Editing 2003 NBA draft (section)

==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 However, it would also see the most withdrawn entries from underclassmen either in college, overseas, or even high school in the case of [[Charlie Villanueva]] with 27 total people doing exactly that.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.<ref name=tdr>{{cite web |title=2003 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3050:2003-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review |date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223110007/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3050:2003-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Alexander – C, [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carmelo Anthony]] – F, [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Austin]] – F, [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald Blackshear]] – G, [[Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball|Marshall]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Bosh]] – F, [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball|Georgia Tech]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Lamar Castile – G, [[Community College of Beaver County|CC of Beaver County]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Rod Edwards – G, [[Ouachita Baptist Tigers|Ouachita Baptist]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Carl English]] – G, [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball|Hawaii]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[T. J. Ford]] – G, [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Zack Fray – F, [[Santa Ana College#Athletics|Santa Ana]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Hargett – G, [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball|West Virginia]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} David Hamilton – F, [[Salem International Tigers|Salem International]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jarvis Hayes]] – F/G, [[Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball|Georgia]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Maurice Jackson – F, [[UT Permian Basin Falcons|Texas–Permian]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Richard Jeter – G, [[Atlanta Metropolitan State College|Atlanta Metro]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Chris Kaman]] – C, [[Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball|Central Michigan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Powell]] – F, [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Rickert]] – F, [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luke Ridnour]] – G, [[Oregon Ducks men's basketball|Oregon]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Rob Smith – F, [[North Carolina Wesleyan University#Athletics|North Carolina Wesleyan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Sweetney]] – F, [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwyane Wade]] – G, [[Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball|Marquette]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mo Williams]] – G, [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Wrenn]] – F/G, [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]] (junior)
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===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 NBA draft|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 NBA draft|2001]], as well as being the second high schooler to win the [[NBA Rookie of the Year|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.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ndudi Ebi]] – F, [[Westbury Christian School]] ([[Houston, Texas]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[LeBron James]] – G, [[St. Vincent–St. Mary High School]] ([[Akron, Ohio]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Lang (basketball)|James Lang]] – F, Central Park Christian High School ([[Birmingham, Alabama]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Travis Outlaw]] – F, [[Starkville High School]] ([[Starkville, Mississippi]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kendrick Perkins]] – F, [[Clifton J. Ozen High School]] ([[Beaumont, Texas]])
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===International players===
The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Malick Badiane]] – F, [[TV Langen|Langen]] ([[2. Basketball Bundesliga|Germany]])
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leandro Barbosa]] – G, [[Associação Bauru Basketball Team|Bauru Tilibra]] ([[Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete|Brazil]])
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Delfino]] – G, [[Fortitudo Bologna|Skipper Bologna]] ([[Lega Basket Serie A|Italy]])
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Boris Diaw]] – F, [[Élan Béarnais|Pau-Orthez]] ([[LNB Pro A|France]])
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Lampe]] – F, Universidad Complutense ([[Liga Española de Baloncesto|Spain]])
* {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Darko Miličić]] – F, [[KK Vršac|Hemofarm Vršac]] ([[YUBA League|Serbia and Montenegro]])
* {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} [[Zaza Pachulia]] – F/C, [[Ülker G.S.K.|Ülker]] ([[Basketbol Süper Ligi|Turkey]])
* {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Aleksandar Pavlović (basketball)|Aleksandar Pavlović]] – G/F, [[KK Budućnost|Budućnost]] ([[YUBA League|Serbia and Montenegro]])
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mickaël Piétrus]] – G, [[Élan Béarnais|Pau-Orthez]] ([[LNB Pro A|France]])
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zoran Planinić]] – G, [[KK Cibona|Cibona]] ([[HT Premijer liga|Croatia]])
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Sofoklis Schortsanitis]] – F, [[G.S. Iraklis B.C.|Iraklis]] ([[Greek Basket League|Greece]])
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Nedžad Sinanović]] – C, [[HKK Brotnjo|Brotnjo]] ([[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]])
* {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Jón Arnór Stefánsson]] – G, [[Gladiators Treves|Trier]] ([[Basketball Bundesliga|Germany]])
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Szymon Szewczyk]] – F, [[Basketball Löwen Braunschweig|Braunschweig]] ([[Basketball Bundesliga|Germany]])
* {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Remon van de Hare]] – C/F, [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] ([[Liga ACB|Spain]])
* {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Slavko Vraneš]] – C, [[KK Budućnost|Budućnost]] ([[YUBA League|Serbia and Montenegro]])
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xue Yuyang]] – F, [[Hong Kong Flying Dragons]] ([[Chinese Basketball Association|China]])
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