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Draft Rankings by Chad Ford
2004 NBA Draft Top 10s
Chad Ford
Updated: April 14
12:03 PM ET
NBA Insider Chad Ford breaks down the Top 10 2004 NBA draft
prospects by position. The list is free. To get in depth scouting
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TOP 10 POINT GUARDS
Rank Name Ht/Wt - Age School/Country
1. Shaun Livingston 6-7/175 lbs - 18 yrs Peoria (IL)
2. Ben Gordon 6-3/185 lbs - 19 yrsUConn
3. Devin Harris 6-3/185 lbs - 21 yrs Wisconsin
4. Jarrett Jack 6-3/200 lbs - 20 yrs Georgia Tech
5. Sebastian Telfair 5-11/175 lbs - 18 yrs Brooklyn, NY
6. Jameer Nelson 5-11/195 lbs - 22 yrs St. Joseph's
7. Sasha Vujacic 6-7/193 lbs - 20 yrs Udine, Italy (Slovenia)
8. Roko Leni Ukic 6-5/185 lbs - 19 yrs Split (Croatia)
9. Chris Duhon 6-1/190 lbs - 22 yrs Duke
10. Ivan Koljevic 6-2/180 lbs - 19 yrs Buducnost (Serbia)
Others to watch: Blake Stepp, Gonzaga; Marcus Moore, Washington
State; Antonio Burks, Memphis; Beno Udrih, Slovenia; Marcelo
Huertas, Brazil; Lionel Chalmers, Xavier; Luis Flores, Manhattan;
Timmy Bowers, Mississippi State; Rashad Wright, Georgia; Alexsandar
Capin, Germany; Marko Popovich, Croatia
Wait until next year: Chris Paul, Wake Forest; Raymond Felton, North
Carolina; John Gilchrist, Maryland; George Tsintsadze, Russia; Uros
Tripkovic, Serbia; Chris Thomas, Notre Dame; Bracey Wright, Indiana;
Anthony Roberson, Florida; Mustafa Shakur, Arizona; Dee Brown,
Illinois; Shannon Brown, Michigan State; Cedric Bozeman, UCLA;
Sergio Rodriguez, Spain
TOP 10 SHOOTING GUARDS
Rank Name Ht/Wt - Age School/Country
1. Andre Iguodala 6-6/210 lbs - 20 yrs Arizona
2. Sergei Monya 6-8/220 lbs - 20 yrsCSKA (Russia)
3. J.R. Smith 6-6/210 lbs - 18 yrs St. Benedict (New Jersey)
4. Rudy Fernandez 6-5/185 lbs - 18 yrs Joventut (Spain)
5. Dorell Wright 6-7/210 lbs - 18 yrs South Kent Prep (CT)
6. Kirk Snyder 6-6/225 lbs - 21 yrs Nevada
7. Luke Jackson 6-7/215 lbs - 22 yrs Oregon
8. Delonte West 6-4/180 lbs - 21 yrs St. Joseph's
9. Kevin Martin 6-7/185 lbs - 21 yrs Western Carolina
10. Rickey Paulding 6-5/215 lbs - 22 yrs Missouri
Others to watch: Tony Allen, Oklahoma State; Romain Sato, Xavier;
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech; Tony Bobbit, Cincinnati; Marcus Vieira de
Souza, Brazil; Desmon Farmer, USC, Michel Morandais, Colorado; Ricky
Minard, SG, Morehead State; Dijon Thompson, UCLA; Delonte Holland,
DePaul; Brandon Mouton, Texas; Bernard Robinson Jr., Michigan;
Julius Page, Pittsburgh; Tim Pickett, Florida State; Marko Tomas,
Zagreb (Croatia); Armands Skele, Latvia
Wait until next year: Rashad McCants, North Carolina; Julius Hodge,
North Carolina State; Francisco Garcia, Louisville; Marko Belinelli,
Italy; Hassan Adams, Arizona; Antoine Wright, Texas A&M; J.R.
