2003 NBA Draft

 2003 NBA Draft took place on June 26, 2003 in New York City, New York. The #1 pick was LeBron James by the Cleveland Cavaliers out of St. Vincent/St. Marys HS. It is considered the one of the most talent-packed drafts, with draftees such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwayne Wade. This was the last draft before the Charlotte Bobcats joined the league.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Nationality	Team	School/Club Team
1	1	LeBron James*	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, OH)
1	2	Darko Miličić	F/C	Serbia	Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)[5]	Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia and Adriatic League)
1	3	Carmelo Anthony*	SF	United States	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse
1	4	Chris Bosh*	F/C	United States	Toronto Raptors	Georgia Tech
1	5	Dwyane Wade*	SG	United States	Miami Heat	Marquette
1	6	Chris Kaman+	C	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Central Michigan
1	7	Kirk Hinrich	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Kansas
1	8	T.J. Ford	PG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta)[6]	Texas
1	9	Michael Sweetney	PF	United States	New York Knicks	Georgetown
1	10	Jarvis Hayes	F/G	United States	Washington Wizards	Georgia
1	11	Mickaël Piétrus	G/F	France	Golden State Warriors	Pau-Orthez (France)
1	12	Nick Collison	PF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas
1	13	Marcus Banks	PG	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston,[7] traded to Boston)[8]	UNLV
1	14	Luke Ridnour	PG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Milwaukee)[9]	Oregon
1	15	Reece Gaines	F/G	United States	Orlando Magic	Louisville
1	16	Troy Bell	PG	United States	Boston Celtics (traded to Memphis)[8]	Boston College
1	17	Žarko Čabarkapa	SF	Serbia	Phoenix Suns	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
1	18	David West+	PF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Xavier
1	19	Sasha Pavlović	F/G	Serbia and Montenegro	Utah Jazz	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
1	20	Dahntay Jones	SG	United States	Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia,[10] traded to Memphis)[8]	Duke
1	21	Boris Diaw	SG	France	Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana)[11]	Pau-Orthez (France)
1	22	Zoran Planinić	G/F	Croatia	New Jersey Nets	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia and Adriatic League)
1	23	Travis Outlaw	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Starkville HS (Starkville, MS)
1	24	Brian Cook	PF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Illinois
1	25	Carlos Delfino	SG	Argentina	Detroit Pistons	Unión de Santa Fe (Argentina)
1	26	Ndudi Ebi	SF	United Kingdom Nigeria	Minnesota Timberwolves	Westbury Christian HS (Houston, TX)
1	27	Kendrick Perkins	C	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento via Orlando,[12] traded to Boston)[8]	Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX)
1	28	Leandro Barbosa	SG	Brazil	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Phoenix)[13]	Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
1	29	Josh Howard+	F/G	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest
2	30	Maciej Lampe	PF	Poland	New York Knicks (from Denver)[14]	Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
2	31	Jason Kapono	F/G	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	UCLA
2	32	Luke Walton	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto)[15]	Arizona
2	33	Jerome Beasley	PF	United States	Miami Heat	North Dakota
2	34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	C	Greece	Los Angeles Clippers	Iraklis BC (Greece)
2	35	Szymon Szewczyk	PF	Poland	Milwaukee Bucks (from Memphis)[16]	Braunschweig (Germany)
2	36	Mario Austin	PF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Mississippi State
2	37	Travis Hansen	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	BYU
2	38	Steve Blake	PG	United States	Washington Wizards	Maryland
2	39	Slavko Vraneš	C	Serbia and Montenegro	New York Knicks	Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
2	40	Derrick Zimmerman	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Mississippi State
2	41	Willie Green	SG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Philadelphia)[17]	Detroit Mercy
2	42	Zaza Pachulia	PF	Georgia	Orlando Magic	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2	43	Keith Bogans	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Orlando)[18]	Kentucky
2	44	Malick Badiane	PF	Senegal	Houston Rockets	Langen (Germany)
2	45	Matt Bonner	F	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix,[19] traded to Toronto)[20]	Florida
2	46	Sani Bečirović	SG	Slovenia	Denver Nuggets (from Boston)[21]	Virtus Bologna (Italy)
2	47	Mo Williams+	PG	United States	Utah Jazz	Alabama
2	48	James Lang	C	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Central Park Christian HS (Birmingham, AL)
2	49	James Jones	SF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Miami
2	50	Paccelis Morlende	PG	France	Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Seattle)[17]	Dijon (France)
2	51	Kyle Korver	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets (traded to Philadelphia)[22]	Creighton
2	52	Remon van de Hare	C	Netherlands	Toronto Raptors (from Los Angeles Lakers)[15]	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2	53	Tommy Smith	PF	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami)[23]	Arizona State
2	54	Nedžad Sinanović	C	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portland Trail Blazers	Brotnjo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2	55	Rick Rickert	PF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota
2	56	Brandon Hunter	PF	United States	Boston Celtics (from Sacramento)[24]	Ohio
2	57	Xue Yuyang	C	China	Dallas Mavericks (traded to Denver)[25]	Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
2	58	Andreas Glyniadakis	C	Greece	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)[26]	AEK (Greece)

^ a: Chris Kaman was born in the United States, but also has German citizenship through his great-grandparents and competes internationally for Germany.^[27]

Notable undrafted players