1984 in basketball

Player awards ([National [Basketball Association|NBA]])

Regular-season MVP">Most valuable player">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
• March 3 – Jack Moore, American college player
• May 30 – Tex Gibbons, American Olympic gold medalist
• November 21 – Ben Wilson, American high school player
• December 11 – Nate Bowman, American NBA/ABA player