Shawn Marion
February 16	To Detroit Pistons 2013 second-round draft pick	To Los Angeles Clippers Alex Acker 2011 second-round draft pick
February 17	To Boston Celtics 2015 second-round draft pick	To Sacramento Kings Sam Cassell
February 18	To Chicago Bulls Brad Miller John Salmons	To Sacramento Kings Drew Gooden Andrés Nocioni Michael Ruffin Cedric Simmons
	To Los Angeles Lakers 2013 second-round draft pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Chris Mihm Cash considerations
	To Portland Trail Blazers Michael Ruffin	To Sacramento Kings Ike Diogu
February 19	To Chicago Bulls 2009 first-round draft pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder Thabo Sefolosha
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Bobby Brown Shelden Williams	To Sacramento Kings Calvin Booth Rashad McCants
	To Houston Rockets Brian Cook	To Orlando Magic Rafer Alston
	To Houston Rockets Kyle Lowry	To Memphis Grizzlies Adonal Foyle Mike Wilks 2009 first-round draft pick
	To Chicago Bulls Tim Thomas Jerome James Anthony Roberson	To New York Knicks Larry Hughes
	To Oklahoma City Thunder Malik Rose	To New York Knicks Chris Wilcox
	To Toronto Raptors Patrick O'Bryant	To Boston Celtics 2014 second-round draft pick
	To Sacramento Kings Will Solomon	To Toronto Raptors Cash considerations

Free agency

The following lists players who join or leave other team via free agency. Some dates might be contrast from other sources.

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team
Gerald Green	July 3	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Hassan Adams	July 6	Toronto Raptors	Teramo Basket
J.J. Barea	July 9	Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul		New Orleans Hornets
Elton Brand		Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
José Calderón		Toronto Raptors
DeSagana Diop		Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Chris Duhon		New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
James Jones		Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Corey Maggette		Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Chris Paul		New Orleans Hornets
Mickaël Piétrus		Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Beno Udrih		Sacramento Kings
Brent Barry	July 10	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Baron Davis		Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Andrew Bogut	July 11	Milwaukee Bucks
Roger Mason, Jr.		San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Keith McLeod		Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
James Singleton		Dallas Mavericks	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
Antoine Wright		Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Anthony Carter	July 12	Denver Nuggets
Gilbert Arenas	July 13	Washington Wizards
Anthony Johnson	July 14	Orlando Magic	Sacramento Kings
Jarvis Hayes	July 16	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
Eduardo Nájera		New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Roko Ukić		Toronto Raptors	Virtus Roma
Malik Allen	July 17	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Tyronn Lue		Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Craig Smith		Minnesota Timberwolves
Dee Brown	July 18	Washington Wizards	Galatasaray Café Crown
Deron Williams		Utah Jazz
Tony Allen	July 19	Boston Celtics
Kurt Thomas	July 21	San Antonio Spurs
Eddie House	July 22	Boston Celtics
Matt Barnes		Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Hamed Haddadi	August 28	Memphis Grizzlies	Saba Battery Tehran (Iran)

Going overseas

Date	Player	New team	Former team	Ref.
June 19, 2008	Navarro, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona	Memphis Grizzlies	[30]
July 18, 2008	Delfino, CarlosCarlos Delfino	Khimki	Toronto Raptors	[31]
July 20, 2008	Brezec, PrimožPrimož Brezec	Lottomatica Roma	Toronto Raptors	[32]
July 21, 2008	Nachbar, BoštjanBoštjan Nachbar	Dynamo Moscow	New Jersey Nets	[33]
July 25, 2008	Childress, JoshJosh Childress	Olympiacos Piraeus	Atlanta Hawks	[34]
July 29, 2008	Krstić, NenadNenad Krstić	BC Triumph	New Jersey Nets	[35]
August 4, 2008	Arroyo, CarlosCarlos Arroyo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Orlando Magic	[36]
August 6, 2008	Boykins, EarlEarl Boykins	Virtus Bologna	Charlotte Bobcats	[37]
August 15, 2008	Pargo, JanneroJannero Pargo	Dynamo Moscow	New Orleans Hornets	[38]
August 20, 2008	Barron, EarlEarl Barron	Fortitudo Bologna	Miami Heat	[39]
August 21, 2008	Giriček, GordanGordan Giriček	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Phoenix Suns	[40]

