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2004 NBA draft

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft The 2004 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2004, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and was broadcast live on ESPN at 7:00 pm (EDT). In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players. The NBA announced that 56 college and high school players and 38 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2004 draft.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On May 26, the NBA draft lottery was conducted for the teams that did not make the NBA playoffs in the 2003–04 NBA season. The Orlando Magic, who had a 25 percent chance of obtaining the first selection, won the lottery, while the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls were second and third respectively. As an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats had been assigned the fourth selection in the draft and did not participate in the lottery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By the end of the draft, around 40% of the players selected in it were born from countries outside the United States. It would remain the highest influx of international players selected in the modern NBA draft era until the 2016 NBA draft, where almost half of the selected players were born in countries outside the US. In addition, four of the players selected in the draft were Russians, which not only marked the highest number of players born in that region to be taken in one draft, but also was the highest representation of a country other than the US in one draft until 2016 when five Frenchmen would be taken in the draft.

The second-overall pick, Emeka Okafor out of Connecticut, the Bobcats' historical first rookie draft pick back when they were considered an expansion franchise,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was named Rookie of the Year. Third-overall pick Ben Gordon, also out of Connecticut, earned the Sixth Man of the Year Award, becoming the first rookie in NBA history to do so.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Dwight Howard has become an NBA Champion, eight-time All-Star, has received eight All-NBA selections, and a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year awardee. He also had the distinction as the only NBA player straight out of high school to start all 82 games as a rookie. There are also four other players that would be named All-Stars at some point in their careers, and Al Jefferson would be named to an All-NBA team. Andre Iguodala would win four championships with the Golden State Warriors and was named Finals MVP in 2015. The draft is also notable for multiple players coming straight from high school being drafted within a few picks from each other. This is currently the most recent draft class with no remaining players active in the NBA, as Iguodala announced his retirement in 2023.

