2008 NBA Development League expansion draft

Erie BayHawks

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. 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.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College
1	1	†	G/F		Reno Bighorns	Syracuse
1	2		G		Erie BayHawks	West Virginia
2	3		G		Erie BayHawks	LSU
2	4		G		Reno Bighorns	North Carolina
3	5		C		Reno Bighorns	Idaho State
3	6		F/C		Erie BayHawks	North Carolina
4	7		F		Erie BayHawks	Angelo State
4	8	†	G		Reno Bighorns	Duke
5	9		F		Reno Bighorns	Tennessee
5	10		F		Erie BayHawks	La Salle
6	11		G		Erie BayHawks	Cal State Northridge
6	12		G		Reno Bighorns	Santa Barbara
7	13		F		Reno Bighorns	Fresno State
7	14		F		Erie BayHawks	Colorado State
8	15		F/C		Erie BayHawks	Auburn
8	16	^	G		Reno Bighorns	Virginia Tech
9	17		F		Reno Bighorns	New Mexico
9	18		C		Erie BayHawks	Minnesota
10	19		C		Erie BayHawks	Tennessee State
10	20	*	G		Reno Bighorns	LSU