2003 NBA Draft

The 2003 NBA Draft was carried out on June 26, 2003 in New York City ( New York ). In two rounds, 29 players were selected from NBA teams.

In the first place, high school graduate LeBron James was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers .

The 2003 draft is considered to be one of the strongest in NBA history. It has been compared to the legendary 1984 vintage (including Michael Jordan , Hakeem Olajuwon , Charles Barkley and John Stockton ).

In 2010, LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined the Miami Heat , where Dwyane Wade already played. Together they won the NBA championship in 2012 and 2013.

Round 1

- All-star

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
1	LeBron James (SF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Mary-St. Vincent High School ( Akron , Ohio )
2	Darko Miličić (C)	Serbia and Montenegro	Detroit Pistons (from Memphis Grizzlies )	Hemofarm Vršac ( Serbia-Montenegro )
3	Carmelo Anthony (SF)	United States	Denver nuggets	Syracuse University
4th	Chris Bosh (PF)	United States	Toronto Raptors	Georgia Institute of Technology
5	Dwyane Wade (SG)	United States	Miami Heat	Marquette University
6th	Chris Kaman (C)	United States Germany	Los Angeles Clippers	Central Michigan University
7th	Kirk Hinrich (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	University of Kansas
8th	TJ Ford (PG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Atlanta )	University of Texas at Austin
9	Michael Sweetney (PF)	United States	New York Knicks	Georgetown Hoyas
10	Jarvis Hayes (SF)	United States of Qatar	Washington Wizards	University of Georgia
11	Mickaël Piétrus (SF / SG)	France	Golden State Warriors	Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez ( France )
12	Nick Collison (PF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	University of Kansas
13	Marcus Banks (PG)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston Rockets , traded to Boston)	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
14th	Luke Ridnour (PG)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (by Milwaukee Bucks )	University of Oregon
15th	Reece Gaines (F / G)	United States	Orlando Magic	University of Louisville
16	Troy Bell (PG)	United States	Boston Celtics ( traded to Memphis )	Boston College
17th	Zarko Cabarkapa (SF)	Serbia and Montenegro	Phoenix Suns	KK Budućnost Podgorica ( Montenegro )
18th	David West (PF)	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Xavier University of Cincinnati
19th	Aleksandar Pavlović (F / G)	Serbia and Montenegro	Utah Jazz	KK Budućnost Podgorica ( Montenegro )
20th	Dahntay Jones (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia 76ers , traded to Memphis)	Duke University
21st	Boris Diaw (PF)	France	Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana Pacers )	Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez ( France )
22nd	Zoran Planinić (G / F)	Croatia	New Jersey Nets	Cibona Zagreb ( Croatia )
23	Travis Outlaw (SF)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Starkville High School ( Starkville , Mississippi )
24	Brian Cook (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
25th	Carlos Delfino (SF / SG)	Argentina	Detroit Pistons	Fortitudo Bologna ( Italy )
26th	Ndudi Ebi (SF)	England Nigeria	Minnesota Timberwolves	Westbury Christian High School ( Houston , Texas )
27	Kendrick Perkins (C)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Sacramento Kings , traded to Boston)	Ozen High School ( Beaumont , Texas )
28	Leandro Barbosa (SG)	Brazil	San Antonio Spurs ( traded to Phoenix )	Bauru Tilibra ( Brazil )
29	Josh Howard (SF)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest University

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
30th	Maciej lamp (PF)	Poland	New York Knicks (from Denver Nuggets )	Real Madrid ( Spain )
31	Jason Kapono (F / G)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of California, Los Angeles
32	Luke Walton (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Toronto Raptors )	University of Arizona
33	Jerome Beasley (PF)	United States	Miami Heat	University of North Dakota
34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis (C)	Greece	Los Angeles Clippers	Iraklis Saloniki ( Greece )
35	Szymon Szewczyk (PF)	Poland	Milwaukee Bucks (from Memphis Grizzlies )	TXU Energie Braunschweig ( Germany )
36	Mario Austin (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Mississippi State University
37	Travis Hansen (SG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Brigham Young University
38	Steve Blake (PG)	United States	Washington Wizards	University of Maryland, College Park
39	Slavko Vranes (C)	Serbia and Montenegro	New York Knicks	KK Budućnost Podgorica ( Montenegro )
40	Derrick Zimmerman (PG)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Mississippi State University
41	Willie Green (SG)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	University of Detroit Mercy
42	Zaza Pachulia (PF)	Georgia	Orlando Magic	Fenerbahçe Ülker ( Turkey )
43	Keith Bogans (SG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	University of Kentucky
44	Malick Badiane (PF)	Senegal	Houston Rockets	TV Langen ( Germany )
45	Matt Bonner (F)	United States	Chicago Bulls (by Phoenix Suns )	University of Florida
46	Sani Bečirovič (SG)	Slovenia	Denver Nuggets (from Boston Celtics )	Virtus Bologna ( Italy )
47	Mo Williams (PG)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of Alabama
48	James Lang (C)	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Central Park Christian High School ( Birmingham , Alabama )
49	James Jones (SF)	United States	Indiana Pacers	University of Miami
50	Paccelis Morlende (PG)	France	Philadelphia 76ers	JDA Dijon ( France )
51	Kyle Korver (SF)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Creighton University
52	Remon Van de Hare (C)	Netherlands	Toronto Raptors (from Los Angeles Lakers )	Spain
53	Tommy Smith (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Detroit Pistons )	Arizona State University
54	Nedžad Sinanović (C)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portland Trail Blazers	Bosnia Herzegovina
55	Rick Rickert (PF)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	University of Minnesota
56	Brandon Hunter (PF)	United States	Boston Celtics (by Sacramento Kings )	Ohio University
57	Xue Yuyang (C)	People's Republic of China	Dallas Mavericks	Hong Kong Flying Dragons (Hong Kong)
58	Andreas Glyniadakis (C)	Greece	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio Spurs )	Greece

Disregarded players

• José Calderón , (PG, Spain ) TAU Cerámica 
• Matt Carroll (SF, United States ), University of Notre Dame 
• Marquis Daniels (SG / SF, United States ), Auburn University 
• Ronald Dupree (SF, United States ), Louisiana State University 
• Quinton Ross (SG, United States ), Southern Methodist University 
• Hollis Price (PG, United States ), University of Oklahoma , 2003 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Second Team 
• Jason Gardner (PG, United States ), University of Arizona , 2003 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Second Team 
• Henry Domercant (SG, United States ), Eastern Illinois University , 2002 & 2003 runner-up in the NCAA Season Scoring Leaders 

Footnotes

1. ↑ Kaman is a German after being naturalized in 2008
2. ↑ Hayes is eligible to play for Qatar after being naturalized in 2013
3. ↑ 2010-11 NCAA Men's Basketball Records - Division I Records. (PDF (970 kB)) National Collegiate Athletic Association , p. 24 , accessed on October 6, 2011 (English). 

See also

• Entry Draft