2008 NBA Development League expansion draft information
2008 NBA Development League expansion draft
General information
Sport
Basketball
Date(s)
September 24, 2008
Location
New York, New York
Overview
League
NBA
Expansion teams
Reno Bighorns Erie BayHawks
← 2007
2009 →
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]
^ abc"NBA D-League Expansion Draft Set For September 24". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^"Damone Brown". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"1996 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"2001 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"2003 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"2008 D-League All-Star Game Team Rosters Announced". NBA.com. NBA Development League, LLC. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"2007 D-League All-Star Game Rosters". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 17, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^"Player Bio: Mustafa Al-Sayyad". GoBulldogs.com. CBS Interactive. 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
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