Released

Waived

Player	Date waived	Former team	Ref
McKie, AaronAaron McKie	May 5	Memphis Grizzlies	[41]
Garbajosa, JorgeJorge Garbajosa	June 18	Toronto Raptors	[42]
Johnson, AlexanderAlexander Johnson	June 23	Miami Heat	[43]
Green, TaureanTaurean Green	July 29	New York Knicks	[44]
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones		New York Knicks	[44]
Augustine, JamesJames Augustine		Orlando Magic	[45]
Powell, JoshJosh Powell	July 30	Los Angeles Clippers	[46]
Curry, JamesOnJamesOn Curry	July 31	Chicago Bulls	[47]
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	August 15	Miami Heat	[48]
Marshall, DonyellDonyell Marshall	August 20	Oklahoma City Thunder	[49]
Lasme, StephaneStephane Lasme	September 3	Miami Heat	[50]
Taylor, DonellDonell Taylor	October 14	Charlotte Bobcats	[51]
Williams, MarcusMarcus Williams		Charlotte Bobcats	[51]
Miles, DariusDarius Miles	October 20	Boston Celtics	[52]
Jones, DwayneDwayne Jones	October 23	Orlando Magic	[53]
Williams, JustinJustin Williams		Charlotte Bobcats	[54]
Ahearn, BlakeBlake Ahearn		Minnesota Timberwolves	[55]
Harrison, DavidDavid Harrison		Minnesota Timberwolves	[55]
Richard, ChrisChris Richard		Minnesota Timberwolves	[55]
Davidson, JermareoJermareo Davidson	October 27	Charlotte Bobcats	[56]
Hart, JasonJason Hart	February 27	Los Angeles Clippers
Head, LutherLuther Head	February 28	Houston Rockets
Gooden, DrewDrew Gooden	March 1	Sacramento Kings
Foyle, AdonalAdonal Foyle		Memphis Grizzlies
Smith, JoeJoe Smith		Oklahoma City Thunder
Swift, StromileStromile Swift		New Jersey Nets
Williams, MarcusMarcus Williams	March 10	Golden State Warriors
Snow, EricEric Snow	April 5	Cleveland Cavaliers
Hairston, MalikMalik Hairston	April 8	San Antonio Spurs
Solomon, WillWill Solomon		Sacramento Kings

Going overseas

Date	Player	New team	Former team	Ref.
	Garbajosa, JorgeJorge Garbajosa	Khimki	Toronto Raptors
	Green, TaureanTaurean Green	CAI Zaragoza	Denver Nuggets
	Jacobsen, CaseyCasey Jacobsen	ALBA Berlin	Memphis Grizzlies
	Johnson, AlexanderAlexander Johnson	Brose Baskets	Miami Heat
September 17, 2008	Perović, KostaKosta Perović	Valencia	Golden State Warriors	[57]
September 22, 2008	Lasme, StephaneStephane Lasme	KK Partizan	Miami Heat	[58]

