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. 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.
The first overall draft pick in the expansion draft was Damone Brown, a guard who had played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce the season before. Brown had played collegiately at Syracuse and then spent three years playing professional basketball before his 2008 NBADL Expansion Draft selection. 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). 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. The only non-American player chosen was Mustafa Al-Sayyad, who was born in Khartoum, Sudan and played college basketball at Fresno State.
Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter ^ Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s)* Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s) and was also selected in an NBA draft† Denotes player who was also selected in an NBA Draft
Draft
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team College11† G/F Reno Bighorns Syracuse12 G Erie BayHawks West Virginia23 G Erie BayHawks LSU24 G Reno Bighorns North Carolina35 C Reno Bighorns Idaho State36 F/C Erie BayHawks North Carolina47 F Erie BayHawks Angelo State48† G Reno Bighorns Duke59 F Reno Bighorns Tennessee510 F Erie BayHawks La Salle611 G Erie BayHawks Cal State Northridge612 G Reno Bighorns Santa Barbara713 F Reno Bighorns Fresno State714 F Erie BayHawks Colorado State815 F/C Erie BayHawks Auburn816^ G Reno Bighorns Virginia Tech917 F Reno Bighorns New Mexico918 C Erie BayHawks Minnesota1019 C Erie BayHawks Tennessee State1020* G Reno Bighorns LSU
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