Editing 1998 NBA draft (section)

===College underclassmen===
Much like last year, this year initially saw 40 total players classified as underclassmen entering the NBA draft. However, seven players from this year's draft would later withdraw their names from entry, with [[Bud Eley]] from [[Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball|Southeast Missouri State University]], [[Rico Harris]] from [[Los Angeles City College]], the [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]n-[[Greeks|Greek]] born [[Marko Jarić]] from the [[Peristeri B.C.]] of [[Greece]], the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]]-[[Greeks|Greek]] born Saša Marković-Theodorakis from the [[Panionios B.C.]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], [[Lee Nailon]] from [[TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball|Texas Christian University]], [[Lamar Odom]] from the [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|University of Rhode Island]], and the Greek born [[Dimitrios Papanikolaou]] from the [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos Piraeus B.C.]] in Greece all withdrawing their entries into this year's draft. Including four different players that came directly from high school into the NBA draft (three of which actually became drafted) and three overseas players that successfully stayed into the NBA draft, the number of underclassmen would jump up from 26 total college players to 33 overall. Regardless, the following [[college basketball]] players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr>{{cite web |title=1998 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3045:1998-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}} [[Rafer Alston]] – G, [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Benjamin]] – G, [[Oregon State Beavers men's basketball|Oregon State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bibby]] – G, [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Chandar Bingham – F, [[Virginia Union Panthers men's basketball|Virginia Union]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Marcus Bullard – G, [[Auburn Montgomery Warhawks|Auburn Montgomery]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vince Carter]] – F/G, [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Clark – G, [[Park Pirates|Park]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Cole – G, [[Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigers|Northeast Mississippi CC]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Cornell (basketball)|Peter Cornell]] – C, [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Davis – G, [[St. Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|St. Joseph's]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ricky Davis]] – F/G, [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tremaine Fowlkes]] – F, [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Hughes]] – G, [[Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball|Saint Louis]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Randell Jackson]] – F, [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Florida State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerome James]] – C, [[Florida A&M Rattlers men's basketball|Florida A&M]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Antawn Jamison]] – F, [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tyronn Lue]] – G, [[Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball|Nebraska]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jelani McCoy]] – F/C, [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Miller (basketball)|Mark Miller]] – G, [[UIC Flames men's basketball|UIC]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nazr Mohammed]] – F/C, [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Pierce]] – G/F, [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Adam Roberts – G, [[San Francisco State Gators men's basketball|San Francisco State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} James Spears – F, [[Shaw Bears men's basketball|Shaw]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Traylor]] – F, [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Winfred Walton – F, [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Williams (basketball, born 1975)|Jason Williams]] – G, [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] (sophomore)
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