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              Round 1
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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Blake Griffin
                PF•OU
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Hasheem Thabeet
                C•CONN
                --
              • 3 (3)
                James Harden
                SG•ASU
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Tyreke Evans
                PG•MEM
                --
              • 5 (5)
                Ricky Rubio
                PG•Spain
                from Washington
              • 6 (6)
                Jonny Flynn
                PG•SYR
                --
              • 7 (7)
                Stephen Curry
                PG•DAV
                --
              • 8 (8)
                Jordan Hill
                PF•ARIZ
                --
              • 9 (9)
                DeMar DeRozan
                SG•USC
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Brandon Jennings
                PG•Italy
                --
              • 11 (11)
                Terrence Williams
                SG•LOU
                --
              • 12 (12)
                Gerald Henderson
                SG•DUKE
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Tyler Hansbrough
                PF•UNC
                --
              • 14 (14)
                Earl Clark
                SF•LOU
                --
              • 15 (15)
                Austin Daye
                SF•GONZ
                --
              • 16 (16)
                James Johnson
                PF•WAKE
                --
              • 17 (17)
                Jrue Holiday
                PG•UCLA
                --
              • 18 (18)
                Ty Lawson
                PG•UNC
                from Miami, rights to T. Lawson traded to Denver for future considerations
              • 19 (19)
                Jeff Teague
                PG•WAKE
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Eric Maynor
                PG•VCU
                --
              • 21 (21)
                Darren Collison
                PG•UCLA
                --
              • 22 (22)
                Victor Claver
                SF•Spain
                from Dallas
              • 23 (23)
                Omri Casspi
                SF•Israel
                from Houston
              • 24 (24)
                B.J. Mullens
                C•OSU
                from Portland, traded to Oklahoma City for rights to R. Beaubois
              • 25 (25)
                Rodrigue Beaubois
                PG•France
                from San Antonio, traded to Dallas for rights to B.J. Mullens
              • 26 (26)
                Taj Gibson
                PF•USC
                from Denver through Oklahoma City
              • 27 (27)
                DeMarre Carroll
                PF•MIZ
                from Orlando
              • 28 (28)
                Wayne Ellington
                SG•UNC
                from Boston
              • 29 (29)
                Toney Douglas
                SG•FSU
                rights to T. Douglas traded to NY Knicks
              • 30 (30)
                Christian Eyenga
                SF•Congo
                --

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