2019 in basketball

Tournaments included international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Deaths

 * January 1 — Larry Weinberg, 92, American NBA owner (Portland Trail Blazers).
 * January 3 — Bob Burrow, 84, American college All-American (Kentucky) and NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals).
 * January 6 — Ben Coleman, 57, American NBA player (New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks).
 * January 11 — Gus Ganakas, 92, American college coach (Michigan State).
 * January 11 — Jumping Johnny Wilson, 91, American player (Harlem Globetrotters).
 * January 19 — Ken Warzynski, 70, American college player (DePaul).
 * January 20 — Jimmy Rayl, 77, American college All-American (Indiana) and ABA player (Indiana Pacers).
 * January 26 — Dale Barnstable, 93, two-time college national champion at Kentucky (1948, 1949).
 * February 3 — Irv Brown, 83, college basketball referee and announcer.
 * February 14 — Clinton Wheeler, 59, American NBA player (Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers).
 * February 20 — Joe Gibbon, 83, All-American college player (Ole Miss).
 * February 23 — Carl Meinhold, 92, American BAA player (Baltimore Bullets, Providence Steamrollers, Chicago Stags).
 * February 28 — Jim Fritsche, 87, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, Baltimore Bullets, Fort Wayne Pistons).
 * March 9 — Alberto Bucci, 70, Italian coach (Fortitudo Bologna, Virtus Bologna, Scaligera Verona)
 * March 10 — Alekos Spanoudakis, 90, Greek player (Olympiacos).
 * March 12 — Tom Meyer, 96, American NBL player (Detroit Gems, Detroit Vagabonds).
 * March 19 — Thanasis Giannakopoulos, 88, Greek executive (Panathinaikos B.C.).
 * March 23 — Jacques Dessemme, 93, French Olympic player (1952).
 * March 25 — Paul Dawkins, 61, American-Turkish player (Utah Jazz, Galatasaray).
 * March 25 — Cal Ramsey, 81, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks, Syracuse Nationals).
 * April 4 — Myer Skoog, 92, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers).
 * April 14 — John MacLeod, 81, American college (Oklahoma, Notre Dame) and NBA (Phoenix Suns) coach.
 * April 18 — Ken Buehler, 99, American NBL player (Sheboygan Red Skins, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons).
 * April 22 — Andy O'Donnell, 94, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets).
 * April 23 — Johnny Neumann, 68, American ABA (Memphis Tams, Virginia Squires) and NBA (Los Angeles Lakers) player.
 * April 24 — Zoran Marojević, Serbian Olympic silver medalist (1968).
 * April 25 — John Havlicek, 79, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Boston Celtics)
 * May 3 — George Hanna, 90, Iraqi Olympic player (1948).
 * May 3 — Andy Jick, 66, American public address announcer (Boston Celtics, Boston College).
 * May 4 — Jumpin Jackie Jackson, 79, American player (Harlem Globetrotters).
 * May 7 — Arnaldo Taurisano, 85, Italian coach (Cantù, Partenope Napoli, Brescia).
 * May 15 — Rob Babcock, 66, American NBA executive (Minnesota Timberwolves, Toronto Raptors).
 * May 22 — Tony Gennari, 76, Italian player (Varese, Libertas Forlì, Milano 1958).
 * May 23 — Wilfredo Peláez, 88, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
 * May 25 — Rod Bramblett, 53, American college announcer (Auburn).
 * June 4 — Billy Gabor, 97, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals).
 * June 11 — Yvan Delsarte, 90, Belgian Olympic player (1952).
 * June 13 — Jiří Pospíšil, 68, Czech Olympic player (1972, 1976, 1980).
 * June 16 — Kelly Coleman, 80, American player (Harlem Globetrotters, Chicago Majors, Baltimore Bullets).
 * June 23 — Žarko Varajić, 67, Serbian Olympic silver medalist (1976).
 * June 25 — Tony Barone, 72, American college (Creighton, Texas A&M) and NBA (Memphis Grizzlies) coach.
 * June 27 — Vukica Mitić, 65, Serbian Olympic Bronze medalist (1980).
 * June 28 — Borislav Džaković, 71, Serbian-Bosnian coach (KK Crvena zvezda, KK Partizan).