Draft selectionsEdit

G Guard F Forward C Center

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Round Pick Player Position NationalityTemplate:Refn Team School/club team
1 1 Template:Sortname^ C/PF Template:USA Orlando Magic Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta)
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Template:NGA 		Charlotte Bobcats (from L.A. Clippers)<ref name="Clipcats">The Clippers traded No. 2 pick to the Bobcats for No. 4 and No. 33 picks on June 21, 2004. The Bobcats agreed to select Predrag Drobnjak from the Clippers in the Expansion Selection.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Connecticut (Jr.)
1 3 Ben Gordon SG Template:GBR<ref>Gordon is eligible to play in FIBA competition for either the United States or Great Britain. Additionally, he can play for England in the Commonwealth Games. He was born in London, England and then emigrated to Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
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1 4 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte)<ref name="Clipcats" /> Peoria HS (Peoria, Illinois)
1 5 Template:Sortname+ PG Template:Flagu Washington Wizards (traded to Dallas)<ref>The Wizards traded the draft rights to Devin Harris along with Christian Laettner, and Jerry Stackhouse to the Mavericks for Antawn Jamison and cash considerations on the draft day.
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Wisconsin (Jr.)
1 6 Template:Sortname G/F Template:Flagu Atlanta Hawks Stanford (Jr.)
1 7 Template:Sortname+ SF Template:Flagu<ref>Born in what is now South Sudan, Luol Deng became a naturalized British citizen in 2006 and played for Great Britain in international competitions.</ref>
 Phoenix Suns (traded to Chicago)<ref name="SunsBulls">The Suns traded the No. 7 pick to the Bulls for a second-round pick (No. 31) and $3 million in cash on the draft day.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Duke (Fr.)
1 8 Template:Sortname C Template:BRA Toronto Raptors BYU (Sr.)
1 9 Template:Sortname* SF Template:Flagu Philadelphia 76ers Arizona (So.)
1 10 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Cleveland Cavaliers Oregon (Sr.)
1 11 Template:Sortname C Template:LAT Golden State Warriors Skonto (Latvia)
1 12 Template:Sortname C Template:Flagu Seattle SuperSonics Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, California)
1 13 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Portland Trail Blazers Lincoln HS (Brooklyn, New York)
1 14 Template:Sortname PF Template:Flagu Utah Jazz Minnesota (Fr.)
1 15 Template:Sortnamex PF/C Template:Flagu Boston Celtics Prentiss HS (Prentiss, Mississippi)
1 16 Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Utah Jazz (from New York via Phoenix)<ref>The Knicks traded this pick along with Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, Maciej Lampe, the rights to Miloš Vujanić and a future first-round pick (protected through 2010) to the Suns for Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski on January 5, 2004.
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The Suns traded this pick along with Tom Gugliotta, a future first-round pick (acquired from New York and is protected through 2010) and cash considerations to the Jazz for Keon Clark and Ben Handlogten on February 19, 2004.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Nevada (Jr.)
1 17 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Atlanta Hawks (from Milwaukee via Denver and Detroit)<ref>The Bucks traded this pick along with Scott Williams to the Nuggets for Kevin Willis and Aleksandar Radojević on October 22, 2001. As part of the trade, the Bucks traded Kevin Willis to the Rockets for a future second-round pick (No. 39 in the 2006 NBA draft).
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The Nuggets traded this pick along with Don Reid and Mengke Bateer to the Pistons for Rodney White on October 1, 2002.
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Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
1 18 Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu New Orleans Hornets St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, New Jersey)
1 19 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Miami Heat South Kent School (South Kent, Connecticut)
1 20 Template:Sortname+ PG Template:Flagu Denver Nuggets (traded to Orlando)<ref>The Nuggets traded the draft rights of Jameer Nelson to the Magic for a future first-round pick (#20 in 2005 NBA draft) on the draft day.
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Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
1 21 Template:Sortname C {{#invoke:flag }} Utah Jazz (from Houston,<ref name="Rockazz">The Rockets traded the No. 21 pick along with Glen Rice and two future second-round draft picks (from Chicago; No. 51 in the 2005 NBA draft and No. 46 in the 2006 NBA draft) to the Jazz for John Amaechi and the No. 55 pick (received from Sacramento in the Keon Clark trade) on September 30, 2003.
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}}</ref> traded to Dallas)<ref>The Jazz traded the rights to Pavel Podkolzine to the Mavericks for a future first-round pick (#27 in the 2005 NBA draft) on the draft day.
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Metis Varese (Italy)
1 22 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu New Jersey Nets (traded to Portland)<ref>The Nets traded the draft rights to Viktor Khryapa to the Trail Blazers for Eddie Gill and cash considerations on the draft day.
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CSKA Moscow (Russia)
1 23 Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Portland Trail Blazers (from Memphis)<ref>The Grizzlies traded this pick along with Wesley Person to the Trail Blazers for Bonzi Wells on December 3, 2003.
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CSKA Moscow (Russia)
1 24 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (from Dallas)<ref>The Mavericks traded this pick along with Raef LaFrentz, Jiří Welsch, and Chris Mills to the Celtics for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk on October 20, 2003.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Saint Joseph's (Jr.)
1 25 Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (from Detroit)<ref name="3teamer">The Pistons traded the No. 25 pick along with Chucky Atkins and Lindsey Hunter to the Celtics; and Bobby Sura and Željko Rebrača and the No. 17 pick (received from the Bucks) to the Hawks. In return, the Pistons received Mike James from the Celtics and Rasheed Wallace from the Hawks. The Celtics also traded Chris Mills to the Hawks. The trade was announced on February 19, 2004.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Oklahoma State (Sr.)
1 26 Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Sacramento Kings Western Carolina (Jr.)
1 27 Template:Sortname SG {{#invoke:flag Slovenia}} Los Angeles Lakers Snaidero Udine (Italy)
1 28 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu San Antonio Spurs Breil Milano (Italy)
1 29 Template:Sortname C Template:Flagu Indiana Pacers Colorado (Jr.)
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2 30 Template:Sortname C Template:BRA Orlando Magic (traded to Cleveland)<ref>The Magic traded the draft rights to Anderson Varejão along with Drew Gooden and Steven Hunter to the Cavaliers for Tony Battie and two future second-round draft picks (No. 44 in the 2005 NBA draft and No. 54 in the 2007 NBA draft) on July 23, 2004.
