Player awards (NBA)
Regular season MVP Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers
NBA Finals MVP
Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers
Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Ray McCallum, Ball State Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Guy Lewis, Houston Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: John Wooden Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Anne Donovan, Old Dominion Wade Trophy: LaTaunya Pollard, Long Beach NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Cheryl Miller, USC
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1983: Bill Bradley Dave DeBusschere Jack Twyman Dean Smith
Births
January 29 — Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
Deaths
May 20 — Clair Bee, American Hall of Fame college coach (Long Island) (born 1896) June 6 — Curly Armstrong, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1918) June 19 — Dave Quabius, American NBL player (Sheboygan Red Skins, Oshkosh All-Stars) (born 1916) July 12 — Donald White, All-American player (Purdue) and college coach (Washington University, Connecticut, Rutgers) (born 1898) July 15 — Gary Bradds, American NBA/ABA player, college All-American at Ohio State (born 1942) December 4 — Bruce Drake, American Hall of Fame college coach (Oklahoma Sooners) (born 1905) December 21 — Mark Workman, All-American college player (West Virginia) and NBA player (born 1930)
See also 1983 in sports
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