The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Player awards
editAmerican Basketball Association
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National Basketball Association
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NAIA
editNCAA
editNCAA College Division
edit- NCAA College Division basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
Eastern Professional Basketball League
editABA
editNBA
editFIBA
editNAIA
editNCAA
editWomen's tournaments
editInternational Competition
edit- Class of 1970:[1]
Deaths
edit- January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
- April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
- April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
- May 27 — Trajko Rajković, Yugoslav professional and Olympic player (born 1937)
- June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
- August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)
Births
edit- February 8 - Alonzo Mourning, American NBA player and a Hall of Famer
- May 9 - Doug Christie, American NBA player
- September 3 - George Lynch, American NBA player
- September 8 - Latrell Sprewell, American NBA player
- October 9 - Kenny Anderson, American NBA player
- November 14 - David Wesley, American NBA player
References
edit- ↑ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.