2003 NBA draft

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2003 NBA draft
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General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)June 26, 2003
Location The Theater at Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)
Network(s) ESPN
Overview
58 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selection LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
  2002
2004  

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. This draft was the first draft to be aired on ESPN after they picked up the license from TNT.

Contents

The 2003 draftees represented one of the deepest talent pools in NBA history. The draft contained 15 players who combined for 26 championships. 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.

Overview

Four of the top five picks of the 2003 draft became NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James. Nine players have participated in an All-Star Game. Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006 and won NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2006, 2012 and 2013, as well as 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 in 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, 2013, 2016, and 2020. Carmelo Anthony won the 2013 NBA scoring title and was the only player in NBA history to win at least three Olympic gold medals [3] until Kevin Durant won his third one in 2021. Zaza Pachulia and David West won NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018. Matt Bonner won NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs in 2007 and 2014. Dahntay Jones and Mo Williams won the NBA championship in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Luke Walton won three NBA championships, two as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010 and one as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2015. Chris Bosh left the Toronto Raptors in 2010 as its all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double doubles, free throws made and attempted, and minutes played; he went on to win championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

The 2003 draft class has drawn comparisons to the 1984 and 1996 NBA draft classes [4] but is also known for the Detroit Pistons' selection of Darko Miličić with the second overall pick over other prospects who went on to have much more success in the league. [4] As of 2024, James is the only remaining active player from the 2003 draft class.

Eleven of the players selected in this draft never played in an NBA game throughout their professional basketball careers. Two of those players were the sole selection of the draft by their respective teams: Malick Badiane (Houston's only pick) and Paccelis Morlende (Philadelphia's only pick).

