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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Derrick Rose
                PG•MEM
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Michael Beasley
                PF•KSU
                --
              • 3 (3)
                O.J. Mayo
                SG•USC
                Traded to Memphis
              • 4 (4)
                Russell Westbrook
                PG•UCLA
                --
              • 5 (5)
                Kevin Love
                PF•UCLA
                Traded to Minnesota
              • 6 (6)
                Danilo Gallinari
                SF•Italy
                --
              • 7 (7)
                Eric Gordon
                SG•IU
                --
              • 8 (8)
                Joe Alexander
                SF•WVU
                --
              • 9 (9)
                D.J. Augustin
                PG•TEX
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Brook Lopez
                C•STAN
                --
              • 11 (11)
                Jerryd Bayless
                PG•ARIZ
                Traded to Portland
              • 12 (12)
                Jason Thompson
                PF•RID
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Brandon Rush
                SG•KU
                Traded to Indiana
              • 14 (14)
                Anthony Randolph
                PF•LSU
                --
              • 15 (15)
                Robin Lopez
                C•STAN
                from Atlanta
              • 16 (16)
                Marreese Speights
                C•FLA
                --
              • 17 (17)
                Roy Hibbert
                C•GTWN
                Traded to Indiana
              • 18 (18)
                JaVale McGee
                C•NEV
                --
              • 19 (19)
                J. J. Hickson
                PF•NCSU
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Alexis Ajinca
                PF•France
                from Denver
              • 21 (21)
                Ryan Anderson
                PF•CAL
                from Dallas
              • 22 (22)
                Courtney Lee
                SG•WKU
                --
              • 23 (23)
                Kosta Koufos
                C•OSU
                --
              • 24 (24)
                Serge Ibaka
                PF•Congo
                from Phoenix
              • 25 (25)
                Nicolas Batum
                SF•France
                Traded to Portland
              • 26 (26)
                George Hill
                PG•IUIN
                --
              • 27 (27)
                Darrell Arthur
                PF•KU
                Traded to Memphis from Houston and Portland
              • 28 (28)
                Donte Greene
                SF•SYR
                from LA Lakers
              • 29 (29)
                D.J. White
                PF•IU
                Traded to Seattle
              • 30 (30)
                J. R. Giddens
                SG•UNM
                --

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