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
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