2003–04 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Phoenix Suns 2004 29 53 Pacific 6 13 Frank Johnson Mike D'Antoni Bryan Colangelo Jerry Colangelo America West Arena Did not qualify PHO KUTP Fox Sports Net Arizona KTAR The 2003–04 Phoenix Suns season was the 36th for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/2004.html 2003-04 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats It was also the last season under longtime associate Jerry Colangelo's ownership, as he later sold the franchise to an ownership group led by Robert Sarver starting the following season. After advancing to the playoffs the previous season, the Suns started off to a disappointing start under head coach Frank Johnson. With the team at 8–13, team management elected to turn to assistant coach Mike D'Antoni to take over for Johnson. Under D'Antoni, the Suns would lose 40 of their next 61 games and miss the playoffs, finishing sixth in the Pacific division with a 29–53 regular season record, the first time since the 1987–88 season the Suns recorded 50 losses or more. The Suns played their home games at America West Arena. Before the halfway mark of the season, the Suns sent starting point guard Stephon Marbury along with Penny Hardaway to the New York Knicks for Antonio McDyess, and a lack of offense was felt the rest of the season. Marbury, a future All-Star, was replaced with rookie SG Leandro Barbosa, who only averaged eight points per game.http://www.kingstonwhigstandard.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2809494 https://archive.today/20120905093222/http://www.kingstonwhigstandard.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2809494 dead September 5, 2012 NBA's global games have Brazilian Blur abuzz Frank Zicarelli TheWhig.com December 14, 2010 The oft-injured Tom Gugliotta was released and signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz. The Suns found the injury bug, with reigning Rookie of the Year Amar'e Stoudemire missing nearly 30 games (and the Suns his 20 points and nine rebounds per game). Power forward Shawn Marion did not repeat as an All-Star, despite ending the season averaging 19 points and 9.3 rebounds per game and finishing second in the league in steals per game. Joe Johnson had a breakthrough year in his third season NBA season, leading the league in minutes played and providing the Suns nearly 17 points a game. By trading Marbury, the Suns were without a point guard to lead an improving young core of Stoudemire, Marion, Johnson and Barbosa, all 25 years of age or younger. By shedding the injury-riddled Hardaway and Gugliotta, as well as Marbury, the Suns ended the season with a need for a club leader and money at their disposal. Following the season, McDyess signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons. For the season, they added new orange alternate road uniforms with grey side panels to their jerseys and shorts they remained in used until 2013. Offseason NBA draft 2003 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 17 Žarko Čabarkapa Forward Roster Phoenix Suns 2003–04 #423189 #FFFFFF #808080 #000000 10 Leandro Barbosa PG 6 3 176 1982-11-28 Brazil 11 Žarko Čabarkapa PF 6 11 235 1981-05-21 Montenegro 12 Howard Eisley PG 6 2 177 1972-12-04 Boston College 4 Donnell Harvey PF 6 8 220 1980-08-26 Florida 23 Casey Jacobsen SF 6 6 215 1981-03-19 Stanford 2 Joe Johnson basketball SG 6 8 225 1981-06-29 Arkansas 30 Maciej Lampe C 6 11 275 1985-02-05 Poland 31 Shawn Marion SF 6 7 220 1978-05-07 UNLV 14 Antonio McDyess PF 6 9 220 1974-09-07 Alabama 32 Amar'e Stoudemire PF 6 10 245 1982-11-16 Cypress Creek HS (FL) 43 Jake Voskuhl C 6 11 245 1977-11-01 Connecticut 55 Jahidi White C 6 9 290 1976-02-19 Georgetown Frank Johnson Mike D'Antoni Tim Grgurich Marc Iavaroni Todd Quinter Phil Weber https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/2004.html February 20, 2004 Regular season PHO PHO Awards and honors All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire was selected to play for the Sophomore team in the Rookie Challenge. Season Shawn Marion led the league in steals with 167. Joe Johnson led the league in minutes played with 3,331. Joe Johnson finished ninth in Most Improved Player voting. Player