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2008 NBA Re-Draft: Westbrook, Love, & Rose

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Will the former MVP still go #1 ?

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This is the fifth part in a 14-part series of re-drafts, looking at every NBA draft from 2004 to 2017.

This isn't opinion or one controversial statistic. This is a re-draft based on a formula that includes VORP (value over replacement player), BPM (box plus/minus), WS (win shares), PPG (points per game), contribution (minutes), and shooting percentage (field goal and 3-point).

The data determines the re-draft order. Then the players are placed into categories based on the entirety of their career. Therefore the category they fall within is based on if they are mostly known as a star, starter, rotation player, bench guy, or an unknown because they didn't play long.

The format is as follows: Re-Draft Position #. Player - Original Draft Position # and Team. Also, a team who acquired a player’s rights in a draft day trade is considered the drafting team in our analysis.

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NBA Re-draft ~ 2008

Bench Guys

30. Darrell Arthur - #27 New Orleans

29. Marreese Speights - #16 Philadelphia

28. Omer Asik - #36 Houston

27. Brandon Rush - #13 Indiana

26. Nikola Pekovic - #31 Minnesota

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O.J. Mayo started all 82 games as a rookie, averaging 18.5 PPG and shooting 38% from the three point line

Rotation Guys

25. Kosta Koufos - #23 Utah

24. Jerryd Bayless - #11 Portland

23. J.J. Hickson - #19 Cleveland

22. Michael Beasley - #2 Miami

21. Jason Thompson - #12 Sacramento

20. Luc Mbah a Moute - #37 Milwaukee

19. JaVale McGee - #18 Washington

18. D.J. Augustin - #9 Charlotte

17. Mario Chalmers - #34 Miami

16. O.J. Mayo - #3 Memphis

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The Lopez Twins have both had successful careers

Starters

15. Courtney Lee - #22 Orlando

14. Ryan Anderson - #21 New Jersey

13. Roy Hibbert - #17 Indiana

12. Robin Lopez - #15 Phoenix

11. Danilo Gallinari - #6 New York

10. Nicolas Batum - #25 Portland

9. Eric Gordon - #7 Los Angeles Clippers

8. DeAndre Jordan - #35 Los Angeles Clippers

7. George Hill - #26 San Antonio

6. Goran Dragic - #45 Phoenix

5. Serge Ibaka - #24 Oklahoma City

4. Brook Lopez - #10 New Jersey

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Westbrook and Love were college teammates at UCLA

Stars

3. Derrick Rose - #1 Chicago

2. Kevin Love - #5 Minnesota

1. Russell Westbrook - #4 Oklahoma City

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Winners

Oklahoma City - Serge Ibaka moves up from #24 to #5

Phoenix - Goran Dragic moves up from #45 to #6

San Antonio - George Hill moves up from #26 to #7

Portland - Nicolas Batum moves up from #25 to #10

Los Angeles Clippers - DeAndre Jordan moves up from #35 to #8

Losers

Miami - Michael Beasley drops from #2 to # 22

Memphis - O.J. Mayo drops from #3 to #16

Milwaukee - Joe Alexander drops from #8 to out of the first round

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The 2008 NBA Draft was one of the best from top to bottom. There were 25 rotation players and 15 were starters for the majority of their career.

Where do you agree and disagree with the re-draft order? Who would be your in top five?