2009 NBA Draft Report Cards | NBA Draft Day Trades And Results

The 2009 NBA Draft will be held on June 25, 2009 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This year’s NBA Draft picks will also have a live TV broadcast on ESPN at 7:00 pm ET. You can also watch the live stream online of the NBA Draft Preview show on ESPN 360 website.

Complete List of the 2009 NBA Draft Results:
1. Los Angeles Clippers: Blake Griffin (check)
2. Memphis Grizzlies: Hasheem Thabeet (c)
3. Oklahoma City Thunder: James Harden (c)
4. Sacramento Kings: Tyreke Evans (c)
5. Minnesota Timberwolves: Ricky Rubio (c)
6. Minnesota Timberwolves: Jonny Flynn (x:DeMar DeRozan)
7. Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry (x: Jordan Hill)
8. New York Knicks: Jordan Hill (x:Stephen Curry)
9. Toronto Raptors: DeMar DeRozan (x:Jonny Flynn)
10. Milwaukee Bucks: Brandon Jennings (x:Jrue Holiday)
11. New Jersey Nets: Terrence Williams
12. Charlotte Bobcats: Gerald Henderson (c)
13. Indiana Pacers: Tyler Hansbrough (c)
14. Phoenix Suns: Earl Clark (c)

Brandon Jennings
Terrence Williams
Eric Maynor
Ty Lawson
Jeff Teague

Interestingly, DeJuan Blair fell out of the first round and landed on the 37th pick of the San Antonio Spurs.


Complete List of the 2009 Draft Day Trades:
The Orlando Magic acquired Vince Carter from the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee and Tony Battie.



Meanwhile, before NBA Draft 2009 commence later, a few trades occured, aiming to slah payroll for some teams or seek help in their lineup.

As expected, the Washington Wizards trade their No. 5 pick in this year's draft, plus Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas and Darius Songaila, to hte Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Randy Foye and Mike Miller. This should help the Wiz, as they were looking for veteran perimeter help while getting rid of expiring contracts.

The Milwaukee Bucks, needing to go under luxury tax line, sent Richard Jefferson to the Spurs for Kurt Thomas, Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen. This will help the Spurs to take some pressure off an ageing Tim Duncan and oft-injured Manu Ginobili.

Then the Bucks sent Oberto to the Detroit Pistons for forward Amir Johnson. The Pistons buy out Oberto off his contract, thus making him a free agent and possibly go back to the Spurs.