2003 NBA draft

2003 NBA draft
General information
Date(s)	June 26, 2003
Time	7:30 pm (EDT)
Location	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	ESPN
First selection	LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
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The 2003 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2003, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The NBA announced that 41 college and high school players and a record 31 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2003 NBA draft.^[1] The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had a 22.50 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA draft lottery on May 22, and Cleveland chairman Gordon Gund said afterward his team would select LeBron James.^[2] The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets were second and third respectively.

The 2003 draft is known for having one of the most talented draft pools in draft history. Four of the top five picks are NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James. Many players have been in the starting line-ups of their respective teams; nine have already participated in an All-Star Game, Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006 and won the NBA All Star Game MVP in 2010, Boris Diaw won the Most Improved Player Award in 2006, Jason Kapono won the three point shootout back to back years in 2007 and 2008, James Jones won the three point shootout in 2011, Leandro Barbosa won the Sixth Man Award in 2007, Kyle Korver set the NBA record for three point shooting percentage in 2010 (53.6%), and in the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 seasons LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, and the NBA Finals MVP in 2012 and 2013. Carmelo Anthony won the 2013 NBA Scoring Title. Chris Bosh left Toronto in 2010 as its all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double doubles, free throws made and attempted, and minutes played. The 2003 draft class has drawn comparisons to the 1984 and 1996 NBA draft classes,^[3] but is also known for the Detroit Pistons making the controversial selection of Darko Miličić with the second pick over other prospects.^[3] Four of the five first picks have won an NBA Championship: Darko Miličić with the Pistons in 2004; Dwyane Wade with the Heat in 2006, 2012 and 2013; Chris Bosh and LeBron James also with the Heat in 2012 and 2013. Out of the entire draft, only Dwyane Wade and Nick Collison have played their entire career for the team that drafted them, although Kirk Hinrich after being traded twice had later returned to the team that drafted him. LeBron James, who was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003, left for the Miami Heat in 2010, but re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 11, 2014.^[4]

Key

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
^+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team
^#	Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Draft selections

LeBron James was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks in the history of the sport. He is the second high school draftee to be a first overall pick, the first being Kwame Brown in 2001, and was followed by Dwight Howard in 2004.^[5]

