The

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(PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 16, 2004 at the

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Mall at

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City. This is the last draft to be held within a calendar year.

Round 1

Round 2

San Miguel Beermen The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia ...

passed on this round.

Round 3

Red Bull Thunder,

and Sta. Lucia Realtors passed on this round.

Round 4

Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs,

Shell Turbo Chargers The Shell Turbo Chargers were a Philippine Basketball Association team from 1985 to 2005. It won four PBA championships, two from 1998 to 1999. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Dragons, Welcoat Paints in February 2006. Aside from be ...

Barangay Ginebra Kings The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...

, Red Bull Thunder, Sta. Lucia Realtors and

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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 (

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) * John Flores * Lou Gatumbato ( St. Benilde) * Arvin Garcia (

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

) * Lyndon Lagat from ( DeVry) * Jessie Lumantas from ( Southwestern) * Steve Marucot from ( Mapua) * Alvin Pua from ( San Sebastian) * Mario Reyes * Richard Michael from (

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) * Rommel Sungcap

Note

* All players are Filipinos until proven otherwise.

References

{{2004-05 PBA season by team Philippine Basketball Association draft

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