1989 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
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Winners of major team competitions 1988-1989
Men
- Germany : BBC Bayreuth
- Spain : FC Barcelona Bàsquet
- France : Limoges CSP
- Italy : Olimpia Milano
Player awards (NBA)
Regular Season MVP
NBA Finals MVP
Slam Dunk Contest
Three-point Shootout
Collegiate awards
- Men
- John R. Wooden Award: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tim Hardaway, UTEP
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Sean Elliott, Arizona
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Anderson Hunt, UNLV
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Chris Jackson, LSU
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Nat Holman
- Women
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee
- Wade Trophy: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee
- Carol Eckman Award: Linda Hill-MacDonald, Minnesota
Deaths
- August 14 — Ricky Berry, American NBA player (Sacramento Kings) (born 1964)
- August 21 — Scott Fenton, Australian player (Perth Wildcats) (born 1964)
- September 7 — Valery Goborov, Soviet player (born 1966)
- September 22 — Bob Calihan, All-American college player and coach (Detroit), NBL player (born 1918)
- December 3 — Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish player (Real Madrid, Portland Trail Blazers) (born 1962)