Player awards (NBA)
Regular season MVP
Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
NBA Finals MVP
Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
Slam Dunk Contest
Spud Webb, Atlanta Hawks
Three-point Shootout
Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Walter Berry, St. John's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jim Les, Bradley Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Walter Berry, St. John's NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Keith Smart, Indiana Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton, Kentucky Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Adolph Rupp Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller, USC Wade Trophy: Kamie Ethridge, Texas Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Kamie Ethridge, Texas NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Clarissa Davis, Texas Carol Eckman Award: Laura Mapp, Bridgewater
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1986: Billy Cunningham Tom Heinsohn Red Holzman Fred Taylor Stan Watts
Births
May 7—Matee Ajavon American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream)
Deaths June 19 – Len Bias, American college player (Maryland) and Boston Celtics draft pick (born 1963) December 1 – Halbert Harvill, American college men's coach (Austin Peay) (born 1893)
See also 1986 in sports
References