2003 NBA Draft
General information
Date(s)
June 26, 2003
Time
8:00 pm (EDT)
Location
Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)
ESPN
First selection
Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
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2004 ->
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
G
Guard
PG
Point guard
SG
Shooting guard
F
Forward
SF
Small forward
PF
Power forward
C
Center
Round
Pick
Player
Pos
Nationality
Team
School/Club Team
1
1
LeBron James *
SF
Cleveland Cavaliers
St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, OH)
1
2
Darko Miličić
F/C
Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)[5]
Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia and Adriatic League)
1
3
Carmelo Anthony *
SF
Denver Nuggets
Syracuse
1
4
Chris Bosh *
F/C
Toronto Raptors
Georgia Tech
1
5
Dwyane Wade *
SG
Miami Heat
Marquette
1
6
Chris Kaman +
C
Los Angeles Clippers
Central Michigan
1
7
Kirk Hinrich
PG
Chicago Bulls
Kansas
1
8
T.J. Ford
PG
United States
Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta)[6]
Texas
1
9
Michael Sweetney
PF
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
Seattle SuperSonics
Kansas
1
13
Marcus Banks
PG
Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston,[7] traded to Boston)[8]
UNLV
1
14
Luke Ridnour
PG
Seattle SuperSonics (from Milwaukee)[9]
Oregon
1
15
Reece Gaines
F/G
Orlando Magic
Louisville
1
16
Troy Bell
PG
Boston Celtics (traded to Memphis)[8]
Boston College
1
17
Žarko Čabarkapa
SF
Phoenix Suns
Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
1
18
David West +
PF
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
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
Portland Trail Blazers
Starkville HS (Starkville, MS)
1
24
Brian Cook
PF
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
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
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
Cleveland Cavaliers
UCLA
2
32
Luke Walton
SF
Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto)[15]
Arizona
2
33
Jerome Beasley
PF
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
Chicago Bulls
Mississippi State
2
37
Travis Hansen
SG
Atlanta Hawks
BYU
2
38
Steve Blake
PG
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
Golden State Warriors
Mississippi State
2
41
Willie Green
SG
Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Philadelphia)[17]
Detroit Mercy
2
42
Zaza Pachulia
PF
Georgia
Orlando Magic
Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2
43
Keith Bogans
SG
Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Orlando)[18]
Kentucky
2
44
Malick Badiane
PF
Senegal
Houston Rockets
Langen (Germany)
2
45
Matt Bonner
F
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
Utah Jazz
Alabama
2
48
James Lang
C
New Orleans Hornets
Central Park Christian HS (Birmingham, AL)
2
49
James Jones
SF
Indiana Pacers
Miami
2
50
Paccelis Morlende
PG
France
Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Seattle)[17]
Dijon (France)
2
51
Kyle Korver
SF
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
Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami)[23]
Arizona State
2
54
Nedžad Sinanović
C
Portland Trail Blazers
Brotnjo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2
55
Rick Rickert
PF
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota
2
56
Brandon Hunter
PF
Boston Celtics (from Sacramento)[24]
Ohio
2
57
Xue Yuyang
C
Dallas Mavericks (traded to Denver)[25]
Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
2
58
Andreas Glyniadakis
C
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
Player
School/Club Team
Matt Carroll (SG)
Notre Dame
Marquis Daniels (SG/SF)
Auburn
Ronald Dupree (SF)
LSU
Keith McLeod (PG)
Bowling Green
Quinton Ross (SF)
SMU
Marcus Hatten (SG)
St. John's
James Singleton (SF/PF)
Murray State
Kirk Penney (SG, New Zealand)
Wisconsin
Carl English (SG) Canada
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
United States
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
Greece