Darko Miličić, the 2nd pick of the Detroit Pistons

Carmelo Anthony, the 3rd pick of the Denver Nuggets

Chris Bosh, the 4th pick of the Toronto Raptors

Dwyane Wade, the 5th pick of the Miami Heat

Chris Kaman, the 6th pick of the Los Angeles Clippers

Kirk Hinrich, the 7th pick of the Chicago Bulls

T.J. Ford, the 8th pick of the Milwaukee Bucks

Luke Ridnour, the 14th pick of the Seattle SuperSonics

David West, the 18th pick of the New Orleans Hornets

Josh Howard, the 29th pick of the Dallas Mavericks

Mo Williams, the 47th pick of the Utah Jazz

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality[n 1]	Team	School/club team
1	1	, LeBron JamesLeBron James *	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, OH)
1	2	Miličić, DarkoDarko Miličić	C	Serbia and Montenegro	Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)[6]	Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia and Montenegro)
1	3	Anthony, CarmeloCarmelo Anthony*	SF	United States	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse (Fr)
1	4	Bosh, ChrisChris Bosh*	F/C	United States	Toronto Raptors	Georgia Tech (Fr)
1	5	Wade, DwyaneDwyane Wade*	SG	United States	Miami Heat	Marquette (Jr)
1	6	Kaman, ChrisChris Kaman^+	C	United States  Germany^a[›]	Los Angeles Clippers	Central Michigan (Jr)
1	7	Hinrich, KirkKirk Hinrich	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Kansas (Sr)
1	8	Ford, T. J.T. J. Ford	PG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta)[7]	Texas (So)
1	9	Sweetney, MichaelMichael Sweetney	PF	United States	New York Knicks	Georgetown (Jr)
1	10	Hayes, JarvisJarvis Hayes	F/G	United States  Qatar	Washington Wizards	Georgia (Jr)
1	11	Piétrus, MickaëlMickaël Piétrus	G/F	France	Golden State Warriors	Pau-Orthez (France)
1	12	Collison, NickNick Collison	PF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas (Sr)
1	13	Banks, MarcusMarcus Banks	PG	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston,[8] traded to Boston)[9]	UNLV (Sr)
1	14	Ridnour, LukeLuke Ridnour	PG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Milwaukee)[10]	Oregon (Jr)
1	15	Gaines, ReeceReece Gaines	F/G	United States	Orlando Magic	Louisville (Sr)
1	16	Bell, TroyTroy Bell	PG	United States	Boston Celtics (traded to Memphis)[9]	Boston College (Sr)
1	17	Čabarkapa, ŽarkoŽarko Čabarkapa	SF	Serbia and Montenegro	Phoenix Suns	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
1	18	West, DavidDavid West^+	PF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Xavier (Sr)
1	19	Pavlović, SashaSasha Pavlović	F/G	Serbia and Montenegro	Utah Jazz	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
1	20	Jones, DahntayDahntay Jones	SG	United States	Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia,[11] traded to Memphis)[9]	Duke (Sr)
1	21	Diaw, BorisBoris Diaw	PF	France	Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana)[12]	Pau-Orthez (France)
1	22	Planinić, ZoranZoran Planinić	G/F	Croatia	New Jersey Nets	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia and Adriatic League)
1	23	Outlaw, TravisTravis Outlaw	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Starkville HS (Starkville, MS)
1	24	Cook, BrianBrian Cook	PF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Illinois (Sr)
1	25	Delfino, CarlosCarlos Delfino	SG	Argentina	Detroit Pistons	Skipper Bologna (Italy)
1	26	Ebi, NdudiNdudi Ebi	SF	United Kingdom  Nigeria	Minnesota Timberwolves	Westbury Christian HS (Houston, TX)
1	27	Perkins, KendrickKendrick Perkins	C	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento via Orlando,[13] traded to Boston)[9]	Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX)
1	28	Barbosa, LeandroLeandro Barbosa	SG	Brazil	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Phoenix)[14]	Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
1	29	Howard, JoshJosh Howard^+	F/G	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest (Sr)
2	30	Lampe, MaciejMaciej Lampe	PF	Poland	New York Knicks (from Denver)[15]	Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
2	31	Kapono, JasonJason Kapono	F/G	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	UCLA (Sr)
2	32	Walton, LukeLuke Walton	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto)[16]	Arizona (Sr)
2	33	Beasley, JeromeJerome Beasley	PF	United States	Miami Heat	North Dakota (Sr)
2	34	Schortsanitis, SofoklisSofoklis Schortsanitis^#	C	Greece	Los Angeles Clippers	Iraklis BC (Greece)
2	35	Szewczyk, SzymonSzymon Szewczyk^#	PF	Poland	Milwaukee Bucks (from Memphis)[17]	Braunschweig (Germany)
2	36	Austin, MarioMario Austin^#	PF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Mississippi State (Jr)
2	37	Hansen, TravisTravis Hansen	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	BYU (Sr)
2	38	Blake, SteveSteve Blake	PG	United States	Washington Wizards	Maryland (Sr)
2	39	Vraneš, SlavkoSlavko Vraneš	C	Serbia and Montenegro	New York Knicks	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
2	40	Zimmerman, DerrickDerrick Zimmerman	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Mississippi State (Sr)
2	41	Green, WillieWillie Green	SG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Philadelphia)[18]	Detroit (Sr)
2	42	Pachulia, ZazaZaza Pachulia	PF	Georgia	Orlando Magic	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2	43	Bogans, KeithKeith Bogans	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Orlando)[19]	Kentucky (Sr)
2	44	Badiane, MalickMalick Badiane^#	PF	Senegal	Houston Rockets	Langen (Germany)
2	45	Bonner, MattMatt Bonner	F	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix,[20] traded to Toronto)[21]	Florida (Sr)
2	46	Bečirović, SaniSani Bečirović^#	SG	Slovenia	Denver Nuggets (from Boston)[22]	Virtus Bologna (Italy)
2	47	Williams, MoMo Williams^+	PG	United States	Utah Jazz	Alabama (So)
2	48	Lang, JamesJames Lang	C	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Central Park Christian HS (Birmingham, AL)
2	49	Jones, JamesJames Jones	SF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Miami (Florida) (Sr)
2	50	Morlende, PaccelisPaccelis Morlende^#	PG	France	Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Seattle)[18]	Dijon (France)
2	51	Korver, KyleKyle Korver^+	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets (traded to Philadelphia)[23]	Creighton (Sr)
2	52	van de Hare, RemonRemon van de Hare	C	Netherlands	Toronto Raptors (from Los Angeles Lakers)[16]	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2	53	Smith, TommyTommy Smith^#	PF	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami)[24]	Arizona State (Sr)
2	54	Sinanović, NedžadNedžad Sinanović^#	C	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portland Trail Blazers	Brotnjo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2	55	Rickert, RickRick Rickert^#	PF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota (So)
2	56	Hunter, BrandonBrandon Hunter	PF	United States	Boston Celtics (from Sacramento)[25]	Ohio (Sr)
2	57	Yuyang, XueXue Yuyang^#	C	China	Dallas Mavericks (traded to Denver)[26]	Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
2	58	Glyniadakis, AndreasAndreas Glyniadakis	C	Greece	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)[27]	AEK (Greece)

