1984 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1984 throughout the world.

Player awards (NBA)

Regular-season MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

NBA finals MVP

• Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

Slam Dunk Contest

• Larry Nance, Phoenix Suns

Collegiate awards

• Men
  • John R. Wooden Award: Michael Jordan, North Carolina
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ricky Stokes, Virginia
  • Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ed Pinckney, Villanova
  • Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul
  • Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Ray Meyer
• Women
  • Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC
  • Wade Trophy: Janice Lawrence Braxton, Louisiana Tech
  • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kim Mulkey, Louisiana Tech
  • NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Cheryl Miller, USC

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1984:
  • Jack Gardner
  • John Havlicek
  • Sam Jones

Births

• May 28 – Carmelo Anthony
• December 30 – LeBron James

Deaths

• January 30 – Lloyd Sharrar, All-American college player (West Virginia) (born 1936)
• March 3 – Jack Moore, American college player (Nebraska) (born 1959)
• May 30 – Tex Gibbons, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1907)
• November 21 – Ben Wilson, American high school player (born 1967)
• December 11 – Nate Bowman, American NBA/ABA player (born 1943)

See also

• 1984 in sports