In Retrospect...The 2004 NBA Draft

Eric DeBer by Contributor Written on December 10, 2008
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How It Went Down

1. Orlando Magic- Dwight Howard: Remember that debate about Howard or Okafor? Yeah, that was stupid.

2. Charlotte Bobcats- Emeka Okafor

3. Chicago Bulls- Ben Gordon

4. LA Clippers- Shaun Livingston: Horrific injury has set back, maybe even ruined, this once-promising career.

5. Washington Wizards- Devin Harris

6. Atlanta Hawks- Josh Childress

7. Phoenix Suns- Luol Deng

8. Toronto Raptors-Rafael Araujo

9. Philadelphia 76ers- Andre Iguodala: Thank god he dropped to us.

10. Cleveland Cavaliers- Luke Jackson

11. Golden State Warriors- Andris Biedrins

12. Seattle Supersonics- Robert Swift: Wow. What a mistake.

13. Portland Trail Blazers-Sebastian Telfair

14. Utah Jazz-Kris Humphries

15. Boston Celtics- Al Jefferson: Most key pick in the draft.

16. Utah Jazz- Kirk Snyder

17. Atlanta Hawks- Josh Smith

18. New Orleans Hornets- J.R. Smith

19. Miami Heat-Dorell Wright: Back-to-back-to-back high school players taken.

20. Denver Nuggets- Jameer Nelson: National Player of the Year dropped on draft night.

21. Utah Jazz-  Pavel Padkolzin: Needless to say, this guy never panned out.

22. New Jersey Nets-  Viktor Khryapa

23. Portland Trail Blazers-  Sergei Monia: The Blazers sure do have their fair share of foreign picks.

24. Boston Celtics- Delonte West

25. Boston Celtics- Tony Allen

26. Sacramento Kings- Kevin Martin

27. LA Lakers-  Sasha Vujacic

28. San Antonio Spurs-  Beno Udrih

29. Indiana Pacers- David Harrison

*Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited first-round pick

Second Round Notables

30. Orlando Magic- Anderson Varejao

37. Atlanta Hawks- Royal Ivey

38. Chicago Bulls- Chris Duhon

43. New York Knicks- Trevor Ariza

If GM's could go back in time...

1. Dwight Howard: A complete beast offensively and defensively. Will own the title of best center in the league for years to come.

2. Al Jefferson: Owns a plethora of offensive moves. Another dominanting type of big man.

3. Devin Harris: Has completely taken off in the scoring category this year. Scary quickness.

4. Josh Smith: Extremely athletic, hasn't completely translated it yet.

5. Andre Iguodala: Iguodala has a very nice game. Just not a "$80 million" nice game.

6. Andris Biedrins: Sort of unknown, but a very good player.

7. Ben Gordon:

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Vote Now! - Author Poll

Besides Dwight Howard, who is the best player to come out of this class?

  • Al Jefferson
  • Devin Harris
  • Josh Smith
  • Andre Iguodala
  • Other
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Results - Author Poll

Besides Dwight Howard, who is the best player to come out of this class?

  • Al Jefferson

    41.7%
  • Devin Harris

    8.3%
  • Josh Smith

    16.7%
  • Andre Iguodala

    8.3%
  • Other

    25.0%
  • Total votes: 12
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