1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

^ a: Chris Kaman was born in the United States, but also has German citizenship through his great-grandparents and competes internationally for Germany.^[28]

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2003 NBA draft, but have played at least one game in the NBA.

Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
Barron, EarlEarl Barron	C	United States	Memphis (Sr.)
Calderón, JoséJosé Calderón	PG	Spain	Tau Cerámica (Spain)
Carroll, MattMatt Carroll	SG	United States	Notre Dame (Sr.)
Daniels, MarquisMarquis Daniels	SG	United States	Auburn (Sr.)
Dupree, RonaldRonald Dupree	SF	United States	LSU (Sr.)
Johnsen, BrittonBritton Johnsen	SF/PF	United States	Utah (Sr.)
Penney, KirkKirk Penney	SG/SF	New Zealand	Wisconsin (Sr.)
Powell, JoshJosh Powell	PF	United States	NC State (So.)
Powell, KasibKasib Powell	SF	United States	Texas Tech (Sr.)
Ross, QuintonQuinton Ross	SG	United States	SMU (Sr.)
Singleton, JamesJames Singleton	SF/PF	United States	Murray State (Sr.)

References

1. "NBA Announces Early-Entry Candidates". NBA. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
2. "Cavaliers Win NBA Draft Lottery 2003". NBA. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
3. "2003 draft eventually may be best in history". MSNBC. Retrieved April 19, 2007.
4. LeBron James announces he will sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaves Miami Heat | NJ.com
5. "Most anticipated No. 1 draft picks". CBC Sports. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
6. The Grizzlies traded this pick to the Pistons for Otis Thorpe on August 7, 1997.
   Boeck, Greg (August 8, 1997). "Thorpe trade frees Pistons to chase Bulls' Williams". USA Today. p. 12C.
   Enlund, Tom (June 28, 2003). "Selections have Pistons popping; Sonics also do well on draft day". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 3C.
7. The Hawks traded this pick along with Toni Kukoc and Leon Smith to the Bucks for Glenn Robinson on August 2, 2002.
   Saladino, Tom (August 3, 2002). "Robinson traded by Milwaukee to Hawks for No. 1 pick and Kukoc". The Associated Press State & Local Wire.
8. The Rockets traded this pick along with Othella Harrington, Brent Price, Antoine Carr, and Michael Dickerson to the Grizzlies as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received draft rights to Steve Francis and Tony Massenburg from Grizzlies and Don MacLean and future first-round draft choice from Orlando Magic, and Magic received Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar Ndiaye from Grizzlies on August 27, 1999.
   Murphy, Michael (August 27, 1999). "Rockets land Francis, 5 others; Grizzlies get 4 in largest deal in NBA history". The Houston Chronicle. p. 1.
9. The Grizzlies traded No. 13 and No. 27 picks to the Celtics for No. 16 and No. 20 picks on the draft day.
   Baird, Woody (June 27, 2003). "West wastes no time for draft-night trades". Associated Press.
10. The Bucks traded this pick along with Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie, and Ronald Murray to the SuperSonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason on February 20, 2003.
    Ruiz, Don (February 21, 2003). "Goodbye, Glove: Sonics trade Payton; NBA deal: Fan favorite Mason also sent to Milwaukee Bucks". The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington). p. A01.
11. The 76ers traded this pick along with Roshown McLeod to the Celtics for Jerome Moiso on August 3, 2001.
    Doyle, Bill (August 4, 2001). "Celts move forward in Sixers deal; Little-used Moiso swapped for McLeod, future first-round pick". Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts). p. B1.
12. The Pacers traded this pick to the Hawks for Jamaal Tinsley on June 27, 2001.
    Marot, Michael (June 28, 2001). "Pacers wait their turn, wind up with 2 guards". The Associated Press State & Local Wire.
13. The Kings traded this pick along with Tariq Abdul-Wahad to the Magic for Nick Anderson on August 3, 1999.
    "Magic trades Anderson for Kings' Abdul-Wahad". The Houston Chronicle. August 4, 1999. p. Sports 9.
