2008 NBA Development League expansion draft

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{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2008 NBA Development League expansion draft

| image =

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| logo = NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2008.jpg

| logosize = 200px

| sport = Basketball

| date = September 24, 2008

| location = New York, New York

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| league = NBA

| teams =

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| territorial =

| prev = 2007

| next = 2009

| expansion_teams = Reno Bighorns
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/expansion_draft_080922.html|title=NBA D-League Expansion Draft Set For September 24|work=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|date=September 22, 2008|accessdate=November 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217231145/http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/expansion_draft_080922.html|archive-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=dead}} 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 {{height|ft=6|in=9}} 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.{{Cite web| title = Damone Brown| work = NBA Media Ventures, LLC| publisher = Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.| date = 2010| url = http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/career.jsp?player=damone_brown| accessdate = November 8, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121109203659/http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/career.jsp?player=damone_brown| archive-date = November 9, 2012| url-status = dead}} 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).{{Cite web| title = 1996 NBA Draft| work = basketball-reference.com| publisher = Sports Reference LLC| date = 2010| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1996.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010}}{{Cite web| title = 2001 NBA Draft| work = basketball-reference.com| publisher = Sports Reference LLC| date = 2010| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2001.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101115185533/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2001.html| archivedate= 15 November 2010 | url-status= live}}{{Cite web| title = 2003 NBA Draft| work = basketball-reference.com| publisher = Sports Reference LLC| date = 2010| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2003.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101205050749/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2003.html| archivedate= 5 December 2010 | url-status= live}} 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.{{Cite web| title = 2008 D-League All-Star Game Team Rosters Announced| work = NBA.com| publisher = NBA Development League, LLC| date = February 5, 2008| url = http://www.nba.com/dleague/allstar2008/rosters_080205.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021164445/http://www.nba.com/dleague/allstar2008/rosters_080205.html| archive-date = October 21, 2011| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}{{Cite web|title = 2007 D-League All-Star Game Rosters| work = NBA Media Ventures, LLC| publisher =Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.| date = February 17, 2007| url =http://www.nba.com/allstar2007/dleague_rosters.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010}} The only non-American player chosen was Mustafa Al-Sayyad, who was born in Khartoum, Sudan and played college basketball at Fresno State.{{Cite web| title = Player Bio: Mustafa Al-Sayyad| work = GoBulldogs.com| publisher = CBS Interactive| date = 2010| url = http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/al-sayyad_mustafa00.html| accessdate = November 8, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722011122/http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/al-sayyad_mustafa00.html| archive-date = July 22, 2011| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}