2004 PBA draft

Player selection in Philippine basketball 2004 PBA draft January 18, 2004 4:00 pm Glorietta Activity Center, Makati ABC Philippine Basketball Association Rich Alvarez (Shell Turbo Chargers) 2003 2005 The 2004 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 18, 2004 at the Glorietta Mall at Makati City. This is the last draft to be held within a calendar year.http://pbadraft.blogspot.com/2004/01/2004-pba-draft-glorietta-makati-january.html 2004 PBA draft Pbadraft.blogspot.com Round 1 * Mythical team member # All-star thumb|upright|Rich Alvarez, 1st pick by Shell thumb|upright|James Yap, 2nd pick by Purefoods thumb|upright|Marc Pingris, the 3rd pick by FedEx thumb|upright|Gary David, the 10th pick by Coca-Cola/Coke Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 1Rich Alvarez# Shell Turbo Chargers Ateneo 2James Yap* Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs UE 3Marc Pingris* FedEx Express PSBA 4Ranidel de Ocampo* FedEx Express St. Francis 5Sonny Thoss* Alaska Aces James Cook 6 Denver Lopez Red Bull Thunder Cal State Fullerton 7 Ervin Sotto Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (to Shell via San Miguel Beermen) St. Francis 8 Nelbert Omolon* Sta. Lucia Realtors PCU 9 Wesley Gonzales FedEx Express Ateneo 10Gary David* Coca-Cola Tigers Lyceum Round 2 * Mythical team member # All-star Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 11Paul Artadi# Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs UE 12 Carlo Sharma Shell Turbo Chargers De La Salle 13 Kim Valenzuela Sta. Lucia Realtors Cuyamaca 14 Niño Gelig Talk 'N Text Phone Pals UST 15 Willy Wilson Alaska Aces De La Salle 16 Francis Mercado Red Bull Thunder San Beda 17 Ronald Cuan Sta. Lucia Realtors De La Salle 18 Christopher Guerrero Talk 'N Text Phone Pals USP 19 Manny Ramos Coca-Cola Tigers De La Salle San Miguel Beermen passed on this round. Round 3 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 20 Theodore Hawkins, Jr Barangay Ginebra Kings Cosumnes 21 Manuel Huelar FedEx Express USJ-R 22 Bernzon Franco Alaska Aces PCU 23 Epok Quimpo Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Ateneo 24 Rhagnee Sinco Coca-Cola Tigers FEU Red Bull Thunder, San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors passed on this round. Round 4 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 25 Niño Bien Marquez FedEx Express PMI 26 Eric dela Cuesta Alaska Aces ACT (Cebu) 27 Warren Ybañez Coca-Cola Tigers PSBA Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, Shell Turbo Chargers, Barangay Ginebra Kings, Red Bull Thunder, Sta. Lucia Realtors and Talk 'N Text Phone Pals passed on this round. Undrafted players Draftee's name followed by college. All undrafted players become rookie free agents. Nurjamjam Alfad (San Sebastian) Francis Arabit (Letran) Julius Binuya Arnold Booker (UE) Joselito Celiz Tristan Codamon (Adamson) Jay-R Estrada (UE) Nicholas Joseph Fasano (Mesa) John Flores Lou Gatumbato (St. Benilde) Arvin Garcia (San Antonio) Lyndon Lagat from (DeVry) Jessie Lumantas from (Southwestern) Steve Marucot from (Mapua) Alvin Pua from (San Sebastian) Mario Reyes Richard Michael from (Sydney) Rommel Sungcap Note * All players are Filipinos until proven otherwise. See also 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference 2004–05 PBA season References Category:Philippine Basketball Association draft draft