    The Magic traded this pick along with Mike Miller and Ryan Humphrey to the Grizzlies for Drew Gooden and Gordan Giricek on February 19, 2003.
    Scanlon, Dick (March 7, 2003). "Trade Pays Off Quickly". The Ledger. p. C1.
14. The Spurs traded this pick to the Suns for a future pick (#30 pick in 2005 NBA draft) on June 26, 2003.
    Badger, T.A. (June 26, 2003). "Spurs select and then trade Brazilian point guard". The Associated Press State & Local Wire.
15. The Nuggets traded this pick along with Antonio McDyess and the draft rights to Frank Williams to the Knicks for Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Maybyner "Nenê" Hilario on June 26, 2002.
    "Knicks blockbuster may be the tip of iceberg". ESPN. June 26, 2002. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
16. The Raptors traded No. 32 pick along with Tracy Murray and Kareem Rush to the Lakers for the No. 52 pick, Lindsey Hunter, and Chris Jefferies on June 26, 2002.
    Harris, Beth (June 27, 2002). "Lakers trade Hunter, first-round pick to Toronto for Murray". The Associated Press State & Local Wire.
17. The Grizzlies traded this pick to the Bucks for Chris Owens on June 26, 2002.
    Finger, Mike (June 27, 2002). "Owens off to Memphis ; Injury didn't scare off teams". San Antonio Express-News.
18. The 76ers traded No. 41 pick to the SuperSonics for the No. 50 pick and cash during the draft.
    "Green has thumb surgery". ESPN. Associated Press. December 5, 2003. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
19. The Bucks traded this pick to the Magic for cash considerations on the draft day.
    Mulhern, Tom (June 27, 2003). "Short, to the Point; Bucks Choose Texas' Ford". Wisconsin State Journal.
20. The Suns traded this pick along with Soumaila Samake to the Bulls for C Jake Voskuhl on October 29, 2001.
    "Bulls trade Voskuhl to Suns for draft pick". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. October 29, 2001.
21. The Bulls traded this pick to the Raptors for a future pick (#38 pick in 2004 NBA draft) on the draft day.
    Gray, Kevin (June 27, 2003). "Toronto trades for Bonner". The Union Leader.
22. The Celtics traded this pick along with Shammond Williams to the Nuggets for Mark Blount and Mark Bryant on February 20, 2003.
    "Celtics add bulk with additions of Blount, Bryant". ESPN. Associated Press. February 20, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2009.
23. The Nets traded this pick to the 76ers for cash considerations on the draft day.
    "Korver drafted by Nets, traded to Philadelphia". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. June 27, 2003.
24. The Pistons traded this pick along with Cedric Ceballos to the Heat for a second-round draft pick (#38 pick in 2002 NBA draft) on November 26, 2000.
    The Heat traded this pick to the Bulls for Sean Lampley on October 2, 2001.
    "Heat acquire F Lampley from Chicago". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. October 2, 2001.
25. The Kings traded this pick along with a future pick (#53 pick in 2005 NBA draft) to the Celtics for Darius Songaila on June 23, 2003.
    "Celtics Acquire Second round Draft Choice From Sacramento Kings For Rights To Songaila". NBA. June 23, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
26. The Mavericks traded this pick to the Nuggets for a future pick (#50 pick in 2004 NBA draft) on the draft day.
    "Xue Yuyang Joins Denver After Dallas Draft". China Internet Information Center. June 28, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
27. The Spurs traded this pick to the Pistons for Mengke Bateer on October 3, 2002.
    "Pistons trade Menks to Spurs". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. October 3, 2002.
28. Clippers' Kaman becomes German citizen for Olympics. Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2008.

• "NBA.com Draft 2003". NBA. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
• "Player profiles with their career transaction information". NBA. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.

External links

• ESPN.com Draft 2003
• databaseBasketball.com Draft 2003