Giddens, Kansas; Manuchar Markoishvili, Benetton (Italy); Rashad
Anderson, UConn; Kelenna Azubuike, Kentucky; James White,
Cincinnati; Matt Walsh, Florida
TOP 10 SMALL FORWARDS
Rank Name Ht/Wt - Age School/Country
1. Luol Deng 6-8/220 lbs - 19 yrs Duke
2. Josh Smith 6-8/220 lbs - 18 yrsOak Hill Academy (VA)
3. Josh Childress 6-8/205 lbs - 21 yrs Stanford
4. Marvin Williams 6-9/230 lbs - 18 yrs Bremerton (WA)
5. Sean Banks 6-8/206 lbs - 19 yrs Memphis
6. Trevor Ariza 6-8/200 lbs - 19 yrs UCLA
7. Ivan Chiriaev 7-1/220 lbs - 18 yrs Ontario (Russia)
8. Damir Omerhodzic 6-10/225 lbs - 18 yrs Cibona (Croatia)
9. Luka Bogdanovic 6-9/200 lbs - 19 yrs Red Star (Serbia)
10. Ryan Gomes 6-7/245 lbs - 21 yrs Providence
Others to watch: Christjan Drejer, F.C. Barcelona; Victor Khryapa,
Russia; Donta Smith, Southeastern Illinois; Herve Lamizana, Rutgers;
Bryant Matthews, Virginia Tech; Erik Daniels, Kentucky; Darius Rice,
Miami; James Moore, New Mexico State; Rich Melzer, Wisconisn River
Falls; Matt Freije, Vanderbilt; Justin Reed, Mississippi; Justin
Davis, Stanford; Luke Whitehead, Louisville; Damien Wilkins,
Georgia;Christos Tapoutos, Greece
Wait until next year: Yi Jian Lian, China; Charlie Villanueva,
UConn; Trevor Ariza, UCLA; Kennedy Winston, Alabama; Rudy Gay,
UConn; Vladimir Veremeenko, Belarus; Ersan Ilyasova, Turkey; Dusan
Sakota, Greece; Jawad Williams, North Carolina; Regis Koundjia, LSU;
Danny Granger, New Mexico; Zhu Fangyu, China. Juan Diego Tello
Palacios, Our Savior High (New York)
TOP 10 POWER FORWARDS
Rank Name Ht/Wt - Age School/Country
1. Emeka Okafor 6-9/245 lbs - 21 yrs UConn
2. Dwight Howard 6-11/240 lbs - 18 yrsSouthwest Christian (GA)
3. Andris Biedrins 6-10/235 lbs - 18 yrs Latvia
4. Kosta Perovic 7-2/235 lbs - 19 yrs Partizan (Serbia)
5. Kris Humphries 6-9/240 lbs - 19 yrs Minnesota
6. Hakim Warrick 6-9/205 lbs - 21 yrs Syracuse
7. Al Jefferson 6-9/260 lbs - 18 yrs Prentiss (MS)
8. Ronny Turiaf 6-10/230 lbs - 21 yrs Gonzaga
9. Lawrence Roberts 6-9/235 lbs - 21 yrs Mississippi State
10. Anderson Varejao 6-10/235 lbs - 22 yrs F.C. Barcelona
(Brazil)
Others to watch: Uros Slokar, Benetton (Italy); Sergei Lishouk,
Rovno (Ukraine); James Lloreda, LSU; Arthur Johnson, Missouri; Andre
Brown, DePaul; Erazem Lorbek, Skipper Bologna (Italy); Pape Sow, Cal
State Fullerton; Drago Pasalic, Split (Croatia); Mo Ke, China; Deng
Gai, Fairfield; Amit Tamir, Cal; James Thomas, Texas; Brian
Boddicker, Texas; Jamar Smith, Maryland; Slobodan Ocokoljic, Weber
State; T.J. Cummings, UCLA
Wait until next year: Nemanja Aleksandrov, Serbia; Tiago Splitter,
Brazil; LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas; Paul Davis, Michigan State; Wayne
Simien, Kansas; Torin Francis, Notre Dame; Diego Brezzo, Argentina;
Chris Taft, Pittsburgh; Andrew Bogut, Utah; Johan Petro, France;
Mile Ilic, Serbia; Linuys Kleiza, Missouri; David Lee, Florida; Leon
Powe, Cal; Wojciech Barycz, Poland; Brandon Bass, LSU; Ike Diogu,
Arizona State; Andrea Bargnani, Italy; Craig Smith, Boston College;
Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont; Kresimir Loncar (Benetton)
TOP 10 CENTERS
Rank Name Ht/Wt - Age School/Country
1. Martynas Andriuskevicius 7-3/250 lbs - 18 yrs Zalgris
(Lithuania)
2. Pavel Podkolzine 7-4/300 lbs - 19 yrsVarese (Siberia)
3. Peja Samardziski 7-0/240 lbs - 17 yrs Partizan (Macedonia)
4. Rafael Araujo 6-11/280 lbs - 22 yrs BYU
5. David Harrison 7-0/260 lbs - 21 yrs Colorado
6. Ha Seung Jin 7-3/300 lbs - 18 yrs South Korea
7. Randolph Morris 6-11/245 lbs - 18 yrs Landmark Christian
(GA)
8. Robert Swift 7-1/245 lbs - 18 yrs Bakersfield (CA)
9. Nigel Dixon 6-11/320 lbs - 22 yrs Western Kentucky
10. Peter John Ramos 7-3/300 lbs - 18 yrs Puerto Rico
Others to watch: Chris Garnett, Indiana Southeast; Jackson Vroman,
Iowa State; Nate Williams, Georgia State;Velimir Radinovic, Ohio
State; Aleksandar Djuric, Red Star (Serbia)
Wait until next year: Channing Frye, Arizona; Matt Nelson, Colorado
State; Tan Zhendon, China; Edu Hernandez, Real Madrid (Spain);
Ioannis Bourousis, AEK (Greece); Dimitri Soklov, Russia;