Draft selections

LeBron James was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks in the history of any 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. LebronFT (cropped).jpg
LeBron James was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks in the history of any 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.
Carmelo Anthony was selected 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets. Carmelo Anthony (2007).jpg
Carmelo Anthony was selected 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets.
Chris Bosh, selected 4th overall by the Toronto Raptors, was the first member of the draft class to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Chris Bosh.jpg
Chris Bosh, selected 4th overall by the Toronto Raptors, was the first member of the draft class to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Dwyane Wade was selected 5th overall by the Miami Heat. Dwyane wade 2008.jpg
Dwyane Wade was selected 5th overall by the Miami Heat.
Chris Kaman was selected 6th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers. Chris Kaman Clippers.jpg
Chris Kaman was selected 6th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
David West was selected 18th overall by the New Orleans Hornets. David West 2011.jpg
David West was selected 18th overall by the New Orleans Hornets.
Josh Howard was selected 29th overall by the Dallas Mavericks. Joshhoward.jpg
Josh Howard was selected 29th overall by the Dallas Mavericks.
Mo Williams was selected 47th overall by the Utah Jazz. Mo Williams Cavs.jpg
Mo Williams was selected 47th overall by the Utah Jazz.
Kyle Korver was selected 51st overall by the New Jersey Nets (traded to the Philadelphia 76ers). Kyle Korver Sixers (cropped).jpg
Kyle Korver was selected 51st overall by the New Jersey Nets (traded to the Philadelphia 76ers).
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
#Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game
~Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
RoundPickPlayerPositionNationality [n 1] TeamSchool/Club Team
11 LeBron James *~SF/PFFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Cavaliers St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio)
12 Darko Miličić CFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Detroit Pistons (from Memphis) [6] Hemofarm Vršac (Serbia and Montenegro)
13 Carmelo Anthony *SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Syracuse (Fr.)
14 Chris Bosh ^PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Toronto Raptors Georgia Tech (Fr.)
15 Dwyane Wade ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Miami Heat Marquette (Jr.)
16 Chris Kaman +CFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Clippers Central Michigan (Jr.)
17 Kirk Hinrich PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls Kansas (Sr.)
18 T. J. Ford PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta) [7] Texas (So.)
19 Michael Sweetney PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks Georgetown (Jr.)
110 Jarvis Hayes F/GFlag of the United States.svg United States Washington Wizards Georgia (Jr.)
111 Mickaël Piétrus G/FFlag of France.svg  France Golden State Warriors Pau-Orthez (France)
112 Nick Collison PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Seattle SuperSonics Kansas (Sr.)
113 Marcus Banks PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston, [8] traded to Boston) [9] UNLV (Sr)
114 Luke Ridnour PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Milwaukee) [10] Oregon (Jr)
115 Reece Gaines F/GFlag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic Louisville (Sr)
116 Troy Bell PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics (traded to Memphis) [9] Boston College (Sr)
117 Žarko Čabarkapa SFFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Phoenix Suns Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
118 David West +PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New Orleans Hornets Xavier (Sr)
119 Sasha Pavlović F/GFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Utah Jazz Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
120 Dahntay Jones SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia, [11] traded to Memphis) [9] Duke (Sr)
121 Boris Diaw PFFlag of France.svg France Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana) [12] Pau-Orthez (France)
122 Zoran Planinić G/FFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia New Jersey Nets Cibona Zagreb (Croatia and Adriatic League)
123 Travis Outlaw SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Portland Trail Blazers Starkville HS (Starkville, Mississippi)
124 Brian Cook PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Lakers Illinois (Sr)
125 Carlos Delfino SGFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Detroit Pistons Skipper Bologna (Italy)
126 Ndudi Ebi SFFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Minnesota Timberwolves Westbury Christian HS (Houston, Texas)
127 Kendrick Perkins CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento via Orlando, [13] traded to Boston) [9] Ozen HS (Beaumont, Texas)
128 Leandro Barbosa SGFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil San Antonio Spurs (traded to Phoenix) [14] Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
129 Josh Howard +F/GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks Wake Forest (Sr)
230 Maciej Lampe PFFlag of Poland.svg  Poland New York Knicks (from Denver) [15] Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
231 Jason Kapono F/GFlag of the United States.svg United States Cleveland Cavaliers UCLA (Sr)
232 Luke Walton SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto) [16] Arizona (Sr)
233 Jerome Beasley PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Miami Heat North Dakota (Sr)
234 Sofoklis Schortsanitis #CFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Los Angeles Clippers Iraklis BC (Greece)
235 Szymon Szewczyk #PFFlag of Poland.svg Poland Milwaukee Bucks (from Memphis) [17] Braunschweig (Germany)
236 Mario Austin #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls Mississippi State (Jr)
237 Travis Hansen SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Atlanta Hawks BYU (Sr)
238 Steve Blake PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Washington Wizards Maryland (Sr)
239 Slavko Vraneš CFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro New York Knicks Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro and Adriatic League)
240 Derrick Zimmerman PGFlag of the United States.svg United StatesGolden State Warriors Mississippi State (Sr)
241 Willie Green SGFlag of the United States.svg United StatesSeattle SuperSonics (traded to Philadelphia) [18] Detroit (Sr)
242 Zaza Pachulia PFFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Orlando Magic Ülkerspor (Turkey)
243 Keith Bogans SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Orlando) [19] Kentucky (Sr)
244 Malick Badiane #PFFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Houston Rockets Langen (Germany)
245 Matt Bonner FFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix, [20] traded to Toronto) [21] Florida (Sr)
246 Sani Bečirović #SGFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Denver Nuggets (from Boston) [22] Virtus Bologna (Italy)
247 Mo Williams +PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Jazz Alabama (So)
248 James Lang CFlag of the United States.svg United States New Orleans Hornets Central Park Christian HS (Birmingham, Alabama)
249 James Jones SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Miami (Florida) (Sr)
250 Paccelis Morlende #PGFlag of France.svg France Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Seattle) [18] Dijon (France)
251 Kyle Korver +SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New Jersey Nets (traded to Philadelphia) [23] Creighton (Sr)
252 Remon van de Hare CFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Toronto Raptors (from Los Angeles Lakers) [16] FC Barcelona (Spain)
253 Tommy Smith #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Miami) [24] Arizona State (Sr)
254 Nedžad Sinanović #CFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Portland Trail Blazers Brotnjo ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
255 Rick Rickert #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota (So)
256 Brandon Hunter PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics (from Sacramento) [25] Ohio (Sr)
257 Xue Yuyang #CFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Dallas Mavericks (traded to Denver) [26] Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
258 Andreas Glyniadakis CFlag of Greece.svg 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.

