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2004 National Basketball Development League draft

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ17182406 ↗
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The 2004 NBDL Draft was the fourth annual draft by the National Basketball Development League. It was held on November 4, 2004.

Draft

Round 1

Columbus: Ricky Minard

Roanoke: Cory Alexander

Fayetteville: Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje

Huntsville: Joe Shipp

Florida: Kirk Haston

Asheville: Kirk Penney

Round 2

Columbus: Jason Lawson

Roanoke: James Thomas

Fayetteville: Jon Smith

Huntsville: Austin Nichols

Florida: DeAngelo Collins

Asheville: Ron Slay

Round 3

Columbus: Seth Doliboa

Roanoke: Isiah Victor

Fayetteville: Romauld Augustin

Huntsville: Mengke Bateer

Florida: Marcus Moore

Asheville: Jonathan Oden

Round 4

Columbus: Kitwana Rhymer

Roanoke: Sung-Yoon Bang

Fayetteville: Ousmane Cisse

Huntsville: Ed Scott

Florida: Kendall Dartez

Asheville: Timmy Bowers

Round 5

Columbus: Scott Merritt

Roanoke: Josh Sankes

Fayetteville: Chris Brooks

Huntsville: Bernard King Jr.

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