# 2008 NBA Development League expansion draft

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 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 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. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | 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 | College |
| 1 | 1 | Damone Brown$^†$ | G/F | United States | Reno Bighorns | Syracuse |
| 1 | 2 | Mike Gansey | G | United States | Erie BayHawks | West Virginia |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Gipson | G | United States | Erie BayHawks | LSU |
| 2 | 4 | Jackie Manuel | G | United States | Reno Bighorns | North Carolina |
| 3 | 5 | Jesse Smith | C | United States | Reno Bighorns | Idaho State |
| 3 | 6 | Kris Lang | F/C | United States | Erie BayHawks | North Carolina |
| 4 | 7 | Jamaal Thomas | F | United States | Erie BayHawks | Angelo State |
| 4 | 8 | Dahntay Jones$^†$ | G | United States | Reno Bighorns | Duke |
| 5 | 9 | Andre Patterson | F | United States | Reno Bighorns | Tennessee |
| 5 | 10 | Steven Smith | F | United States | Erie BayHawks | La Salle |
| 6 | 11 | Davin White | G | United States | Erie BayHawks | Cal State Northridge |
| 6 | 12 | Cecil Brown | G | United States | Reno Bighorns | Santa Barbara |
| 7 | 13 | Mustafa Al-Sayyad | F | Sudan | Reno Bighorns | Fresno State |
| 7 | 14 | Brian Greene | F | United States | Erie BayHawks | Colorado State |
| 8 | 15 | Kyle Davis | F/C | United States | Erie BayHawks | Auburn |
| 8 | 16 | Brian Chase$^^$ | G | United States | Reno Bighorns | Virginia Tech |
| 9 | 17 | Alfred Neale | F | United States | Reno Bighorns | New Mexico |
| 9 | 18 | Jeff Hagen | C | United States | Erie BayHawks | Minnesota |
| 10 | 19 | Larry Turner | C | United States | Erie BayHawks | Tennessee State |
| 10 | 20 | Randy Livingston* | G | United States | Reno Bighorns | LSU |