2004 NBA Draft

The 2004 NBA Draft was conducted on June 24, 2004 in New York City ( New York ). In two rounds, 30 players from each NBA team were selected. However, the Minnesota Timberwolves had to forego their first round pick because they had violated the NBA Salary Cap rules.

In the first place that of which was high school next Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic selected.

Round 1

= All-Star

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
1	Dwight Howard (C)	United States	Orlando Magic	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy ( Atlanta , Georgia )
2	Emeka Okafor (C)	United States	Charlotte Bobcats (from Los Angeles Clippers )	University of Connecticut
3	Ben Gordon (SG)	United States ( England )	Chicago Bulls	University of Connecticut
4th	Shaun Livingston (PG)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (by Charlotte Bobcats )	Peoria Central High School ( Peoria , Illinois )
5	Devin Harris (PG)	United States	Washington Wizards ( traded to Dallas )	University of Wisconsin
6th	Josh Childress (SF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Stanford University
7th	Luol Deng (SF)	England ( Sudan )	Phoenix Suns ( traded to Chicago )	Duke University
8th	Rafael Araújo (C)	Brazil	Toronto Raptors	Brigham Young University
9	Andre Iguodala (SG / SF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	University of Arizona
10	Luke Jackson (SF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Oregon
11	Andris Biedriņš (C)	Latvia	Golden State Warriors	BK Skonto Riga ( Latvia )
12	Robert Swift (C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Bakersfield High School ( Bakersfield , California )
13	Sebastian Telfair (PG)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Lincoln High School ( Brooklyn , New York )
14th	Kris Humphries (PF)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
15th	Al Jefferson (PF / C)	United States	Boston Celtics	Prentiss High School ( Prentiss , Mississippi )
16	Kirk Snyder (SG)	United States	Utah Jazz (from New York Knicks )	University of Nevada, Reno
17th	Josh Smith (SF / PF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks (by Milwaukee Bucks )	Oak Hill Academy ( Mouth of Wilson , Virginia )
18th	JR Smith (SG)	United States	New Orleans Hornets	St. Benedict's Prep ( Newark , New Jersey )
19th	Dorell Wright (SF)	United States	Miami Heat	South Kent Prep. ( Lawndale , California )
20th	Jameer Nelson (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets ( traded to Orlando )	Saint Joseph's University
21st	Pavel Podkolzin (C)	Russia	Utah Jazz (from Houston Rockets , traded to Dallas )	Metis Varese ( Italy )
22nd	Viktor Chrjapa (SF)	Russia	New Jersey Nets ( traded to Portland )	PBK CSKA Moscow ( Russia )
23	Sergei Monja (SG)	Russia	Portland Trail Blazers (by Memphis Grizzlies )	PBK CSKA Moscow ( Russia )
24	Delonte West (PG / SG)	United States	Boston Celtics (by Dallas Mavericks )	Saint Joseph's University
25th	Tony Allen (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics (from Detroit Pistons )	Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
26th	Kevin Martin (SG)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Western Carolina University
27	Sasha Vujačić (SG)	Slovenia	Los Angeles Lakers	Snaidero Udine ( Italy )
28	Beno Udrih (PG)	Slovenia	San Antonio Spurs	Breil Milano ( Italy )
29	David Harrison (C)	United States	Indiana Pacers	University of Colorado at Boulder

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
30th	Anderson Varejão (C / PF)	Brazil	Orlando Magic	FC Barcelona
31	Jackson Vroman (C)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Iowa State University
32	Peter John Ramos (C)	Puerto Rico	Washington Wizards	Criollos de Caguas
33	Lionel Chalmers (PG)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (by Charlotte Bobcats )	Xavier University of Cincinnati
34	Donta Smith (SF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Southeastern Illinois Junior College
35	Andre Emmett (F / G)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Los Angeles Clippers )	Texas Tech University
36	Antonio Burks (PG)	United States	Orlando Magic (by Phoenix Suns )	University of Memphis
37	Royal Ivey (PG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from Philadelphia 76ers )	University of Texas at Austin
38	Chris Duhon (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls (by Toronto Raptors )	Duke University
39	Albert Miralles (PF)	Spain	Toronto Raptors (by Cleveland Cavaliers )	Roseto Basket
40	Justin Reed (SF)	United States	Boston Celtics	University of Mississippi
41	David Young (G)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina Central University
42	Viktor Sanikidze (SF)	Georgia	Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State Warriors )	JDA Dijon
43	Trevor Ariza (SF)	United States	New York Knicks	University of California, Los Angeles
44	Tim Pickett (SG)	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Florida State University
45	Bernard Robinson (SF)	United States	Charlotte Bobcats (from Milwaukee Bucks )	University of Michigan
46	Ha Seung-jin (C)	South Korea	Portland Trail Blazers	Yonsei University ( South Korea )
47	Pape Sow (PF)	Senegal	Miami Heat	California State University, Fullerton
48	Ricky Minard (SG)	United States	Sacramento Kings (from Utah Jazz )	Morehead State University
49	Serhiy Lishchuk (PF)	Ukraine	Memphis Grizzlies (from Denver Nuggets )	Chimik Yuschne
50	Vasilios Spanoulis (PG)	Greece	Dallas Mavericks (from Houston Rockets )	GS Marousi
51	Christian Drejer (SF)	Denmark	New Jersey Nets	FC Barcelona
52	Romain Sato (SG)	Central African Republic	San Antonio Spurs (from Memphis Grizzlies )	Xavier University of Cincinnati
53	Matt Freije (SF)	United States	Miami Heat (by Dallas Mavericks )	Vanderbilt University
54	Rickey Paulding (SG)	United States	Detroit Pistons	University of Missouri
55	Luis Alberto Flores (PG)	Dominican Republic	Houston Rockets (by Sacramento Kings )	Manhattan College
56	Marcus Douthit (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Providence College
57	Sergei Karaulov (C)	Uzbekistan	San Antonio Spurs	Sakha-Jakutia Yakutsk
58	Blake Stepp (PG)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Gonzaga University
59	Rashad Wright (PG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	University of Georgia

Disregarded players

• Pero Antić ( Macedonia , AEK Athens ) 
• Jackie Butler ( United States , Coastal Christian Academy, Virginia Beach , Virginia) 
• Aleksandar Ćapin ( Bosnia and Herzegovina , Telekom Baskets Bonn , Germany) 
• Hamed Haddadi ( Iran , Paykan Tehran BC , Iran) 
• Rich Melzer ( United States , University of Wisconsin - River Falls ) 
• Misan Nikagbatse ( Germany , Central German BC ) 
• Andrés Nocioni ( Argentina , TAU Céramica , Spain) 
• Luke Whitehead ( United States , University of Louisville ) 

See also

• Entry Draft

Web links

• NBA.com Draft 2004