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2003 NBA draft
The 2003 NBA Draft logo
General information
Date(s)June 26, 2003
Time7:30 pm (EDT)
LocationMadison Square Garden in New York City, New York
Network(s)ESPN
Overview
First selectionLebron James

The 2003 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2003 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and non-North American leagues. The draft was broadcast on ESPN at 7:30 pm (EDT). The NBA announced that 42 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. 4 of the top 5 picks are NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. Many players have been in the starting line-ups of their respective teams; seven have already participated in an All-Star Game, Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006, Boris Diaw won the Most Improved Player Award in 2006, Jason Kapono won the three point shootout back to back years in 2007 & 2008, Leandro Barbosa won the Sixth Man Award in 2007, and in 2009 LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.[3][4] The 2003 draft class has drawn comparisons to the legendary 1984 and 1996 NBA Draft classes,[5] but is also known for the Detroit Pistons making the controversial selection of Darko Miličić with the second pick over other prospects.[5]

Draft

= All-Star

Players in bold have been named to at least one All-NBA Team.

Kobe Bryant was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks in recent years.[6]
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
Kirk Hinrich, the 7th pick of the Chicago Bulls
Jason Kapono, the 31st pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Luke Walton, the 32nd pick of the Los Angeles Lakers
Mo Williams, the 47th pick of the Utah Jazz
G Guard PG Point guard SG Shooting guard F Forward SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
 Round  Pick Player  Position Nationality Team School/Club Team
1 1 LeBron James SF  United States Cleveland Cavaliers St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (Akron, OH)
1 2 Darko Miličić F/C  Serbia and Montenegro Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)[7] 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)[8] 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,[9] traded to Boston)[10] UNLV
1 14 Luke Ridnour PG  United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Milwaukee)[11] Oregon
1 15 Reece Gaines F/G  United States Orlando Magic Louisville
1 16 Troy Bell PG  United States Boston Celtics (traded to Memphis)[10] Boston College
1 17 Žarko Čabarkapa SF  Serbia and Montenegro 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,[12] traded to Memphis)[10] Duke
1 21 Boris Diaw SG  France Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana)[13] 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 Minnesota Timberwolves Westbury Christian HS (Houston, TX)
1 27 Kendrick Perkins C  United States Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento via Orlando,[14] traded to Boston)[10] Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX)
1 28 Leandro Barbosa SG  Brazil San Antonio Spurs (traded to Phoenix)[15] 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)[16] 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)[17] 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)[18] 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)[19] Detroit
2 42 Zaza Pachulia PF  Georgia Orlando Magic Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2 43 Keith Bogans SG  United States Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Orlando)[20] Kentucky
2 44 Malick Badiane PF  Senegal Houston Rockets Langen (Germany)
2 45 Matt Bonner F  United States Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix,[21] traded to Toronto)[22] Florida
2 46 Sani Bečirović SG  Slovenia Denver Nuggets (from Boston)[23] 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)[19] Dijon (France)
2 51 Kyle Korver SF  United States New Jersey Nets (traded to Philadelphia)[24] Creighton
2 52 Remon van de Hare C  Netherlands Toronto Raptors (from Los Angeles Lakers)[17] FC Barcelona (Spain)
2 53 Tommy Smith PF  United States Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami)[25] 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)[26] Ohio
2 57 Xue Yuyang C  China Dallas Mavericks (traded to Denver)[27] Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
2 58 Andreas Glyniadakis C  Greece Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)[28] AEK (Greece)

Notable undrafted players

Notes and references

  1. ^ "NBA Announces Early-Entry Candidates". NBA.com. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ^ "Cavaliers Win NBA Draft Lottery 2003". NBA.com. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  3. ^ The players who have started are Boris Diaw, Kirk Hinrich, David West, Darko Miličić, Mickaël Piétrus, T. J. Ford, Udonis Haslem, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake, Maurice Williams, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Carlos Delfino, Sasha Pavlović, Barbosa, Nick Collison, Marquis Daniels, Zaza Pachulia, Jason Kapono, James Jones, Luke Ridnour, Kendrick Perkins, and Kyle Korver.
  4. ^ The seven all-stars are Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Josh Howard, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, David West, and Mo Williams.
  5. ^ a b "2003 draft eventually may be best in history". MSNBC. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
  6. ^ "Most anticipated No. 1 draft picks". CBC Sports. 2005-07-27. Retrieved 2008-06-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
    Enlund, Tom (June 28, 2003). "Selections have Pistons popping; Knicks, Sonics also do well on draft day". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 3C. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ a b c d The Grizzlies traded #13 and #27 picks to the Celtics for #16 and #20 picks on the draft day.
    Baird, Woody (June 27, 2003). "West wastes no time for draft-night trades". Associated Press. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  12. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  13. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  14. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
    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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  15. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  16. ^ 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.com. June 26, 2002. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  17. ^ a b The Raptors traded #32 pick along with Tracy Murray and Kareem Rush to the Lakers for the #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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  18. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  19. ^ a b The 76ers traded #41 pick to the SuperSonics for the #50 pick and cash during the draft.
    "Green has thumb surgery". Associated Press. ESPN.com. December 5, 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  20. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  21. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  22. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  23. ^ 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". Associated Press. ESPN.com. February 20, 2003. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  24. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  25. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  26. ^ 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.com. June 23, 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  27. ^ 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 2007-05-20.
  28. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

References

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