2003–04 Boston Celtics season

2003–04 Boston Celtics season
Head coach Jim O'Brien
John Carroll
General manager Danny Ainge
Arena Fleet Center
Results
Record 36–46 (.439)
Place Division: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(eliminated 0-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports Net New England
Radio WWZN
< 2002–03 2004–05 >

The 2003–04 Boston Celtics season was the 58th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 16 Troy Bell (traded to Memphis) PG  United States Boston College
1 20 Dahntay Jones (traded to Memphis) SG  United States Duke
2 56 Brandon Hunter PF  United States Ohio

Roster

2003-04 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PG 7 United States Atkins, Chucky style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Florida
PG 11 United States Banks, Marcus style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) UNLV
PG 13 United States Barros, Dana style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Boston College
C 30 United States Blount, Mark style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Pittsburgh
SF 12 United States Davis, Ricky style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Iowa
PF 56 United States Hunter, Brandon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Ohio
SF 20 United States Jones, Jumaine style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia
C 45 United States LaFrentz, Raef style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Kansas
PF 0 United States McCarty, Walter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Kentucky
C 4 United States Mihm, Chris style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas
C 43 United States Perkins, Kendrick style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Clifton J. Ozen (HS)
SF 34 United States Pierce, Paul style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kansas
PF 5 United States Stewart, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) California
SG 44 Czech Republic Welsch, Jiří style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Czech Republic
Head coach


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Mark Blount Chris Mihm Tony Battie
PF Walter McCarty Vin Baker Brandon Hunter
SF Ricky Davis Eric Williams Kedrick Brown
SG Paul Pierce Jiri Welsch Jumaine Jones
PG Mike James Marcus Banks Chucky Atkins

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-New Jersey Nets 47 35 .573 – 28–13 19–22 18–7
x-Miami Heat 42 40 .512 5 29–12 13–28 15–10
x-New York Knicks 39 43 .476 8 23–18 16–25 15–7
x-Boston Celtics 36 46 .439 11 19–22 17–24 14–10
Philadelphia 76ers 33 49 .402 14 21–20 12–29 10–14
Washington Wizards 25 57 .305 22 17–24 8–33 3–21
Orlando Magic 21 61 .256 26 11–30 10–31 8–16

Transactions

Trades

July 29, 2003 To Cleveland Cavaliers
J. R. Bremer
Bruno Šundov
2005 second-round pick		 To Boston Celtics
Jumaine Jones
October 20, 2003 To Dallas Mavericks
Tony Delk
Antoine Walker		 To Boston Celtics
Raef LaFrentz
Chris Mills
Jiří Welsch
2004 first-round pick
December 15, 2003 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Tony Battie
Kedrick Brown
Eric Williams		 To Boston Celtics
Ricky Davis
Chris Mihm
Michael Stewart
2005 second-round pick
February 19, 2004 To Boston Celtics
Chucky Atkins (From Detroit)
Lindsey Hunter (From Detroit)
2004 first-round pick (From Detroit)		 To Atlanta Hawks
Chris Mills (From Boston)
Željko Rebrača (From Detroit)
Bob Sura (From Detroit)
2004 first-round pick (From Detroit)

To Detroit Pistons

Mike James (From Boston)
Rasheed Wallace (From Atlanta)

Free Agents

Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Mike James July 25 Miami Heat
Subtractions
Player Date signed New Team
Vin Baker February 18 New York Knicks
Lindsey Hunter February 25 Detroit Pistons

References

    See also