PlayerPositionNationalitySchool/club team
Earl Barron CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis (Sr.)
Kevin Burleson PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Minnesota (Sr.)
José Calderón PGFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Tau Cerámica (Spain)
Matt Carroll SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Notre Dame (Sr.)
Marquis Daniels SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Auburn (Sr.)
Ronald Dupree SFFlag of the United States.svg United States LSU (Sr.)
Noel Felix PFFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize
Fresno State (Sr.)
Hiram Fuller PFFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya
Fresno State (Sr.)
Britton Johnsen SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah (Sr.)
Desmond Penigar PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah State (Sr.)
Kirk Penney SG/SFFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wisconsin (Sr.)
Josh Powell PFFlag of the United States.svg United States NC State (So.)
Kasib Powell SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Tech (Sr.)
Quinton Ross SGFlag of the United States.svg United States SMU (Sr.)
Melvin Sanders SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Oklahoma State (Sr.)
James Singleton SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Murray State (Sr.)
Theron Smith SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Ball State (Sr.)

Draft Lottery

^Denotes the actual lottery result
Team 2002–03
record
LotteryLottery probabilities
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th
Cleveland Cavaliers 17–65225.225^.215.178.357
Denver Nuggets 17–65225.225.188.171^.319.123
Toronto Raptors 24–58157.157.157.156.226^.265.040
Miami Heat 25–57120.120.126.133.099.350^.161.013
Los Angeles Clippers 28–5489.089.097.107.261.360^.084.004
Memphis Grizzlies 28–5464.064.071^.081.440.304.040.001
Chicago Bulls 30–5244.044.049.058.599^.232.018.000
Atlanta Hawks 35–4729.029.022.027.724^.197.011.000
New York Knicks 37-4515.015.022.027.784^.143.005.000
Washington Wizards 37-4514.014.021.025.846^.087.002.000
Golden State Warriors 38–447.007.009.012.907^.063.001
Seattle SuperSonics 40–426.006.008.010.935^.039
Houston Rockets 43–395.005.007.009.960^

Early entrants

College underclassmen

In terms of underclassmen declaring for this year's draft, the number of players available for entry this year would increase up to 73 after previously being down a bit the previous year. However, it would also see the most withdrawn entries from underclassmen either in college, overseas, or even high school in the case of Charlie Villanueva with 27 total people doing exactly that. As such, there would actually be 46 underclassmen that qualified as such for this year's draft, which would be an overall step down when compared to last year's official number of underclassmen entering the NBA draft. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [29]

High school players

This would be the ninth straight year in a row where at least one high school player would declare their entry into the NBA draft directly out of high school after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. However, it would be one of the most famous ones due to the entry of high school phenom LeBron James entering the NBA draft this year, being the second high schooler to be drafted at #1 behind only Kwame Brown back in 2001, as well as being the second high schooler to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award behind Amar'e Stoudemire only a year prior. This draft also saw a high schooler named Charlie Villanueva initially enter for the NBA draft, but withdraw his name and go to college before the draft began. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [29]

International players

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [29]

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The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the ongoing at the time COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead conducted at ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, with the event held via videoconferencing. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally on ESPN. The draft lottery was originally scheduled to take place on May 19, 2020, but due in part to the 2020 NBA Bubble, it was rescheduled to take place on August 20, 2020, instead. This was the first draft since 1975 to not be held in June and was also the second to be done later than that month after the inaugural 1947 draft, which was conducted in July by the NBA's predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA). This draft also featured the lack of a proper "green room" due to pandemic restrictions. The first pick was made by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected Anthony Edwards out of Georgia.

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  7. The Hawks traded this pick along with Toni Kukoč and Leon Smith to the Bucks for Glenn Robinson on August 2, 2002.
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  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.
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  11. The 76ers traded this pick along with Roshown McLeod to the Celtics for Jérôme Moïso on August 3, 2001.
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  14. The Spurs traded this pick to the Suns for a future pick (#30 pick in 2005 NBA draft) on June 26, 2003.
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  23. The Nets traded this pick to the 76ers for cash considerations on the draft day.
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  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.
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