Player awards (NBA)
Regular season MVP
Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
NBA Finals MVP Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Jack Moore, Nebraska Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Akeem Olajuwon, Houston Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller, Oregon State Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Curt Gowdy Women Wade Trophy: Pam Kelly, Louisiana Tech
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1982: Everett Case Clarence Gaines Slater Martin Frank Ramsey Willis Reed
Births January 6 — Gilbert Arenas November 3 — Janel McCarville December 6 — Mauro Liburdi
Deaths January 5 — Jack Kiley, American NBA player (born 1929) January 21 — Jules Bender, American college All-American (Long Island) and original ABL player (born 1914) January 21 — Ned Irish, American Hall of Fame president of the New York Knicks (born 1905) January 31 — Étienne Onimus, French Olympic player (born 1907) February 21 — Jim Bradley, American ABA and CBA player (born 1952) April 10 — Vic Hanson, Hall of Fame college player (Syracuse) (born 1903) April 27 — Herbert Niiler, Estonian Olympic player (born 1905) June 13 — Jim Montgomery, American NBL player (born 1915) June 21 — Fred Zollner, American Hall of Fame professional owner (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1901) July 6 — Junior Saffer, American NBL player (born 1918) September 17 — Raúl Fernández, Mexican Olympic player (born 1905) October 21 — Stan Zadel, American NBL player (born 1916) October 23 — Gary Suiter, American NBA player (born 1942) November 8 — Roy Leenig, American NCAA player and coach (born 1920) December 9 — Janusz Patrzykont, Polish Olympic player (born 1912) December 17 — Franco Marquicias, Filipino Olympic player (born 1905)
See also 1982 in sports
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