page_title: 2008 NBA draft
section_title: Draft selections
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 NBA draft / Draft selections
caption_attribution_description: English: Roy Hibbert
context_page_description: The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including international players from non-North American professional leagues. According to the NBA, 44 players, 39 collegiate players and five international players, filed as early-entry candidates for the 2008 NBA Draft. These numbers do not include players who are automatically eligible for the draft. The Chicago Bulls, who had a 1.7 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 22. The Bulls' winning of the lottery was the second-largest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic, who won it in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance. The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves obtained the second and third picks respectively.
  For the first time in draft history the first three draft picks were all freshmen.
context_section_description: Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
   a: The franchise relocated to become the Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2008.
   b: Anthony Randolph was born in West Germany to American parents and was raised in the United States. He became a naturalized citizen of Slovenia in 2017 and he has represented Slovenia internationally. 
   c: Roy Hibbert was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and a Trinidadian mother. He had represented the United States internationally at youth level in 2007. Since 2010, he has represented Jamaica internationally.
   d: Kosta Koufos was born and raised in the United States to Greek parents. He has represented Greece internationally.
   e: Serge Ibaka, who was born in Congo, became a naturalized citizen of Spain in 2011. He has represented Spain internationally since 2011.
   f: Donté Greene was born in West Germany to American parents. He has represented the United States internationally at youth level.
   g: James Gist was born in Turkey to American parents.
caption: Roy Hibbert was selected seventeenth by the Toronto Raptors and traded to the Indiana Pacers.
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