Early Look at the 2004 NBA Draft Early Entry List

The list of underclassmen continues to grow as high scholer J.R. Smith, Al Jefferson and Shaun Livingston announced that they will test the waters. It looks like the early entry list for the 2004 NBA Draft will set a record. There are already 30 high school and college non-seniors who have applied for the draft and that list figures to expand as the May 10th deadline approaches. There is also word that as many as 40 foreign players will also put their names into the NBA Draft.

PLAYER	HT	POS	CLASS	SCHOOL
Trevor Ariza	6-8	SF	Freshman	UCLA
Brandon Bass	6-8	PF	Freshman	LSU
Brandon Bender	6-9	PF	Junior	Robert Morris (IL)
Jermaine Bell	7-0	C	HS Senior	Fitchburg (MA) Notre Dame Prep
Odartey Blankson	6-7	SF	Junior	UNLV
Jackie Butler	6-10	PF	HS Senior	Coastal Christian Academy
Josh Childress	6-8	SF	Junior	Stanford
Ivan Chiriaev	7-1	SF	1984	St. Thomas Aquinas HS
Luol Deng	6-8	SF	Freshman	Duke
Ryan Gomes	6-7	PF	Junior	Providence
Ben Gordon	6-3	PG	Junior	Connecticut
David Harrison	7-0	C	Junior	Colorado
Devin Harris	6-3	PG	Junior	Wisconsin
JaQuan Hart	6-6	SG	Junior	Eastern Michigan
Darryll Hill	5-10	PG	Sophomore	St. John's
Dwight Howard	6-11	PF	HS Senior	Southwest Atlanta Christian
Kris Humphries	6-9	PF	Freshman	Minnesota
Andre Iguodala	6-6	SG	Sophomore	Arizona
Martin Iti	7-0	C	Freshman	Charlotte
Al Jefferson	6-9	PF	HS Senior	Prentiss (AK) High
Marco Killingsworth	6-7	SF	Junior	Auburn
Shaun Livingston	6-7	PG	HS Senior	Peoria (IL) Central
Kevin Martin	6-7	SG	Junior	Western Carolina
Emeka Okafor	6-9	PF	Junior	Connecticut
Randy Orr	6-11	PF	Sophomore	Georgia Perimeter (GA) CC
Lawrence Roberts	6-9	PF	Junior	Mississippi State
Nate Robinson	5-9	PG	Sophomore	Washington
Donta Smith	6-7	SF	Sophomore	Southeastern Illinois (IL) CC
Josh Smith	6-8	SF	HS Senior	Oak Hill Academy
J.R. Smith	6-6	SG	HS Senior	St. Benedict's Prep
Kirk Snyder	6-6	SG	Junior	Nevada
Jerry Sokolski	7-5	C		Canada
Jason Straight	5-11	PG	Junior	Wyoming
Robert Swift	7-0	C	HS Senior	Bakersfield (CA) High
Sebastain Telfair	5-11	PG	HS Senior	Brooklyn (NY) Lincoln
Harvey Thomas	6-8	SF	Junior	Baylor
Dijon Thompson	6-7	SF	Junior	UCLA
Delonte West	6-4	SG	Junior	St. Joseph's
Dorell Wright	6-7	SG	HS Senior	South Kent Prep