Editing 2004 NBA draft (section)

==Early entrants==
===College underclassmen===
After seeing a couple of years where they missed the previous year of 75 underclassmen testing their early entry in [[2001 NBA draft|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>{{cite web |title=2004 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3051:2004-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review |date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225032714/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3051:2004-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Acker]] – G, [[Chaminade Silverswords|Chaminade]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Trevor Ariza]] – G/F, [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Bender – F, [[Robert Morris Eagles men's basketball|Robert Morris]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Evan Burns – F, [[San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball|San Diego State]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Childress]] – F/G, [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Cortez Davis – F, [[Midland College]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|BRI}} [[Luol Deng]] – F, [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|BRI}}/{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Gordon]] – G, [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Devin Harris]] – G, [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Harrison (basketball)|David Harrison]] – C, [[Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball|Colorado]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} JaQuan Hart – G, [[Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball|Eastern Michigan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kris Humphries]] – F, [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|NGR}} Sani Ibrahim – F, [[Gulf Coast State College|Gulf Coast CC]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Iguodala]] – F, [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Martin (basketball, born 1983)|Kevin Martin]] – G, [[Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball|Western Carolina]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Emeka Okafor]] – F, [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Orr – C, [[Perimeter College at Georgia State University|Georgia Perimeter]] (sophomore) 
* {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Parker – F, [[Chipola College|Chipola]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donta Smith]] – F/G, [[Southeastern Illinois College|Southeastern Illinois]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kirk Snyder]] – G, [[Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball|Nevada]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Harvey Thomas – F, [[Baylor Bears men's basketball|Baylor]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delonte West]] – G, [[St. Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|St. Joseph's]] (junior)
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===High school players===
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 NBA draft|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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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackie Butler]] – F, Coastal Christian Academy ([[Virginia Beach, Virginia]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwight Howard]] – C, [[Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy]] ([[Atlanta, Georgia]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Jefferson]] – F, [[Prentiss High School|Prentiss HS]] ([[Prentiss, Mississippi]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Livingston]] – G, [[Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)|Peoria HS]] ([[Peoria, Illinois]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. R. Smith]] – G, [[St. Benedict's Preparatory School|St. Benedict's Prep]] ([[Newark, New Jersey]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Smith]] – F, [[Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)|Oak Hill Academy]] ([[Mouth of Wilson, Virginia]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Swift]] – C, [[Bakersfield High School|Bakersfield HS]] ([[Bakersfield, California]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorell Wright]] – G/F, [[South Kent School|South Kent]] ([[South Kent, Connecticut]])
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===International players===
The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Andris Biedriņš]] – F, [[BK Skonto|Skonto]] ([[Latvijas Basketbola līga|Latvia]])
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hamed Haddadi]] – C, [[Paykan Tehran Sports Club|Paykan Tehran]] ([[Iranian Basketball Super League|Iran]])
* {{flagicon|LIT}} Arturas Kaubrys – F, [[BC Neptūnas|Neptūnas]] ([[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuania]])
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Monia]] – G/F, [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] ([[Russian Basketball Super League 1|Russia]])
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Podkolzin]] – C, [[Pallacanestro Varese|Metis Varese]] ([[Lega Basket|Italy]])
* {{flagicon|PRI}} [[Peter John Ramos]] – C, [[Criollos de Caguas (basketball)|Criollos de Caguas]] ([[Baloncesto Superior Nacional|Puerto Rico]])
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Jaber Rouzbahani]] – C, [[Zob Ahan Isfahan BC|Zob Ahan Isfahan]] ([[Iranian Basketball Super League|Iran]])
* {{flagicon|SKO}} [[Ha Seung-jin]] – C, [[Yonsei University]] (South Korea)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jerry Sokoloski]] – C, [[Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School|Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary]] (Canada)
* {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Sasha Vujačić]] – G, [[Pallalcesto Amatori Udine|Snaidero Udine]] ([[Lega Basket|Italy]])
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===Automatically eligible entrants===
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.

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|+ Other automatically eligible players
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! Player !! {{tooltip|Team|Most recent team played for before the draft}} !!class=unsortable| Note !!class=unsortable| Ref.
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!scope="row"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Caporn]]
| [[Wollongong Hawks]] ([[National Basketball League (Australia)|Australia]]) || Left [[Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball|Saint Mary's]] in 2003; playing professionally since the 2003–04 season ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Caporn Bio |url=https://smcgaels.com/news/2011/5/27/Adam_Caporn_Bio |website=Saint Mary's College of California |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520060732/https://smcgaels.com/news/2011/5/27/Adam_Caporn_Bio |url-status=live }}</ref>
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