Editing 1999 NBA draft (section)

==Early entrants==
===College underclassmen===
This year would see a step down in the number of overall underclassmen entering the NBA draft. After seeing 40 initial entries the last two years, this year only saw 39 total initial entries at hand. Not only that, but twelve of the players that had declared entry (with six of the actual collegiate players being [[Harold Arceneaux]] from [[Weber State Wildcats men's basketball|Weber State University]], Edwin Daniels from [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV]], [[DeeAndre Hulett]] from the [[College of the Sequoias]], Lamont Long from the [[New Mexico Lobos men's basketball|University of New Mexico]], [[Jamaal Magloire]] from the [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|University of Kentucky]], and Tyron Triplett from [[Tallahassee State College|Tallahassee Community College]]) would later withdraw their names from this year's draft, which left only 21 total college underclassmen for this year (27 if you include the two high school players and four international players that stayed in this year's draft). The following [[college basketball]] players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr>{{cite web |title=1999 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3046:1999-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review | date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2022}}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ron Artest]] – F, [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Avery (basketball)|William Avery]] – G, [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Carl Boyd – G, [[California Golden Bears men's basketball|California]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elton Brand]] – F, [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Baron Davis]] – G, [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Francis]] – G, [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Dwayne Franklin – F, [[Shaw Bears men's basketball|Shaw]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dion Glover]] – G, [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball|Georgia Tech]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Hamilton (basketball)|Richard Hamilton]] – G, [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rico Harris]] – F, [[Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball|Cal State Northridge]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Hendricks – G, [[East Carolina Pirates|East Carolina]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kendrick Johnson (basketball)|Kendrick Johnson]] – G, [[San Jose State Spartans men's basketball|San Jose State]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jumaine Jones]] – F, [[Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball|Georgia]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Shaun Kenney – G, [[Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball|Cleveland State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Maggette]] – G/F, [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shawn Marion]] – F, [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Maxwell – G, [[Western New Mexico Mustangs men's basketball|Western New Mexico]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Minor – G, [[Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball|Cal State Northridge]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lamar Odom]] – F, [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|Rhode Island]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Aleksandar Radojević]] – C, [[Barton Community College|Barton CC]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Gene Shipley – F, [[San Jose City College|San Jose CC]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Albert White (basketball)|Albert White]] – G/F, [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri]] (junior)
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===High school players===
This would be the fifth 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 NBA draft|1975]]. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jonathan Bender]] – F, [[Picayune Memorial High School|Picayune Memorial HS]] ([[Picayune, Mississippi]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Leon Smith (basketball)|Leon Smith]] – F, [[King College Prep]] ([[Chicago, Illinois]])
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===International players===
In addition to the players below, the likes of [[Greece]]'s [[Georgios Diamantopoulos]] of the [[Papagou B.C.]], Greece's [[Antonis Fotsis]] of the [[Panathinaikos B.C.]], [[Brazil]]'s Guilherme Joanoni of the [[Esporte Clube Pinheiros (basketball)|Esporte Clube Pinheiros]], the [[Nigeria]]n born [[Olumide Oyedeji]] of [[Germany]]'s [[DJK Würzburg]], [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]'s [[Igor Rakočević]] of the [[KK Crvena zvezda|KK Crvena Zvezda]], and Greece's [[Kostas Tsartsaris]] of the [[Near East B.C.]] also initially declared entry for this year's draft at first, but those six players would later withdraw their names from this year's draft altogether. However, the following international players did successfully apply for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Nikola Dacevic – F, [[Limoges CSP]] ([[LNB Pro A|France]])
* {{flagicon|CRO}} Hrvoje Henjak – C, [[KK Split]] ([[HT Premijer liga|Croatia]])
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Kirilenko]] – F, [[PBC CSKA Moscow]] ([[Russian Basketball Super League 1|Russia]])
* {{flagicon|CRO}} Josko Poljak – C, [[KK Split]] ([[HT Premijer liga|Croatia]])
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