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              Round 1
              Round 2
              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Greg Oden
                C•OSU
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Kevin Durant
                SF•TEX
                --
              • 3 (3)
                Al Horford
                PF•FLA
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Mike Conley
                PG•OSU
                --
              • 5 (5)
                Jeff Green
                SF•GTWN
                Traded to Seattle
              • 6 (6)
                Yi Jianlian
                PF•China
                --
              • 7 (7)
                Corey Brewer
                SG•FLA
                --
              • 8 (8)
                Brandan Wright
                PF•UNC
                Traded to Golden State
              • 9 (9)
                Joakim Noah
                PF•FLA
                from New York
              • 10 (10)
                Spencer Hawes
                C•WASH
                --
              • 11 (11)
                Acie Law
                PG•TA&M
                from Indiana
              • 12 (12)
                Thaddeus Young
                SF•GT
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Julian Wright
                SF•KU
                --
              • 14 (14)
                Al Thornton
                SF•FSU
                --
              • 15 (15)
                Rodney Stuckey
                SG•EWU
                from Orlando
              • 16 (16)
                Nick Young
                SG•USC
                --
              • 17 (17)
                Sean Williams
                C•BC
                --
              • 18 (18)
                Marco Belinelli
                SG•Italy
                --
              • 19 (19)
                Javaris Crittenton
                PG•GT
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Jason Smith
                PF•CSU
                Traded to Philadelphia
              • 21 (21)
                Daequan Cook
                SG•OSU
                from Denver; Traded to Miami
              • 22 (22)
                Jared Dudley
                SF•BC
                from Toronto through Cleveland
              • 23 (23)
                Wilson Chandler
                SF•DEP
                from Chicago
              • 24 (24)
                Rudy Fernandez
                SG•Spain
                from Cleveland through Boston; Traded to Portland
              • 25 (25)
                Morris Almond
                SG•RICE
                --
              • 26 (26)
                Aaron Brooks
                PG•ORE
                --
              • 27 (27)
                Arron Afflalo
                SG•UCLA
                --
              • 28 (28)
                Tiago Splitter
                PF•Brazil
                --
              • 29 (29)
                Alando Tucker
                SF•WIS
                --
              • 30 (30)
                Petteri Koponen
                PG•Finland
                from Dallas through Denver and Golden State; Traded to Portland

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