2008 NBA Development League Expansion Draft

2008 NBA Development League Expansion draft
General information
Expansion team(s)	Reno Bighorns Erie BayHawks
Date(s)	September 24, 2008
Time	2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location	New York, New York
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NBA Development League draft 2008

The 2008 NBA Development League Expansion Draft was the third expansion draft of the National Basketball Association Development League (NBADL). The draft was held on September 24, 2008, so that the newly founded Reno Bighorns and Erie BayHawks could acquire players for the upcoming 2008–09 season.

A random drawing determined who was awarded the first pick, which went to the Reno Bighorns.^[1] The teams switched their draft order each succeeding round. The available players to draft came from a list of 55 unprotected players who had competed in the NBADL in 2007–08.^[1]

The first overall draft pick in the expansion draft was Damone Brown, a 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) guard who had played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce the season before.^[1] Brown had played collegiately at Syracuse and then spent three years playing professional basketball before his 2008 NBADL Expansion Draft selection.^[2] He was also one of three players to have also been chosen in an NBA Draft (2001); the others include Randy Livingston (1996) and Dahntay Jones (2003).^[3][4][5] Two players, Livingston and Brian Chase, had previously been selected as NBA Development League All-Stars. Chase was a 2007 All-Star, while Livingston earned the honor in 2008.^[6][7] The only non-American player chosen was Mustafa Al-Sayyad, who was born in Khartoum, Sudan and played college basketball at Fresno State.^[8]

Key

Draft

Dahntay Jones was drafted eighth overall by the Reno Bighorns.

Brian Chase, also a Bighorns selection, was taken 16th overall.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College
1	1	Brown, DamoneDamone Brown†	G/F	United States	Reno Bighorns	Syracuse
1	2	Gansey, MikeMike Gansey	G	United States	Erie BayHawks	West Virginia
2	3	Gipson, TonyTony Gipson	G	United States	Erie BayHawks	LSU
2	4	Manuel, JackieJackie Manuel	G	United States	Reno Bighorns	North Carolina
3	5	Smith, JesseJesse Smith	C	United States	Reno Bighorns	Idaho State
3	6	Lang, KrisKris Lang	F/C	United States	Erie BayHawks	North Carolina
4	7	Thomas, JamaalJamaal Thomas	F	United States	Erie BayHawks	Angelo State
4	8	Jones, DahntayDahntay Jones†	G	United States	Reno Bighorns	Duke
5	9	Patterson, AndreAndre Patterson	F	United States	Reno Bighorns	Tennessee
5	10	Smith, StevenSteven Smith	F	United States	Erie BayHawks	La Salle
6	11	White, DavinDavin White	G	United States	Erie BayHawks	Cal State Northridge
6	12	Brown, CecilCecil Brown	G	United States	Reno Bighorns	Santa Barbara
7	13	Al-Sayyad, MustafaMustafa Al-Sayyad	F	Sudan	Reno Bighorns	Fresno State
7	14	Greene, BrianBrian Greene	F	United States	Erie BayHawks	Colorado State
8	15	Davis, KyleKyle Davis	F/C	United States	Erie BayHawks	Auburn
8	16	Chase, BrianBrian Chase^	G	United States	Reno Bighorns	Virginia Tech
9	17	Neale, AlfredAlfred Neale	F	United States	Reno Bighorns	New Mexico
9	18	Hagen, JeffJeff Hagen	C	United States	Erie BayHawks	Minnesota
10	19	Turner, LarryLarry Turner	C	United States	Erie BayHawks	Tennessee State
10	20	Livingston, RandyRandy Livingston*	G	United States	Reno Bighorns	LSU

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