2017 in basketball explained
The following are the basketball events that took place in 2017 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
National team tournaments
FIBA continental cups
Men:
Women:
Other national team championships
In SABA and SEABA Championships, only the champion team will be able qualify to FIBA Asia Cup. Those teams winning the tournament are shown in bold text.
Men:
- 2017 EABA Championship in Tokyo:
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Team Canada 150
Atletas All-Star Lithuania
Women:
FIBA youth championships
Men:
Women:
Other FIBA-sanctioned youth tournaments
Team in bold wins the championship while in italic is the team who qualify for the continental Championship they belong to.
Men's Division:
Professional club seasons
Continental seasons
Men
Women
Regional seasons
Men
Women
Domestic league seasons
Men
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2017 NBA Summer League||
Los Angeles Lakers|Portland Trail Blazers|110–98||Single-game final|-|
2016–17 NBA Development League season||
Raptors 905|
Rio Grande Valley Vipers|2–1||Best-of-3 series|-|}
Women
College seasons
Headlines
- December 19 – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces significant changes to its enshrinement process.[1]
- Effective immediately, players, coaches, and referees will now be eligible for induction after three full seasons of retirement.
- Effective with the induction class of 2020, active coaches must have served in that role for 25 years and be at least age 60.
Deaths
- January 23 — Earl Foreman, American ABA owner (Virginia Squires) (born 1924)
- January 26 — Mario Quintero, Cuban Olympic player (1948, 1952) (born 1924)
- January 27 — Charles Shackleford, American NBA player (New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1966)
- January 31 — Bobby Watson, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks) and college national champion at Kentucky (1951) (born 1930)
- February 11 — Fab Melo, Brazilian NBA player (Boston Celtics) (born 1990)
- February 19 — Dean Ehlers, American college coach (Memphis, James Madison) (born 1929)
- February 25 — Neil Fingleton, British player (CB Illescas) (born 1980)
- March 6 – Bill Hougland, American player (Phillips 66ers) and Olympic champion (1952, 1956) (born 1930)
- March 10 – Ben Jobe, American college coach (Southern, South Carolina State, Alabama A&M) (born 1933)
- March 13 – John Andariese, American college and NBA announcer (New York Knicks) (born 1938)
- March 15 – Dave Stallworth, American NBA player (New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets) (born 1941)
- March 15 – Chris Williams, American player (Sydney Kings, Skyliners Frankfurt, Qingdao DoubleStar) (born 1980)
- March 18 – Gerry Gimelstob, American college coach (George Washington) (born 1951)
- March 20 – David Lawrence, American player (McNeese State, Pallacanestro Trieste, Saski Baskonia) (born 1959)
- March 21 – Jerry Krause, American NBA executive (Chicago Bulls) (born 1939)
- March 29 – Wayne Duke, Hall of Fame college administrator (Big Eight Conference, Big Ten Conference) (born 1928)
- April 20 – Skeeter Swift, American ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Condors, San Antonio Spurs) and college coach (Liberty) (born 1946)
- April 22 – Jess Kersey, American NBA referee (born 1941)
- April 23 – Ken Sears, American NBA player (New York Knicks, San Francisco Warriors) (born 1933)
- May 2 – Toby Kimball, American NBA player (born 1942)
- May 4 – Jay Carty, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1941)
- May 8 – Chuck Orsborn, American college coach (Bradley) (born 1917)
- May 8 – George Irvine, American ABA player (Virginia Squires, Denver Nuggets) and NBA coach (Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons) (born 1948)
- May 13 – Ron Bontemps, American Olympic player (1952) (born 1926)
- May 14 – Frank Brian, American NBA player (Anderson Packers, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1923)
- May 27 – Robert Curtis, American NBL Canada player (Saint John Mill Rats) (born 1990)
- May 31 – Ramon Campos Jr., Filipino Olympic player (1948, 1952, 1956) (born 1925)
- June 1 – Jack McCloskey, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors) and coach (Portland Trail Blazers) and college coach (Penn, Wake Forest) (born 1925)
- June 10 – Mihai Nedef, Romanian Olympic player (1952) (born 1931)
- June 17 – Omar Monza, Argentine Olympic player (1952) (born 1929)
- June 30 – Darrall Imhoff, American college All-American (California), NBA player and Olympic Gold medalist (1960) (born 1938)
- July 4 – Gene Conley, American NBA player (Boston Celtics, New York Knicks) (born 1930)
- July 6 – Les Habegger, 92, American college (Seattle Pacific) and NBA coach (Seattle SuperSonics).[2]
