# List of 2003–04 NBA season transactions

This is a detailed list of transactions during the 2003-04 NBA season.

## Retirements

| Date | Name | Team(s) played (years) | Age | Notes |
| August 7 | Steve Kerr | Phoenix Suns (1988–1989) Cleveland Cavaliers (1989–1992) Orlando Magic (1992–1993) Chicago Bulls (1993–1998) San Antonio Spurs (1999–2001, 2002–2003) Portland Trail Blazers (2001–2002) | 37 | Was hired by TNT as a commentator |
| September 12 | Danny Manning | Los Angeles Clippers (1988–1994) Atlanta Hawks (1994) Phoenix Suns (1994–1999) Milwaukee Bucks (1999–2000) Utah Jazz (2000–2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001–2002) Detroit Pistons (2003) | 37 | Attempted a comeback |
| October 25 | Michael Dickerson | Houston Rockets (1999) Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies (1999–2003) | 28 | Retired due to a groin injury, among others; attempted a comeback in 2008 |

## Draft
### First round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team | School/club team |
| 1 | LeBron James | July 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers | St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, Ohio) |
| 2 | Darko Miličić | September 12 | Detroit Pistons | Hemofarm (Serbia) |
| 3 | Carmelo Anthony | July 17 | Denver Nuggets | Syracuse (Fr.) |
| 4 | Chris Bosh | July 7 | Toronto Raptors | Georgia Tech (Fr.) |
| 5 | Dwyane Wade | July 1 | Miami Heat | Marquette (Jr.) |
| 6 | Chris Kaman | July 12 | Los Angeles Clippers | Central Michigan (Jr.) |
| 7 | Kirk Hinrich | July 14 | Chicago Bulls | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 8 | T. J. Ford | July 2 | Milwaukee Bucks | Texas (So.) |
| 9 | Michael Sweetney | July 7 | New York Knicks | Georgetown (Jr.) |
| 10 | Jarvis Hayes | August 20 | Washington Wizards | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 11 | Mickaël Piétrus | July 7 | Golden State Warriors | Pau-Orthez (France) |
| 12 | Nick Collison | July 7 | Seattle SuperSonics | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 13 | Marcus Banks | July 10 | Boston Celtics | UNLV (Sr.) |
| 14 | Luke Ridnour | July 8 | Seattle SuperSonics | Oregon (Jr.) |
| 15 | Reece Gaines | July 18 | Boston Celtics | Prentiss HS (Prentiss, MS) |
| 16 | Troy Bell | July 5 | Memphis Grizzlies | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 17 | Žarko Čabarkapa | July 1 | Phoenix Suns | Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro) |
| 18 | David West | July 8 | New Orleans Hornets | Xavier (Sr.) |
| 19 | Sasha Pavlović | July 23 | Utah Jazz | Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro) |
| 20 | Dahntay Jones | July 5 | Memphis Grizzlies | Duke (Sr.) |
| 21 | Boris Diaw | July 10 | Atlanta Hawks | Pau-Orthez (France) |
| 22 | Zoran Planinić | July 11 | New Jersey Nets | Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) |
| 23 | Travis Outlaw | July 14 | Portland Trail Blazers | Starkville High School (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| 24 | Brian Cook | July 5 | Los Angeles Lakers | Illinois (Sr.) |
| 25 | Carlos Delfino | | Detroit Pistons | Skipper Bologna (Italy) |
| 26 | Ndudi Ebi | July 5 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Westbury Christian High School (Houston, Texas) |
| 27 | Kendrick Perkins | July 9 | Boston Celtics | Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX) |
| 28 | Leandro Barbosa | July 16 | Phoenix Suns | Bauru Tilibra (Brazil) |
| 29 | Josh Howard | July 3 | Dallas Mavericks | Wake Forest (So.) |

### Second round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team | School/club team |
| 30 | Maciej Lampe | August 13 | New York Knicks | Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) |
| 31 | Jason Kapono | July 30 | Cleveland Cavaliers | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 32 | Luke Walton | July 8 | Los Angeles Lakers | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 33 | Jerome Beasley | September 4 | Miami Heat | North Dakota (Sr.) |
| 34 | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | | Los Angeles Clippers | Iraklis BC (Greece) |
| 35 | Szymon Szewczyk | | Milwaukee Bucks | Germany |
| 36 | Mario Austin | | Chicago Bulls | Miss State (Jr.) |
| 37 | Travis Hansen | July 10 | Atlanta Hawks | BYU (Sr.) |
| 38 | Chris Duhon | October 4 | Chicago Bulls | Duke (Sr.) |
| 39 | Slavko Vraneš | July 16 | New York Knicks | Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro) |
| 40 | Justin Reed | August 27 | Boston Celtics | Ole Miss (Sr.) |
| 41 | Willie Green | August 8 | Philadelphia 76ers | Detroit (Sr.) |
| 42 | Zaza Pachulia | July 24 | Orlando Magic | Ülkerspor (Turkey) |
| 43 | Keith Bogans | July 25 | Orlando Magic | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 44 | Tim Pickett | August 3 | New Orleans Hornets | Florida State (Sr.) |
| 45 | Bernard Robinson | July 28 | Charlotte Bobcats | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 46 | Ha Seung-Jin | December 26 | Portland Trail Blazers | Yonsei University (South Korea) |
| 47 | Pape Sow | October 4 | Toronto Raptors | Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| 48 | Ricky Minard | July 7 | Sacramento Kings | Morehead State (Sr.) |
| 49 | Sergei Lishouk | | Memphis Grizzlies | Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine) |
| 50 | Vassilis Spanoulis | | Houston Rockets | Maroussi B.C. (Greece) |
| 51 | Kyle Korver | August 8 | Philadelphia 76ers | Creighton (Sr.) |
| 52 | Romain Sato | July 15 | San Antonio Spurs | Xavier (Sr.) |
| 53 | Matt Freije | August 26 | Miami Heat | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
| 54 | Rickey Paulding | | Detroit Pistons | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 55 | Luis Flores | September 14 | Golden State Warriors | Manhattan (Sr.) |
| 56 | Brandon Hunter | July 28 | Boston Celtics | Ohio (Sr.) |
| 57 | Sergei Karaulov | | San Antonio Spurs | Skha Jakutia Yakutsk |
| 58 | Blake Stepp | October 4 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Gonzaga (Sr.) |

### Previous years' draftees

| Draft | Pick | Player | Date signed | Team | Previous team |
| 2002 | 50 | Darius Songaila | July 1 | Sacramento Kings | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |