2002–03 Toronto Raptors season

2002–03 Toronto Raptors season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens^[1]
Owner(s)	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena	Air Canada Centre^[1]
Results
Record	24–58 (.293)
Place	Division: 7th (Central) Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Rogers Sportsnet, Raptors NBA TV, TSN, The Score, CIII
Radio	CJCL

The 2002–03 Toronto Raptors season was the Raptors' 8th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Things looked bleak for the Raptors early in the season as Hakeem Olajuwon announced his retirement due to a back injury. In addition, Vince Carter continued to feel the lingering effect of his knee injury as he missed most of the first half of the season. Despite playing only 43 games, he was still voted to play in his fourth straight All-Star Game. However, Carter ended up giving the starting position to a retiring Michael Jordan. Despite this, the Raptors managed to play mediocre basketball all season, finishing with a dismal 24–58 record. After the 2002–03 season, Lenny Wilkens was let go as coach of the Raptors and replaced by Kevin O'Neill.^[2]

NBA Draft

Main article: 2002 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	20	Kareem Rush (traded to Los Angeles)	Shooting Guard	United States	Missouri

^[3]

Roster

Toronto Raptors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.5 !G	12	USA !	Alston, Rafer	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Fresno State
4.0 !F	14	USA !	Baston, Maceo	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Michigan
5.5 !F/C	5	USA !	Bradley, Michael	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Villanova
2.5 !G/F	15	USA !	Carter, Vince	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	North Carolina
5.5 !F/C	33	USA !	Davis, Antonio	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Texas–El Paso
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Hunter, Lindsey	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jackson State
2.5 !G/F	1	USA !	Jefferies, Chris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fresno State
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Lenard, Voshon	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Minnesota
6.0 !C	4	USA !	McCoy, Jelani	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	UCLA
6.0 !C	00	USA !	Montross, Eric	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	North Carolina
4.0 !F	21	USA !	Murray, Lamond	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	UC Berkeley
6.0 !C	32	SEN !	N'Diaye, Mamadou	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Auburn
2.5 !G/F	24	USA !	Peterson, Morris	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Michigan State
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Williams, Alvin	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Villanova
4.0 !F	13	USA !	Williams, Jerome	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Georgetown

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens (Providence)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster

Roster Notes

Forward Lamond Murray missed the entire season due to an injury.

Note

Bold = All-Star selection

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	–	30–11	20–21	19–9
x-Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	2	32–9	16–25	19–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	47	35	.573	3	29–12	18–23	17–11
x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	8	25–16	17–24	16–12
Atlanta Hawks	35	47	.427	15	26–15	9–32	14–14
Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	20	27–14	3–38	12–16
Toronto Raptors	24	58	.293	26	15–26	9–32	10–18
Cleveland Cavaliers	17	65	.207	33	14–27	3–38	5–23

^[4]

Record vs. opponents

2002-03 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3
Cleveland	0–4	0–4	1–3	—	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
Detroit	3–1	2–2	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1
Golden State	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	4–0	1–1	—	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	4–0	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	—	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Memphis	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	—	2–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	—	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1
Minnesota	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0
New Jersey	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	—	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	3–1
New Orleans	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1
New York	3–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–2	2–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–3	—	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	—	2–0	2–2	1–1
Toronto	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	3–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	—

Game log

2002–03 game log

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

November: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)

December: 3–13 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–8)

January: 4–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 1–6)

February: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)

March: 6–11 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–7)

April: 1–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–4)

2002–03 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alston, Rafer !Rafer Alston	47	4	20.9	.415	.392	.685	2.3	4.1	.81	.32	7.8
Baston, Maceo !Maceo Baston	16	0	6.6	.600	.000	.833	1.4	.0	.25	.69	2.5
Bradley, Michael !Michael Bradley	67	11	19.6	.481	.167	.522	6.1	1.0	.24	.48	5.0
Brown, Damone !Damone Brown	5	3	23.0	.314	.000	.750	3.0	.6	.20	.00	5.6
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter	43	42	34.2	.467	.344	.806	4.4	3.3	1.12	.95	20.6
Davis, Antonio !Antonio Davis	53	52	35.7	.407	.000	.771	8.2	2.5	.43	1.17	13.9
Foster, Greg !Greg Foster	29	9	18.6	.385	.250	.813	3.5	.4	.03	.31	4.2
Hamilton, Zendon !Zendon Hamilton	3	0	4.0	.400	.000	1.000	1.3	.0	.33	.00	2.0
Huffman, Nate !Nate Huffman	7	0	10.9	.360	.000	.625	3.3	.7	.14	.43	3.3
Hunter, Lindsey !Lindsey Hunter	29	0	23.2	.351	.318	.723	2.0	2.4	1.21	.17	9.7
Jefferies, Chris !Chris Jefferies	51	10	13.1	.387	.333	.674	1.2	.4	.37	.31	3.9
Lenard, Voshon !Voshon Lenard	63	24	30.6	.402	.365	.804	3.4	2.3	.94	.33	14.3
Long, Art !Art Long*	7	0	11.4	.360	.500	.200	2.9	.6	.43	.43	2.9
McCoy, Jelani !Jelani McCoy	67	25	20.4	.491	.000	.548	5.3	.6	.42	.90	6.8
N'diaye, Mamadou !Mamadou N'Diaye	22	8	16.5	.448	.000	.723	3.7	.3	.36	1.45	5.5
Peterson, Morris !Morris Peterson	82	80	36.0	.392	.337	.789	4.4	2.3	1.07	.39	14.1
Williams, Alvin !Alvin Williams	78	78	33.8	.438	.329	.782	3.1	5.3	1.42	.27	13.2
Williams, Jerome !Jerome Williams	71	63	33.0	.499	.167	.555	9.2	1.3	1.63	.37	9.7

* Statistics include only games with the Raptors

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Source:	^[5]

Award winners

Vince Carter, NBA All-Star Game Appearance, Voted to start (Relinquished spot to a retiring Michael Jordan)^[6]^[7]

References

1 2 "2002-03 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ "Raptors tab O'Neill to replace Wilkens". Sports Illustrated. June 14, 2003. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ "2002 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
↑ "NBA Standings - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
↑ "Vince Carter". NBA. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
↑ "2003 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

External links

"2002-03 Toronto Raptors Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
"2002-03 Toronto Raptors". DatabaseBasketball. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

Toronto Raptors seasons

1990s

2000s

2010s

2002–03 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee New Orleans Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Memphis Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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