statistics Season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Archibald, Robert Robert Archibald* 1 0 6.0 .000 . .500 1.0 1.0 .0 .0 1.0 Barbosa, Leandro Leandro Barbosa 70 46 21.4 .447 .395 .770 1.8 2.4 1.3 .1 7.9 Čabarkapa, Žarko Žarko Čabarkapa 49 4 11.6 .411 .188 .660 2.0 0.8 .2 .3 4.1 Eisley, Howard Howard Eisley* 34 0 21.4 .345 .308 .830 1.9 3.4 .8 .1 7.l Gugliotta, Tom Tom Gugliotta* 30 3 10.1 .313 .000 .750 1.9 0.7 .5 .1 2.3 Hardaway, Penny Penny Hardaway* 34 10 25.8 .443 .400 .857# 2.9 2.9 .8 .2 8.7 Harvey, Donnell Donnell Harvey* 36 7 12.2 .473 . .795 2.6 0.4 .4 .4 3.9 Jacobsen, Casey Casey Jacobsen 78 13 23.4 .417 .417^ .820 2.6 1.3 .6 .1 6.0 Johnson, Joe Joe Johnson 82 77 40.6 .430 .305 .750 4.7 4.4+ 1.1 .3 16.7 Knight, Brevin Brevin Knight* 3 0 6.3 .333 . . 1.0 1.3 1.0 .3 0.7 Lampe, Maciej Maciej Lampe 21 0 10.7 .489† .000 .769 2.4 0.4 .1 .1 4.6 Marbury, Stephon Stephon Marbury* 34 34 41.6+ .432 .314 .795 3.4 8.3+ 1.9 .1 20.8+ Marion, Shawn Shawn Marion 79 79 40.7+ .440 .340 .851# 9.3 2.7 2.1 1.3+ 19.0+ McDyess, Antonio Antonio McDyess* 24 14 21.1 .484† . .516 5.8 0.7 1.0 .5 5.8 Stoudemire, Amar'e Amar'e Stoudemire 55 53 36.8 .475† .200 .713 9.0 1.4 1.2 1.6+ 20.6+ Trybański, Cezary Cezary Trybański* 4 0 2.5 .000 . . 0.3 0.0 .0 .3 0.0 Voskuhl, Jake Jake Voskuhl 66 43 24.3 .507† . .740 5.2 0.9 .6 .4 6.6 White, Jahidi Jahidi White* 61 17 14.1 .524† . .500 4.3 0.1 .4 .8 4.3 Williams, Scott Scott Williams* 16 10 16.7 .525† 1.000^ .692 4.5 0.4 .9 .4 7.3 * - Stats with the Suns. + - Minimum 70 games played or 2000 minutes, 400 assists, 100 blocks, 1400 points. † - Minimum 300 field goals made. ^ - Minimum 55 three-pointers made. # - Minimum 125 free throws made. Transactions Trades June 26, 2003 To San Antonio Spurs 2005 first-round draft pick (USA David Lee) To Phoenix Suns Rights to BRA Leandro Barbosa September 30, 2003 To Memphis Grizzlies USA Bo Outlaw GEO/GRE Jake Tsakalidis To Phoenix Suns GBR Robert Archibald USA Brevin Knight POL Cezary Trybański November 5, 2003 To Washington Wizards USA Brevin Knight To Phoenix Suns USA Jahidi White December 23, 2003 To Orlando Magic 2004 second-round draft pick (USA Antonio Burks) To Phoenix Suns USA Donnell Harvey December 26, 2003 To Orlando Magic GBR Robert Archibald To Phoenix Suns Conditional 2005 second-round draft pick January 5, 2004 To New York Knicks USA Penny Hardaway USA Stephon Marbury POL Cezary Trybanski To Phoenix Suns USA Howard Eisley POL Maciej Lampe USA Antonio McDyess USA Charlie Ward Rights to SCG Miloš Vujanić 2004 first-round draft pick (USA Kirk Snyder) 2010 first-round draft pick (USA Gordon Hayward) Cash considerations February 19, 2004 To Utah Jazz USA Tom Gugliotta 2004 first-round draft pick (USA Kirk Snyder) 2005 second-round draft pick (USA Alex Acker) 2010 first-round draft pick (USA Gordon Hayward) Cash considerations To Phoenix Suns USA Keon Clark USA Ben Handlogten Free agents Additions Date Player Contract Former Team July 16, 2003 Scott Williams Re-signed to 1-year contract for $1.07 million Phoenix Suns July 22, 2003 Jake Voskuhl Re-signed to 3-year contract for $5.1 million Phoenix Suns September 23, 2003 Trevor Huffman Undisclosed Brandt Hagen (Germany) September 23, 2003 William Pippen Undisclosed September 26, 2003 Nick Sheppard Undisclosed Gary Steelheads (CBA) September 26, 2003 Ray Weathers Undisclosed Shanghai Sharks (China) October 1, 2003 DerMarr Johnson Undisclosed Atlanta Hawks October 8, 2003 Dejan Koturović Undisclosed Virtus Bologna (Italy) Subtractions Date Player Reason left New team September 29, 2003 Alton Ford Free agent Orlando Magic October 8, 2003 Trevor Huffman Waived Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland) October 8, 2003 William Pippen Waived Tokyo Apache (Japan) October 16, 2003 DerMarr Johnson Waived Long Beach Jam (ABA) October 23, 2003 Dejan Koturović Waived Tau Cerámica (Spain) October 23, 2003 Nick Sheppard Waived Beijing Ducks (China) October 23, 2003 Ray Weathers Waived Dakota Wizards (CBA) January 6, 2004 Charlie Ward Waived San Antonio Spurs January 28, 2004 Scott Williams Waived Dallas Mavericks February 20, 2004 Ben Handlogten Waived Utah Jazz References Standings on Basketball Reference Category:Phoenix Suns seasons Phoenix