List of 2003–04 NBA season transactions

This is a detailed list of transactions during the 2003-04 NBA season.

Retirements

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
August 7	Steve Kerr	Phoenix Suns (1988–1989) Cleveland Cavaliers (1989-1992) Orlando Magic (1992–1993) Chicago Bulls (1993–1998) San Antonio Spurs (1999–2001, 2002-2003) Portland Trail Blazers (2001-2002)	37	Was hired by TNT as a commentator
September 12	Danny Manning	Los Angeles Clippers (1988–1994) Atlanta Hawks (1994) Phoenix Suns (1994-1999) Milwaukee Bucks (1999–2000) Utah Jazz (2000–2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001-2002) Detroit Pistons (2003)	37	Attempted a comeback
October 25	Michael Dickerson	Houston Rockets (1999) Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies (1999-2003)	28	Retired due to a groin injury, among others; attempted a comeback in 2008	[1]

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team
1	James, LeBronLeBron James	July 3	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, Ohio)
2	Miličić, DarkoDarko Miličić	September 12	Detroit Pistons	Hemofarm (Serbia)
3	Anthony, CarmeloCarmelo Anthony	July 17	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse (Fr.)
4	Bosh, ChrisChris Bosh	July 7	Toronto Raptors	Georgia Tech (Fr.)
5	Wade, DwyaneDwyane Wade	July 1	Miami Heat	Wisconsin (Jr.)
6	Kaman, ChrisChris Kaman	July 12	Los Angeles Clippers	Central Michigan (Jr.)
7	Hinrich, KirkKirk Hinrich	July 14	Chicago Bulls	Kansas (Sr.)
8	Ford, T. J.T. J. Ford	July 2	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas (So.)
9	Sweetney, MichaelMichael Sweetney	July 7	New York Knicks	Georgetown (Jr.)
10	Jackson, LukeLuke Jackson	July 1	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oregon (Sr.)
11	Piétrus, MickaëlMickaël Piétrus	July 7	Golden State Warriors	Pau-Orthez (France)
12	Collison, NickNick Collison	July 7	Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas (Sr.)
13	Banks, MarcusMarcus Banks	July 10	Boston Celtics	UNLV (Sr.)
14	Ridnour, LukeLuke Ridnour	July 8	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon (Jr.)
15	Gaines, ReeceReece Gaines	July 18	Boston Celtics	Prentiss HS (Prentiss, MS)
16	Bell, TroyTroy Bell	July 5	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston College (Sr.)
17	Čabarkapa, ŽarkoŽarko Čabarkapa	July 1	Phoenix Suns	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
18	West, DavidDavid West	July 8	New Orleans Hornets	Xavier (Sr.)
19	Pavlović, SashaSasha Pavlović	July 23	Utah Jazz	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
20	Jones, DahntayDahntay Jones	July 5	Memphis Grizzlies	Duke (Sr.)
21	Diaw, BorisBoris Diaw	July 10	Atlanta Hawks	Pau-Orthez (France)
22	Planinić, ZoranZoran Planinić	July 11	New Jersey Nets	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
23	Outlaw, TravisTravis Outlaw	July 14	Portland Trail Blazers	Starkville High School (Starkville, Mississippi)
24	Cook, BrianBrian Cook	July 5	Los Angeles Lakers	Illinois (Sr.)
25	Delfino, CarlosCarlos Delfino		Detroit Pistons	Skipper Bologna (Italy)
26	Ebi, NdudiNdudi Ebi	July 5	Minnesota Timberwolves	Westbury Christian High School (Houston, Texas)
27	Perkins, KendrickKendrick Perkins	July 9	Boston Celtics	Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX)
28	Barbosa, LeandroLeandro Barbosa	July 16	Phoenix Suns	Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
29	Howard, JoshJosh Howard	July 3	Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest (So.)

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team
30	Lampe, MaciejMaciej Lampe	August 13	New York Knicks	Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
31	Kapono, JasonJason Kapono	July 30	Cleveland Cavaliers	UCLA (Sr.)
32	Walton, LukeLuke Walton	July 8	Los Angeles Lakers	UCLA (Sr.)
33	Chalmers, LionelLionel Chalmers	August 16	Los Angeles Clippers	Xavier (Sr.)
34	Smith, DontaDonta Smith	October 3	Atlanta Hawks	Southeastern Illinois (So.)
35	Emmett, AndreAndre Emmett	July 7	Memphis Grizzlies	Texas Tech (Sr.)
36	Burks, AntonioAntonio Burks	July 7	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis (Sr.)
37	Hansen, TravisTravis Hansen	July 10	Atlanta Hawks	BYU (Sr.)
38	Duhon, ChrisChris Duhon	October 4	Chicago Bulls	Duke (Sr.)
39	Vraneš, SlavkoSlavko Vraneš	July 16	New York Knicks	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
40	Reed, JustinJustin Reed	August 27	Boston Celtics	Ole Miss (Sr.)
41	Green, WillieWillie Green	August 8	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit (Sr.)
42	Pachulia, ZazaZaza Pachulia	July 24	Orlando Magic	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
43	Bogans, KeithKeith Bogans	July 25	Orlando Magic	Kentucky (Sr.)
44	Pickett, TimTim Pickett	August 3	New Orleans Hornets	Florida State (Sr.)
45	Robinson, BernardBernard Robinson	July 28	Charlotte Bobcats	Michigan (Sr.)
46	Seung-Jin, HaHa Seung-Jin	December 26	Portland Trail Blazers	Yonsei University (South Korea)
47	Sow, PapePape Sow	October 4	Toronto Raptors	Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
48	Minard, RickyRicky Minard	July 7	Sacramento Kings	Morehead State (Sr.)
49	Lishouk, SergeiSergei Lishouk		Memphis Grizzlies	Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
50	Spanoulis, VassilisVassilis Spanoulis		Houston Rockets	Maroussi B.C. (Greece)
51	Korver, KyleKyle Korver	August 8	Philadelphia 76ers	Creighton (Sr.)
52	Sato, RomainRomain Sato	July 15	San Antonio Spurs	Xavier (Sr.)
53	Freije, MattMatt Freije	August 26	Miami Heat	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
54	Paulding, RickeyRickey Paulding		Detroit Pistons	Missouri (Sr.)
55	Flores, LuisLuis Flores	September 14	Golden State Warriors	Manhattan (Sr.)
56	Hunter, BrandonBrandon Hunter	July 28	Boston Celtics	Ohio (Sr.)
57	Karaulov, SergeiSergei Karaulov		San Antonio Spurs	Skha Jakutia Yakutsk
58	Stepp, BlakeBlake Stepp	October 4	Minnesota Timberwolves	Gonzaga (Sr.)

Previous years' draftees

Draft	Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Previous team
2002	50	Darius Songaila	July 1	Sacramento Kings	CSKA Moscow (Russia)

References

1. "Grizzlies G Dickerson to retire". ESPN.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. October 25, 2003. Retrieved April 17, 2016.