List of 2003–04 NBA season transactions explained

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

Retirements

Date	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
August 7	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	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	Houston Rockets (1999) Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies (1999-2003)	28	Retired due to a groin injury, among others; attempted a comeback in 2008	^[1]

Pick	Date signed	Team	School/club team
1		Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Akron, Ohio)
2		Detroit Pistons	Hemofarm (Serbia)
3		Denver Nuggets	Syracuse (Fr.)
4		Toronto Raptors	Georgia Tech (Fr.)
5		Miami Heat	Marquette (Jr.)
6		Los Angeles Clippers	Central Michigan (Jr.)
7		Chicago Bulls	Kansas (Sr.)
8		Milwaukee Bucks	Texas (So.)
9		New York Knicks	Georgetown (Jr.)
10		Washington Wizards	Georgia (Sr.)
11		Golden State Warriors	Pau-Orthez (France)
12		Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas (Sr.)
13		Boston Celtics	UNLV (Sr.)
14		Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon (Jr.)
15		Boston Celtics	Prentiss HS (Prentiss, MS)
16		Memphis Grizzlies	Boston College (Sr.)
17		Phoenix Suns	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
18		New Orleans Hornets	Xavier (Sr.)
19		Utah Jazz	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
20		Memphis Grizzlies	Duke (Sr.)
21		Atlanta Hawks	Pau-Orthez (France)
22		New Jersey Nets	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
23	July 14	Portland Trail Blazers	Starkville High School (Starkville, Mississippi)
24		Los Angeles Lakers	Illinois (Sr.)
25		Detroit Pistons	Skipper Bologna (Italy)
26		Minnesota Timberwolves	Westbury Christian High School (Houston, Texas)
27		Boston Celtics	Ozen HS (Beaumont, TX)
28		Phoenix Suns	Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
29		Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest (So.)

Pick	Team	School/club team
30	New York Knicks	Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
31	Cleveland Cavaliers	UCLA (Sr.)
32	Los Angeles Lakers	UCLA (Sr.)
33	Miami Heat	North Dakota (Sr.)
34	Los Angeles Clippers	Iraklis BC (Greece)
35	Milwaukee Bucks	Germany
36	Chicago Bulls	Miss State (Jr.)
37	Atlanta Hawks	BYU (Sr.)
38	Chicago Bulls	Duke (Sr.)
39	New York Knicks	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
40	Boston Celtics	Ole Miss (Sr.)
41	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit (Sr.)
42	Orlando Magic	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
43	Orlando Magic	Kentucky (Sr.)
44	New Orleans Hornets	Florida State (Sr.)
45	Charlotte Bobcats	Michigan (Sr.)
46	Portland Trail Blazers	Yonsei University (South Korea)
47	Toronto Raptors	Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
48	Sacramento Kings	Morehead State (Sr.)
49	Memphis Grizzlies	Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
50	Houston Rockets	Maroussi B.C. (Greece)
51	Philadelphia 76ers	Creighton (Sr.)
52	San Antonio Spurs	Xavier (Sr.)
53	Miami Heat	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
54	Detroit Pistons	Missouri (Sr.)
55	Golden State Warriors	Manhattan (Sr.)
56	Boston Celtics	Ohio (Sr.)
57	San Antonio Spurs	Skha Jakutia Yakutsk
58	Minnesota Timberwolves	Gonzaga (Sr.)

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