Draft picks

Signed

Date	Round	Pick	Player	Team	School/Club Team	Notes	Ref.
July 1, 2008	1	1	Rose, DerrickDerrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	Memphis (Fr.)
July 1, 2008	1	2	Beasley, MichaelMichael Beasley	Miami Heat	Kansas State (Fr.)
July 8, 2008	1	3	Mayo, O. J.O. J. Mayo	Memphis Grizzlies	USC (Fr.)	Drafted by Minnesota Timberwolves	[59]
July 4, 2008	1	4	Westbrook, RussellRussell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder	UCLA (So.)
July 11, 2008	1	5	Love, KevinKevin Love	Minnesota Timberwolves	UCLA (Fr.)	Drafted by Memphis Grizzlies
July 8, 2008	1	6	Gallinari, DaniloDanilo Gallinari	New York Knicks	Olimpia Milano (Italy)
July 2, 2008	1	7	Gordon, EricEric Gordon	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana (Fr.)
July 8, 2008	1	8	Alexander, JoeJoe Alexander	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia (Jr.)
July 8, 2008	1	9	Augustin, D. J.D. J. Augustin	Charlotte Bobcats	Texas (So.)
July 2, 2008	1	10	Lopez, BrookBrook Lopez	New Jersey Nets	Stanford (So.)
July 9, 2008	1	11	Bayless, JerrydJerryd Bayless	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona (Fr.)	Drafted by Indiana Pacers
July 8, 2008	1	12	Thompson, JasonJason Thompson	Sacramento Kings	Rider (Sr.)
July 15, 2008	1	13	Rush, BrandonBrandon Rush	Indiana Pacers	Kansas (Jr.)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
July 15, 2008	1	14	Randolph, AnthonyAnthony Randolph	Golden State Warriors	LSU (Fr.)
July 10, 2008	1	15	Lopez, RobinRobin Lopez	Phoenix Suns	Stanford (So.)
July 18, 2008	1	16	Speights, MarreeseMarreese Speights	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida (So.)
July 15, 2008	1	17	Hibbert, RoyRoy Hibbert	Indiana Pacers	Georgetown (Sr.)	Drafted by Toronto Raptors
July 9, 2008	1	18	McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee	Washington Wizards	Nevada (So.)
July 10, 2008	1	19	Hickson, J. J.J. J. Hickson	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State (Fr.)
July 8, 2008	1	20	Ajinça, AlexisAlexis Ajinça	Charlotte Bobcats	Hyères-Toulon Var Basket (France)
July 2, 2008	1	21	Anderson, RyanRyan Anderson	New Jersey Nets	California (So.)
July 3, 2008	1	22	Lee, CourtneyCourtney Lee	Orlando Magic	Western Kentucky (Sr.)
July 10, 2008	1	23	Koufos, KostaKosta Koufos	Utah Jazz	Ohio State (Fr.)
July 22, 2008	1	25	Batum, NicolasNicolas Batum	Portland Trail Blazers	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)	Drafted by Houston Rockets
September 24, 2008	1	26	Hill, GeorgeGeorge Hill	San Antonio Spurs	IUPUI (Jr.)
July 8, 2008	1	27	Arthur, DarrellDarrell Arthur	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas (So.)	Drafted by New Orleans Hornets	[59]
July 14, 2008	1	28	Greene, DontéDonté Greene	Houston Rockets	Syracuse (Fr.)	Drafted by Memphis Grizzlies
July 4, 2008	1	29	White, D. J.D. J. White	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana (Sr.)	Drafted by Detroit Pistons
August 26, 2008	1	30	Giddens, J. R.J. R. Giddens	Boston Celtics	New Mexico (Sr.)
August 6, 2008	2	32	Sharpe, WalterWalter Sharpe	Detroit Pistons	UAB (Jr.)	Drafted by Oklahoma City Thunder (as Seattle SuperSonics)
September 29, 2008	2	33	Dorsey, JoeyJoey Dorsey	Houston Rockets	Memphis (Sr.)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
July 9, 2008	2	34	Chalmers, MarioMario Chalmers	Miami Heat	Kansas (Jr.)	Drafted by Minnesota Timberwolves
July 15, 2008	2	35	Jordan, DeAndreDeAndre Jordan	Los Angeles Clippers	Texas A&M (Fr.)
July 9, 2008	2	37	Mbah a Moute, Luc RichardLuc Richard Mbah a Moute	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA (Jr.)
August 27, 2008	2	38	Weaver, KyleKyle Weaver	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington State (Sr.)	Drafted by Charlotte Bobcats
September 15, 2008	2	39	Weems, SonnySonny Weems	Denver Nuggets	Arkansas (Sr.)	Drafted by Chicago Bulls
July 9, 2008	2	40	Douglas-Roberts, ChrisChris Douglas-Roberts	New Jersey Nets	Memphis (Jr.)
July 11, 2008	2	41	Jawai, NathanNathan Jawai	Toronto Raptors	Cairns Taipans (Australia)	Drafted by Indiana Pacers
July 9, 2008	2	42	Singletary, SeanSean Singletary	Sacramento Kings	Virginia (Sr.)
July 9, 2008	2	43	Ewing, Jr., PatrickPatrick Ewing, Jr.	Sacramento Kings	Georgetown (Sr.)
September 22, 2008	2	45	Dragić, GoranGoran Dragić	Phoenix Suns	KK Union Olimpija (Slovenia)	Drafted by San Antonio Spurs
August 22, 2008	2	47	Walker, BillBill Walker	Boston Celtics	Kansas State (Fr.)	Drafted by Washington Wizards
September 30, 2008	2	48	Hairston, MalikMalik Hairston	San Antonio Spurs	Oregon (Sr.)	Drafted by Phoenix Suns
July 24, 2008	2	49	Hendrix, RichardRichard Hendrix	Golden State Warriors	Alabama (Jr.)
September 6, 2008	2	52	Jackson, DarnellDarnell Jackson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)	Drafted by Miami Heat
July 15, 2008	2	55	Taylor, MikeMike Taylor	Los Angeles Clippers	Idaho Stampede (D-League)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
August 27, 2008	2	58	Crawford, JoeJoe Crawford	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky (Sr.)

From previous seasons

Date	Round	Pick	Player	Team	School/Club Team	Notes	Ref.
July 1, 2008	1	24	Fernández, RudyRudy Fernández	Portland Trail Blazers	Joventut Badalona (Spain)	Drafted in 2007 by Phoenix Suns	[60]
August 25, 2008	2	40	Yue, SunSun Yue	Los Angeles Lakers	Beijing Olympians (ABA)	Drafted in 2007	[61]
July 16, 2008	2	41	Ukić, RokoRoko Ukić	Toronto Raptors	KK Split (Croatia)	Drafted in 2005	[62]
July 9, 2008	2	49	Gasol, MarcMarc Gasol	Memphis Grizzlies	CB Girona (Spain)	Drafted in 2007 by the Los Angeles Lakers	[63]

Signed undrafted players

Date	Player	Team	School/Club Team
August 7	Hunter, OthelloOthello Hunter	Atlanta Hawks	Ohio State (Sr.)
September 8	Kurz, RobRob Kurz	Golden State Warriors
July 9	Nelson, DeMarcusDeMarcus Nelson	Golden State Warriors
July 9	Dowell, DionDion Dowell	Golden State Warriors
July 24	Morrow, AnthonyAnthony Morrow	Golden State Warriors
September 12	Giles, C. J.C. J. Giles	Los Angeles Lakers
July 2	Richards, JasonJason Richards	Miami Heat
July 2	Padgett, DavidDavid Padgett	Miami Heat
September 25	Rice, MaureeceMaureece Rice	Miami Heat
August 27	Hill, StevenSteven Hill	Portland Trail Blazers

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• "November 2008 Transactions". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

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