Player awards (
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Regular Season MVP

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

NBA Finals MVP

Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time and has been compared with Stephen Curry. Johnson played 13 seasons in the ...

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

Collegiate awards

* Men **

John R. Wooden Award The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's and women's Player of the Year awards, the Legends of Coaching award, and recognizing the ...

: Ralph Sampson, Virginia ** Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jack Moore, Nebraska **

Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best men's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). The only three-time winner is Ralph Sampson of ...

: Ralph Sampson, Virginia ** NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player:

Akeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets a ...

, Houston ** Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year:

Ralph Miller Ralph H. Miller (March 9, 1919 – May 15, 2001) was an American college basketball coach, a head coach for 38 years at three universities: Wichita (now known as Wichita State), Iowa, and Oregon State. With an overall record of , his teams had ...

, Oregon State ** Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Curt Gowdy * Women **

Wade Trophy The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coac ...

: Pam Kelly, Louisiana Tech

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pres ...

*Class of 1982: ** Everett Case ** Clarence Gaines **

Slater Martin Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. (October 22, 1925 – October 18, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in Elmina, ...

** Frank Ramsey ** Willis Reed

Births

*January 6 — Gilbert Arenas *November 3 —

Janel McCarville Janel McCarville (born November 3, 1982) is an American professional basketball player from Custer, Wisconsin who is currently a WNBA free agent. High school years Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, McCarville attended Stevens Point Area Senio ...

Deaths

*January 5 —

Jack Kiley John Francis Kiley Jr. (January 5, 1929 – February 16, 1982) was an American professional basketball player. Kiley was selected in the 1951 NBA draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons after a collegiate career at Syracuse. He played for the Pistons in ...

, American NBA player (born 1929) *January 21 — Jules Bender, American college All-American (

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) and original ABL player (born 1914) *January 21 — Ned Irish, American

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president of the

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

(born 1905) *January 31 —

Étienne Onimus Étienne Onimus (1 January 1907 – 3 January 1982) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known a ...

, French Olympic player (born 1907) *February 21 — Jim Bradley, American

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and CBA player (born 1952) *April 10 — Vic Hanson, Hall of Fame college player (

Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss ...

) (born 1903) *April 27 —

Herbert Niiler Herbert Niiler (27 April 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Estonian American basketball player and coach. Niiler coached the Estonia men's national basketball team in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 9th. He also led Estonia to EuroBa ...

, Estonian Olympic player (born 1905) *June 13 — Jim Montgomery, American NBL player (born 1915) *June 21 —

Fred Zollner Fred Zollner (January 22, 1901 – June 21, 1982), nicknamed "Mr. Pro Basketball", was the founder and owner along with his sister Janet of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons) and a key figure in the merger of National Bas ...

, American Hall of Fame professional owner ( Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1901) *July 6 —

Junior Saffer Edgar "Junior" Saffer Jr. (July 27, 1918 – July 6, 1982) was an American professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, c ...

, American NBL player (born 1918) *September 17 — Raúl Fernández, Mexican Olympic player (born 1905) *October 21 — Stan Zadel, American NBL player (born 1916) *October 23 —

Gary Suiter Gary G. Suiter (January 18, 1945 – October 23, 1982) was an American professional basketball player. Suiter was a 6'9" center from Midwestern State University, and played for the Mustangs from 1966 to 1969. He had previously attended the Univ ...

, American NBA player (born 1942) *November 8 — Roy Leenig, American NCAA player and coach (born 1920) *December 9 —

Janusz Patrzykont Janusz Stanisław Patrzykont (9 May 1912 in Golina – 9 December 1982 in Poznań) was a Polish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, comp ...

, Polish Olympic player (born 1912) *December 17 —

Franco Marquicias Franco P. Marquicias (17 December 1905 – 20 April 1982) was a Filipino basketball player. He was a member of the Philippine team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, a national player several times and one of the best known Filipino cager ever develo ...

, Filipino Olympic player (born 1905)

References

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