- July 11 – Bill Chambers, American college player and coach (William & Mary) (born 1930)
- July 14 – Ross Giudice, American college coach (San Francisco) (born 1924)
- July 15 – Bob Wolff, American announcer (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) (born 1920)
- July 16 – Jerry Bird, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1934)
- July 23 – John Kundla, American Hall of Fame coach (Minneapolis Lakers, Minnesota Golden Gophers) (born 1916)
- August 3 – Dickie Hemric, American NBA player (Boston Celtics) (born 1933)
- August 13 – Nick Mantis, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs) (born 1935)
- August 16 – Tom Hawkins, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1936)
- August 26 – Adam Wójcik, Polish player (Śląsk Wrocław, Prokom Sopot, Turów Zgorzelec) (born 1970)
- August 28 – Jud Heathcote, American college coach (Montana, Michigan State) (born 1927)
- August 30 – Rollie Massimino, American college coach (Villanova, UNLV, Cleveland State) (born 1934)
- September 6 — Jim McDaniels, American NBA (Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves) and ABA (Carolina Cougars, Kentucky Colonels) player. (born 1948)
- September 17 — Cris Bolado, Filipino player (Alaska Aces, Star Hotshots, San Miguel Beermen) (born 1969)
- September 21 – Glen Whisby, 44, American player[3]
- September 23 — Loreto Carbonell, Filipino Olympic player (1956) (born 1933)
- September 30 — Frank Hamblen, American NBA coach (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1947)
- October 1 — Dave Strader, American college announcer (born 1955)
- October 6 — Connie Hawkins, American Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotters, ABA and NBA player (Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1942)
- October 16 — Kevin Cadle, American basketball coach (Kingston Kings, British national team) and NBA announcer (born 1955)
- October 19 — Dick DiBiaso, 76, American college coach (Stanford).[4]
- October 20 — Justin Reed, American NBA player (Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves) (born 1982)
- October 30 — János Halász, Hungarian Olympic player (1948) (born 1929)
- October 31 — Red Murrell, American college (Drake) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1933)
- November 3 — Sid Catlett, American player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1948)
- November 5 — Don Eddy, American college coach (Eastern Illinois, UTSA) (born 1935)
- November 13 — Jeff Capel II, American college coach (Fayetteville State, North Carolina A&T, Old Dominion) (born 1953)
- November 17 — Aleksandr Salnikov, Ukrainian Olympic player (1976, 1980) (born 1949)
- November 19 — Luther Rackley, American NBA and ABA player (born 1946)
- November 19 — Elias Tolentino, Filipino Olympic player (1968) (born 1942)
- November 25 — Steve "Snapper" Jones, American ABA and NBA player and NBA announcer (born 1942)
- December 1 — Perry Wallace, American college player (Vanderbilt) and first African-American player in the Southeastern Conference (born 1948)
- December 4 — Armenak Alachachian, Armenian Olympic Silver Medalist (1964) (born 1930)
- December 6 — George E. Killian, American administrator. President of FIBA and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1924)
- December 7 — Roland Taylor, American ABA/NBA player (Virginia Squires, Denver Nuggets) (born 1946)
- December 11 — Birgir Örn Birgis, Icelandic national team player and coach (born 1942)
- December 21 — Dick Enberg, college announcer (UCLA) (born 1935)
- December 25 – Michael Britt, 57, American college player (District of Columbia).[5]
- December 26 — Orsten Artis, American college player (UTEP), NCAA champion (1966) (born 1943)
See also
Notes and References
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Modifications to its Enshrinement Process Beginning with the Class of 2018 . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . December 19, 2017 . February 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180212075506/http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-modifications-to-its-enshrinement-process-beginning-with-the-class-of-2018/ . February 12, 2018 . dead .
- News: Jenks. Jayson. Les Habegger turned SPU into winner, helped Sonics win title. 11 April 2018. Seattle Times. 6 July 2017.
- News: Former Southern Miss basketball star Glen Whisby dies at 45. November 12, 2017. hattiesburgamerican.com. September 22, 2017.
- News: Remembering Dick DiBiaso . October 25, 2017 . Stanford Cardinal. April 29, 2020.
- Web site: Alex. Perry. ‘He was a superstar’: Community mourns pro baller, mentor to kids. Suffolk News-Herald. December 30, 2017. June 28, 2018.
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