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FC Barcelona (Spain)
2 31 Template:Sortname C Template:LBN Chicago Bulls (traded to Phoenix)<ref name="SunsBulls" /> Iowa State (Sr.)
2 32 Template:Sortname C Template:PRI Washington Wizards Caguas (Puerto Rico)
2 33 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte)<ref name="Clipcats" /> Xavier (Sr.)
2 34 Template:Sortname SF Template:USA<ref>Donta Smith represented Venezuela in international competitions later in his career starting in 2013.</ref> Atlanta Hawks Southeastern Illinois (So.)
2 35 Template:Sortname F/G Template:Flagu Seattle SuperSonics (from L.A. Clippers,<ref>The Clippers traded this pick to the SuperSonics for Predrag Drobnjak on September 29, 2003.
Template:Cite news</ref> traded to Memphis)<ref>The SuperSonics traded this pick to the Grizzlies for a 2005 second-round draft pick (No. 48) and cash considerations on draft day.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Texas Tech (Sr.)
2 36 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Orlando Magic (from Phoenix,<ref>The Suns traded this pick to the Magic for Donnell Harvey on December 23, 2003.
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Template:Cite news</ref> 		Memphis (Sr.)
2 37 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Atlanta Hawks (from Philadelphia)<ref>The 76ers traded this pick along with the 2006 second-round pick (#42) to the Hawks for Efthimios Rentzias on June 26, 2002.
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Texas (Sr.)
2 38 Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (from Toronto)<ref>The Raptors traded this pick to the Bulls for a 2003 second-round pick (#45 pick) on June 26, 2003.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Duke (Sr.)
2 39 Template:Sortname# PF {{#invoke:flag Spain}} Toronto Raptors (from Cleveland,<ref>The Cavaliers traded this pick along with Lamond Murray to the Raptors for Michael Stewart and a future first-round pick (#22 in the 2007 NBA draft) on September 26, 2002.
Template:Cite news</ref> traded to Miami)<ref name="Rapeat">The Raptors traded the draft rights to Albert Miralles to the Heat for the draft rights of Pape Sow and the 2005 second-round pick (#58) on the draft day.
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Roseto Basket (Italy)
2 40 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Boston Celtics Mississippi (Sr.)
2 41 Template:Sortname# G Template:Flagu Seattle SuperSonics North Carolina Central (Sr.)
2 42 Template:Sortname# SF {{#invoke:flag name=Georgia}} Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State via Philadelphia and Orlando,<ref>The Warriors traded this pick to the 76ers for Jiří Welsch on June 26, 2002. The 76ers traded this pick along with Monty Williams and cash considerations to the Magic for a conditional second-round pick on December 23, 2003.
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The Magic traded this pick to the Hawks for Anthony Johnson on February 24, 2000.
Template:Cite news</ref> traded to San Antonio)<ref>The Hawks traded the draft rights to Viktor Sanikidze to the Spurs for a future second round draft pick (#59 in the 2005 NBA draft) and cash considerations on the draft day.
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Dijon (France)
2 43 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu New York Knicks UCLA (Fr.)
2 44 Template:Sortname# SG Template:Flagu New Orleans Hornets Florida State (Sr.)
2 45 Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Charlotte Bobcats (from Milwaukee)<ref>The Bucks traded this pick to the Bobcats for Zaza Pachulia on June 23, 2004.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Michigan (Sr.)
2 46 Template:Sortname C Template:KOR Portland Trail Blazers Yonsei University (South Korea)
2 47 Template:Sortname PF Template:SEN Miami Heat (traded to Toronto)<ref name="Rapeat" /> Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
2 48 Template:Sortname# SG Template:Flagu Sacramento Kings (from Utah)<ref name="Kingazz">The Kings traded No. 55 along with Keon Clark and a 2007 second-round pick to the Jazz for the No. 48 pick on August 5, 2003.
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Morehead State (Sr.)
2 49 Template:Sortname# PF {{#invoke:flag Ukraine}} Memphis Grizzlies (from Denver via Orlando)<ref>The Nuggets traded this pick to the Magic for Don Reid and a future first-round pick (#22 in the 2006 NBA draft) on August 1, 2002.
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The Magic traded this pick along with Mike Miller, Ryan Humphrey, and a first-round pick (#27 in the 2003 NBA draft) to the Grizzlies for Drew Gooden, Gordan Giricek and cash considerations on February 19, 2003.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
2 50 Template:Sortname PG {{#invoke:flag Greece}} Dallas Mavericks (from Houston via Denver,<ref>The Rockets traded this pick to the Nuggets and Kenny Thomas to the 76ers; the Nuggets traded James Posey to the Rockets; the 76ers traded a first-round pick (#16 in the 2005 NBA draft) along with Art Long and Mark Bryant to the Nuggets in a three-team deal on December 18, 2002.
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The Nuggets traded this pick to the Mavericks for a second-round pick (#57 pick in 2003 NBA draft) on June 26, 2003.
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}}</ref> traded to Houston)<ref name="RocketsMavs">The Rockets traded the draft rights to Luis Flores and cash considerations to the Mavericks for the draft rights to Vasileios Spanoulis on the draft day.
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Maroussi (Greece)
2 51 Template:Sortname# SF {{#invoke:flag Denmark}} New Jersey Nets FC Barcelona (Spain)
2 52 Template:Sortname# SG Template:CAF San Antonio Spurs (from Memphis)<ref>The Grizzlies traded this pick to the Spurs for the rights to Gordan Giricek on June 28, 2002.
Template:Cite news</ref> 		Xavier (Sr.)
2 53 Template:Sortname SF Template:LIB Miami Heat (from Dallas)<ref>The Mavericks traded this pick to the Heat for Tim Hardaway on August 22, 2001.
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Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2 54 Template:Sortname# SG Template:Flagu Detroit Pistons Missouri (Sr.)
2 55 Template:Sortname PG Template:DOM Houston Rockets (from Sacramento<ref name="Kingazz" /> via Utah,<ref name="Rockazz" /> traded to Golden State<ref>The Mavericks traded the draft rights to Luis Flores along with Christian Laettner, Eduardo Nájera, the rights to Mladen Šekularac, two future first-round draft picks and cash considerations to the Warriors for Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and the rights to Steve Logan on August 24, 2004.
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Manhattan (Sr.)
2 56 Template:Sortname# PF Template:USA<ref>Marcus Douthit represented Venezuela in international competitions later in his career starting in 2011, but was a US citizen at the time of the draft.</ref> Los Angeles Lakers Providence (Sr.)
2 57 Template:Sortname# G Template:Flagu San Antonio Spurs Skha Jakutia Yakutsk (Russia)
2 58 Template:Sortname# PG Template:Flagu Minnesota Timberwolves Gonzaga (Sr.)
2 59 Template:Sortname# G Template:Flagu Indiana Pacers Georgia (Sr.)

