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Fifty-three players who had declared as early entry candidates for NBA Draft 2004 have withdrawn their names from the draft. There are currently 31 collegiate and high school players and 10 international prospects that are early entry candidates.

The 2004 NBA Draft is Thursday, June 24, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

College and high school players who are officially 2004 NBA draft early entry candidates:

Player	School	Height	Status
Chris Acker	Chaminade	6-1	Junior
Trevor Ariza	UCLA	6-8¼	Freshman
Brandon Bender	Robert Morris College (IL)	6-9	Junior
Evan Burns	San Diego State	6-8	Freshman
Jackie Butler	Coastal Christian Academy (Va.)	6-9½	HS Senior
Josh Childress	Stanford	6-7¼	Junior
Cortez Davis	Rutgers (2002-03)	6-8	Freshman
Luol Deng	Duke	6-8	Freshman
Ben Gordon	Connecticut	6-2¼	Junior
Devin Harris	Wisconsin	6-3	Junior
David Harrison	Colorado	7-0	Junior
JaQuan Hart	Eastern Michigan	6-6	Junior
Dwight Howard	SW Atlanta Christian Academy	6-10¼	HS Senior
Kris Humphries	Minnesota	6-9½	Freshman
Sani Ibrahim	Gulf Coast CC (Florida)	6-10	Sophomore
Andre Iguodala	Arizona	6-6¾	Sophomore
Al Jefferson	Prentiss HS (Mississippi)	6-9¾	HS Senior
Shaun Livingston	Peoria Central HS (Illinois)	6-7½	HS Senior
Kevin Martin	Western Carolina	6-7	Junior
Emeka Okafor	Connecticut	6-10	Junior
Randall Orr	Georgia Perimeter College	6-10¾	Sophomore
Jason Parker	Kentucky (played 2000-01)	6-8	Junior
Donta Smith	Southeastern Illinois (JC)	6-7	Sophomore
Josh Smith	Oak Hill Academy	6-8	HS Senior
J.R. Smith	St. Benedict’s (New Jersey)	6-6	HS Senior
Kirk Snyder	Nevada	6-6	Junior
Robert Swift	Bakersfield HS (California)	7-0	HS Senior
Sebastian Telfair	Lincoln HS (Brooklyn, NY)	6-0	HS Senior
Harvey Thomas	Baylor	6-8	Junior
Delonte West	St. Joseph’s	6-2¾	Junior
Dorell Wright	South Kent Prep (Connecticut)	6-7	HS Senior

International players who have applied for early entry into NBA Draft 2004:

Player	Team/Country	Height	Status
Andris Biedrins	Skonto (Latvia)	6-10	1986 DOB
Hamid Haddadi	Peykan (Iran)	7-2	1985 DOB
Ha Seung-jin	Yonsei University (South Korea)	7-4	1985 DOB
Arturas Kaubrys	Neptunas (Lithuania)	6-10	1983 DOB
Sergei Monia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)	6-7	1983 DOB
Pavel Podkolzine	Varese (Italy)	7-4	1985 DOB
Peter Ramos	Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico)	7-2	1985 DOB
Jaber Rouzbahani	Zob Ahan (Iran)	7-4	1986 DOB
Jerry Sokoloski	Silverthorn Institute (Canada)	7-5	1983 DOB
Aleksander Vujacic	Udine (Italy)	6-6	1984 DOB

College and high school players who have withdrawn eligibility for NBA Draft 2004:

Player	School	Height	Status
LaMarcus Aldridge	Seagoville HS (Texas)	6-11	HS Senior
Brandon Bass	LSU	6-7¼	Freshman
Jermaine Bell	Notre Dame Prep (Mass.)	6-11	HS Senior
Odartey Blankson	UNLV	6-7	Junior
Darren Brooks	Southern Illinois	6-3	Junior
Deng Gai	Fairfield	6-9	Junior
Ryan Gomes	Providence	6-7¾	Junior
Daryll Hill	St. John’s	5-10	Sophomore
Martin Iti	Charlotte	6-9¾	Freshman
Jan Jagla	Penn State	7-0	Junior
Marco Killingsworth	Auburn	6-7	Junior
Louis McCullough	Francis Marion University (SC)	6-6	Junior
Jonathan Moore	North Carolina Central	6-8	Junior
Kelvin Pena	Southeastern CC (Iowa)	6-3¼	Sophomore
Roger Powell	Illinois	6-6	Junior
Lawrence Roberts	Mississippi State	6-9	Junior
Nate Robinson	Washington	5-9	Sophomore
Robert Rothbart	Natomas HS (California)	7-1	HS Senior
Imari Sawyer	DePaul (played 2000-02)	6-2	Junior
Maurice Shaw	Bridgton Academy (Maine)	6-9	HS Senior
Ricky Shields	Rutgers	6-4	Junior
David Simon	Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne	6-9	Junior
Tremayne Singletary	Southwestern College (CA)	6-8	Sophomore
Jay Straight	Wyoming	5-11	Junior
Dijon Thompson	UCLA	6-8	Junior

International players who have withdrawn their eligibility for NBA Draft 2004:

Player	Team/Country	Height	Status
Martynas Andriuskevicius	Zalgiris (Lithuania)	7-1	1986 DOB
Ender Arslan	Efes Pilsen (Turkey)	6-3	1983 DOB
Luka Bogdanovic	Crvena Zvezda-Serbia-Montenegro	6-8	1985 DOB
Gary Chathuant	Brest (France)	6-5	1983 DOB
Ivan Chiriaev	St. Thomas Aquinas (Canada)	7-1	1984 DOB
Murilo da Rosa	Corinthians Mogi (Brazil)	6-10	1983 DOB
Marcus de Souza (Marquinhos)	Corinthians Mogi (Brazil)	6-9	1984 DOB
Mickael Gëlabale	Cholet Basket (France)	6-7	1983 DOB
Marcin Gortat	Cologne (Germany)	7-0	1984 DOB
Marcelo Huertas	Paulistano (Brazil)	6-4	1983 DOB
Mile Ilic	Reflex (Serbia-Montenegro)	7-0	1984 DOB
Ivan Koljevic	Buducnost (Serbia-Montenegro)	6-2	1984 DOB
Erazem Lorbek	Skipper Bologna (Italy)	6-10	1984 DOB
Dirk Mädrich	Braunschweig (Germany)	6-11	1983 DOB
Miguel Marriaga	Gaiteros (Venezuela)	6-9	1984 DOB
Pawel Mroz	Slask Wroclaw (Poland)	7-0	1984 DOB
Damir Omerhodzic	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)	6-10	1985 DOB
Drago Pasalic	Split (Croatia)	6-10¾	1984 DOB
Kosta Perovic	Partizan (Serbia-Montenegro)	7-1	1985 DOB
Johan Petro	Pau Orthez (France)	6-11	1986 DOB
Dusan Sakota	Panathinaikos (Greece)	6-10	1986 DOB
Predrag Samardziski	Partizan (Serbia-Montenegro)	6-11	1986 DOB
Armands Skele	Anwil Wloclawek (Poland)	6-4	1983 DOB
Uros Slokar	Benetton Treviso (Italy)	6-10	1983 DOB
Tiago Splitter	Tau Ceramica (Spain)	6-11	1985 DOB
Marcin Stefanski	Dijon (France)	6-7	1983 DOB
Marko Tomas	Zagreb (Croatia)	6-7¾	1985 DOB
Roko Ukic	Split (Croatia)	6-5	1984 DOB