Editing 1998 NBA draft (section)

===High school players===
Had [[Lamar Odom]] declared entry into this year's draft like he planned on doing, he would not have represented St. Thomas Aquinas High School in [[New Britain, Connecticut]] due to him already declaring entry into college this year, but having academic troubles to qualify for collegiate play. That being said, this would be the fourth year in a row where at least one high school player would declare entry into the NBA draft after previously only doing it 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}} [[Al Harrington]] – F, [[The Patrick School|St. Patrick]] ([[Elizabeth, New Jersey]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rashard Lewis]] – F, [[Alief Elsik High School|Alief Elsik HS]] ([[Houston, Texas]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} Ellis Richardson – G, [[John H. Francis Polytechnic High School|Polytechnic]] ([[Los Angeles, California]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Korleone Young]] – F, [[Hargrave Military Academy]] ([[Chatham, Virginia]])
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