1987 in basketball

none January 2018 1987 Player awards (NBA) Regular season MVP Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals MVP Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers Slam Dunk Contest Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls Three-point Shootout Larry Bird, Boston Celtics Collegiate awards Men John R. Wooden Award: David Robinson, Navy Naismith College Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Muggsy Bogues, Wake Forest Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: David Robinson, Navy NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Danny Manning, Kansas Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Tom Davis, Iowa Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Pete Newell Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Clarissa Davis, Texas Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee Wade Trophy: Shelly Pennefather, Villanova Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Rhonda Windham, USC NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tonya Edwards, Tennessee Carol Eckman Award: Jody Conradt, Texas Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1987:Hall of Famers http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ Basketball Hall of Fame 12 Oct 2014 25 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102924/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ dead Rick Barry Walt Frazier Bob Houbregs Pete Maravich Bobby Wanzer Births March 18 - C. J. Miles, NBA player June 22 - Danny Green, NBA player October 5 - Brandon Wright, NBA player October 11 - Mike Conley Jr., NBA player November 3 - Ty Lawson, NBA player November 10 - D. J. Augustin, NBA player Deaths April 7 — Pick Dehner, American NBL player (Hammond Ciesar All-Americans), college All-American (Illinois) and high school coach (born 1914) April 15 — Press Maravich, American college and professional player and coach (born 1915) May 7 — Phil Woolpert, American Hall of Fame college coach (San Francisco) (born 1915) June 5 — Joe Bradley, American NBA player (Chicago Stags) (born 1928) June 13 — Johnny High, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) (born 1957) August 16 — Nick Vanos, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) (born 1963) See also 1987 in sports Sports References