2003–04 Boston Celtics season

2003–04 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Jim O'Brien John Carroll
General manager	Danny Ainge
Arena	Fleet Center
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (eliminated 0-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net New England
Radio	WWZN

The 2003–04 Boston Celtics season was the 58th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Seven days before the start of the regular season, Antoine Walker, along with Tony Delk were traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, and Chris Mills. The move continued in December when Tony Battie, Eric Williams, and Kedrick Brown were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, and Michael Stewart. In February, Mike James was traded to the Detroit Pistons for Lindsey Hunter and Chucky Atkins in a three-team trade involving the Atlanta Hawks.

Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien resigned after a slow start to the season. He was replaced by John Carroll for the rest of the season. The Celtics, despite finishing at 36-46, qualified for the playoffs as the number 8 seed. They were swept in four games by the Indiana Pacers in the opening round.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Troy Bell (traded to Memphis)	PG	United States	Boston College
1	20	Dahntay Jones (traded to Memphis)	SG	United States	Duke
2	56	Brandon Hunter	PF	United States	Ohio

Roster

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 7 Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Florida G 11 Banks, Marcus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) UNLV G 13 Barros, Dana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Boston College C 30 Blount, Mark 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Pittsburgh G/F 12 Davis, Ricky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Iowa F 56 Hunter, Brandon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Ohio F 20 Jones, Jumaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia C 45 LaFrentz, Raef 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Kansas F/C 0 McCarty, Walter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Kentucky C 4 Mihm, Chris 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas C 43 Perkins, Kendrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Clifton J. Ozen (HS) G/F 34 Pierce, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kansas F 5 Stewart, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) California G 44 Welsch, Jiří 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Czech Republic	Head coach John Carroll (Dickinson) Assistant coach(es) Lester Conner (Oregon State) Joe Gallagher (Pembroke State) Dick Harter (Pennsylvania) Frank Vogel (Kentucky) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Mark Blount	Chris Mihm	Tony Battie
PF	Walter McCarty	Vin Baker	Brandon Hunter
SF	Ricky Davis	Eric Williams	Kedrick Brown
SG	Paul Pierce	Jiri Welsch	Jumaine Jones
PG	Mike James	Marcus Banks	Chucky Atkins

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Jersey Nets	47	35	.573	–	28–13	19–22	18–7
x-Miami Heat	42	40	.512	5	29–12	13–28	15–10
x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	8	23–18	16–25	15–7
x-Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	11	19–22	17–24	14–10
Philadelphia 76ers	33	49	.402	14	21–20	12–29	10–14
Washington Wizards	25	57	.305	22	17–24	8–33	3–21
Orlando Magic	21	61	.256	26	11–30	10–31	8–16

Transactions

Trades

July 29, 2003

To Cleveland Cavaliers J. R. Bremer Bruno Šundov 2005 second-round pick

To Boston Celtics Jumaine Jones

October 20, 2003

To Dallas Mavericks Tony Delk Antoine Walker

To Boston Celtics Raef LaFrentz Chris Mills Jiří Welsch 2004 first-round pick

December 15, 2003

To Cleveland Cavaliers Tony Battie Kedrick Brown Eric Williams

To Boston Celtics Ricky Davis Chris Mihm Michael Stewart 2005 second-round pick

February 19, 2004

To Boston Celtics Chucky Atkins (From Detroit) Lindsey Hunter (From Detroit) 2004 first-round pick (From Detroit)

To Atlanta Hawks Chris Mills (From Boston) Željko Rebrača (From Detroit) Bob Sura (From Detroit) 2004 first-round pick (From Detroit) To Detroit Pistons Mike James (From Boston) Rasheed Wallace (From Atlanta)

Free Agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Mike James	July 25	Miami Heat

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Vin Baker	February 18	New York Knicks
Lindsey Hunter	February 25	Detroit Pistons

References

See also

• 2003–04 NBA season