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Notable undrafted playersEdit

Template:Further These players not selected in the draft have played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Position Nationality School/club team
Template:Sortname C Template:Flagcountry AEK Athens (Greece) 1982
Template:Sortname PG Template:Flagu Seton Hall (Sr.)
Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Cincinnati (Sr.)
Template:Sortname C/PF Template:Flagu DePaul (Sr.)
Template:Sortname C/PF Template:Flagu Coastal Christian Academy (Virginia Beach, Virginia) (HS Sr.)
Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Kentucky (Sr.)
Template:Sortname C Template:Flagu Kent State (Sr.)
Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu USC (Sr.)
Template:Sortname SG Template:Flagu Kentucky (Sr.)
Template:Sortname C Template:IRN Paykan Tehran (Iran) 1985
Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Fresno State (Sr.)
Template:Sortname C Template:Flagu Iowa (Sr.)
Template:Sortname PF Template:Flagu Texas (Sr.)
Template:Sortname SF Template:Flagu Georgia (Sr.)

Early entrantsEdit

College underclassmenEdit

After seeing a couple of years where they missed the previous year of 75 underclassmen testing their early entry in 2001, this year saw an at the time record-high 92 players declare their initial entry into this year's draft. However, this year also saw an at the time record high 52 underclassmen from college, overseas, or high school withdraw their names from the draft, thus leaving only 40 total underclassmen officially declaring their entry into the NBA draft. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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High school playersEdit

This would be the tenth straight year in a row where at least one high school player would declare their entry into the NBA draft directly out of high school after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. It would also be famous for marking the third (and currently final) time that a #1 pick was selected directly out of high school. This year also saw players like LaMarcus Aldridge, Jermaine Bell, Ivan Chiriaev, and Maurice Shaw all initially declare entry for this year's draft, but ultimately withdraw from it and decide to enter college instead. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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International playersEdit

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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Automatically eligible entrantsEdit

Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They have no remaining college eligibility.
  • If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 1982, were automatically eligible for the 2004 draft.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
Other automatically eligible players
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Notes and referencesEdit

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See alsoEdit


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