 * July 5 — Lewis Lloyd, 60, American NBA player (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers).
 * July 6 — Charles Hardnett, 80, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets).
 * July 22 — Nikos Milas, 91, Greek player (Panathinaikos), coach (Panathinaikos, AEK Athens) and Olympian (1952).
 * July 22 — Wayne See, 95, American NBA player (Waterloo Hawks).
 * July 24 — Cathy Inglese, 60, American college coach (Vermont, Boston College, Rhode Island)
 * July 28 — Howard Nathan, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks).
 * July 28 — Harrison Wilson Jr., 94, American college coach (Jackson State).
 * July 29 — Max Falkenstien, 95, American college radio broadcaster (Kansas).
 * August 10 — Cándido Sibilio, 60, Spanish player (FC Barcelona, Tau Vitoria) and Olympian (1980).
 * August 12 — Jim Marsh, 73, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers) and broadcaster (Seattle SuperSonics).
 * August 13 — Vladimír Ptáček, 64, Czech Olympic player (1976).
 * August 16 — Penka Stoyanova, 69, Bulgarian Olympic silver (1980) and bronze (1976) medalist.
 * August 19 — Mike Leaf, 58, American college coach (Winona State).
 * August 20 — Kelsey Weems, 51, American player (Quad City Thunder, Hartford Hellcats, Yakima SunKings).
 * August 22 — Tom Nissalke, 87, American NBA (Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz) and ABA (San Antonio Spurs) coach.
 * August 25 — Jerry Rook, 75, American ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers).
 * September 2 — Rainer Pethran, 68, German Olympic player (1972).
 * September 5 — Bob Rule, 75, American NBA player (Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks).
 * September 9 — Fred McLeod, 67, American NBA television and radio broadcaster (Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers).
 * September 22 — Courtney Cox Cole, 48, American college player (Indiana).
 * September 22 — Andre Emmett, 37, American NBA player (Memphis Grizzlies, New Jersey Nets).
 * September 22 — Nat Frazier, 84, American college (Morgan State, Bowie State) and WBL (Washington Metros) coach.
 * September 23 — Gordon C. Stauffer, 89, American college coach (Washburn, Indiana State, Nicholls).
 * September 24 — Mel Utley, 66, American college player (St. John's)
 * September 27 — Gene Melchiorre, 92, American college All-American (Bradley).
 * September 28 — Bill Ridley, 91, All-American college player (Illinois).
 * September 29 — Glen Smith, 90, All-American college player (Utah).
 * October 7 — Ed Kalafat, 86, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers).
 * October 16 — Ed Beck, 83, American college national champion at Kentucky (1958).
 * October 28 — Al Bianchi, 87, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and coach (Seattle SuperSonics).
 * October 28 — Ron Dunlap, 72, American player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
 * October 29 — Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic player (1968).
 * October 30 — Paul Crosby, 30, American college (Mississippi Valley State) player.
 * November 2 — Bohumil Tomášek, 83, Czech Olympic player (1960).
 * November 4 — Eli Pasquale, 59, Canadian Olympic player (1984, 1988).
 * November 7 — Frank Saul, 95, American NBA player (Rochester Royals, Baltimore Bullets, Minneapolis Lakers).
 * November 14 — Anthony Grundy, 40, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks).
 * November 14 — Charles Moir, 88, American college coach (Roanoke, Tulane, Virginia Tech).
 * November 15 — Irv Noren, 94, American NBL player (Chicago American Gears).
 * November 18 — Doug Smart, 82, All-American college player (Washington).
 * November 19 — Bob Hallberg, 75, American college coach (Saint Xavier, Chicago State, UIC).
 * November 20 — Wataru Misaka, 95, American NBA player (New York Knicks), national college champion at Utah (1944).
 * December 5 — Ji Zhe, 33, Chinese player (Liaoning Flying Leopards, Beijing Ducks).
 * December 13 — Carl Scheer, 82, American ABA, NBA (Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers) and CBA executive.
 * December 13 — Linda Jónsdóttir, 63, Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna (KR) and Icelandic national team player.
 * December 20 — Rick Fisher, 71, American ABA player (Utah Stars, The Floridians)
 * December 29 — LaDell Andersen, 90, American college (Utah State, BYU) and ABA (Utah Stars) coach.