2022 in basketball

The following are basketball events that took place in 2022 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club), and amateur and collegiate levels.

Americas


Deaths

 * January 15 — Joe B. Hall, 93, American college coach (Kentucky, Regis, Central Missouri). National championship in 1978.
 * January 18 — Lorenzo Alocén, 84, Spanish Olympic player (1968).
 * January 18 — Lusia Harris, 66, American Hall of Fame college (Delta State) and professional (Houston Angels) player, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
 * January 19 — Leland Byrd, 94, All-American player (West Virginia) and college coach (Glenville State).
 * January 21 — James Forbes, 69, American Olympic silver medalist (1972).
 * January 21 — Axel Nikulásson, 59, Icelandic player (Keflavík, Grindavík, KR) and coach.
 * January 26 — Juan Báez, 86, Puerto Rican Olympic player (1960, 1964).
 * February 1 — Stanisław Olejniczak, 83, Polish Olympic player (1964).
 * February 2 — Bill Fitch, 89, American Hall of Fame NBA (Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Clippers) and college (North Dakota, Bowling Green, Minnesota) coach.
 * February 8 — Bill Lienhard, 92, American college player (Kansas) and Olympic gold medalist (1952). NCAA champion (1952).
 * February 8 — Jackie Robinson, 94, American Olympic gold medalist (1948).
 * February 14 — Kenny Ejim, 27, Canadian player (Zornotza, Saskatchewan Rattlers, Hamilton Honey Badgers).
 * February 16 — Andrey Lopatov, 64, Russian Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
 * February 25 — Dick Versace, 81, American college (Bradley) and NBA (Indiana Pacers) coach, executive (Memphis Grizzlies).
 * March 3 — Rich Yonakor, 63, American NBA player (San Antonio Spurs).
 * March 16 — Dick Knostman, 90, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and college All-American (Kansas State).
 * March 18 — Tom Barrise, 68, American NBA coach (New Jersey Nets).
 * March 18 — Bob Daniels, 86, American college coach (Kentucky Wesleyan).
 * March 20 — Tom Young, 89, American college coach (Rutgers, Catholic University, Old Dominion).
 * March 22 — Elnardo Webster, 74, American ABA player (New York Nets, Memphis Pros).
 * March 24 — Kenny McFadden, 61, New Zealand player and coach (Wellington Saints).
 * March 26 — Joe Williams, 88, American college coach (Florida State, Furman, Jacksonville).
 * March 30 — Urbano Zea, 80, Mexican Olympic player (1960).
 * April 3 — Gene Shue, 90, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets) and coach (Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers).
 * April 4 — Petar Skansi, 78, Croatian player (Jugoplastika, Yugoslavia national team) and coach (Benetton Treviso), Olympic silver medalist (1968).
 * April 5 — Lee Rose, 85, American college coach (UNC Charlotte, Purdue, South Florida).
 * April 6 — Abraham Sie, 22, Ivorian player (ABC Fighters, DUC Dakar, national team).
 * April 9 — Inga Freidenfelds, 86, Australian Olympic player (1956).
 * April 10 — John Drew, 67, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz).
 * April 11 — Wayne Cooper, 65, American NBA player (Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets).
 * April 16 — Mariano Ortiz, 77, Puerto Rican Olympic player (1968, 1972, 1976).
 * April 19 — Freeman Williams, 65, American NBA player (San Diego Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz, Washington Bullets).
 * April 25 — Mike Preaseau, 86, American college player and NCAA champion (San Francisco).
 * April 28 — Zoran Sretenović, 57, Serbian player (Crvena zvezda, Jugoplastika) and coach (Železničar Inđija), European champion (1991, 1995).
 * May 2 — Nield Gordon, 91, American college coach (Winthrop).
 * May 9 — Tadeusz Grygiel, 68, Polish player (Śląsk Wrocław).
 * May 9 — Adreian Payne, 31, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic).
 * May 10 — Walter Hirsch, 92, American college player (Kentucky).
 * May 10 — Bob Lanier, 73, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) and coach (Golden State Warriors).
 * May 11 — Claude Peter, 74, French player (Le Mans Sarthe Basket, national team).
 * May 12 — Larry Holley, 76, American college coach (William Jewell, Central Methodist, Northwest Missouri State).
 * May 16 — Algis Ignatavicius, 89, Australian Olympic player (1956).
 * May 17 — Ademola Okulaja, 46, Nigerian-German player (Alba Berlin, FC Barcelona, Brose Baskets).
 * May 18 — Sam Smith, 79, American ABA player (Minnesota Muskies, Kentucky Colonels, Utah Stars).
 * May 21 — Jiří Zídek Sr., 78, Czech Olympic player (1972) and coach.
 * May 27 — Don Goldstein, 84, American college player (Louisville).
 * June 4 — Nate Miller, 34, American player (Ironi Nahariya, Ironi Ramat Gan, Incheon ET Land Elephants).
 * June 6 — Yves-Marie Vérove, 72, French player (AS Berck, Caen, Étendard de Brest) and coach.
 * June 8 — George Thompson, 74, American ABA (Pittsburgh Pipers, Memphis Tams) and NBA (Milwaukee Bucks) player.
 * June 16 — Mike Pratt, 73, American ABA player (Kentucky Colonels), college coach (UNC Charlotte) and announcer (Kentucky).
 * June 18 — Lennie Rosenbluth, 89, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors) and college All-American (North Carolina). NCAA champion (1957).
 * June 20 — Caleb Swanigan, 25, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings) and college All-American (Purdue).
 * June 28 — Mike Schuler, 81, American NBA coach (Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers).
 * July 1 — Joe Hatton, 74, Puerto Rican Olympic player (1968, 1972).
 * July 4 — Miguel González, 83, Spanish Olympic player (1960).
 * July 7 — Pedro Ferrándiz, 93, Spanish Hall of Fame coach (Real Madrid, national team).
 * July 8 — Hugh Evans, 81, American Hall of Fame NBA referee.
 * July 9 — Bernard Toone, 65, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers).
 * July 10 — Juan Roca Brunet, 71, Cuban Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
 * July 21 — Johnny Egan, 83, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Diego Rockets) and coach (Houston Rockets).
 * July 28 — Franco Casalini, 70, Italian coach (Olimpia Milano).
 * July 31 — Bill Russell, 88, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Sacramento Kings), Olympic gold medalist (1956). 11-time NBA champion.
 * August 1 — Carlos Blixen, 85, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
 * August 6 — Steve Courtin, 79, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers).
 * August 6 — Gene Visscher, 81, American college coach (Weber State, Northern Arizona).
 * August 12 — Togo Palazzi, 90, American NBA player (Boston Celtics, Syracuse Nationals) and college coach (Holy Cross).
 * August 15 — Pete Carril, 92, American Hall of Fame college coach (Reading HS, Lehigh, Princeton).
 * August 16 — Wayne Yates, 84, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers) and college coach (Memphis State).
 * August 18 — István Liptay, 87, Hungarian Olympic player (1960).
 * August 25 — Radovan Radović, 86, Serbian player (BSK, Kartizan) and coach, Olympian (1960).
 * August 26 — Charlie Brown, 86, American college player (Seattle University).
 * August 29 — Pat McGeer, 95, Canadian Olympic player (1948).
 * September 4 — Saint-Ange Vebobe, 69, French player (JA Vichy, Antibes, national team).
 * September 12 — Harry Booth, 81, American college coach (St Joseph's).
 * September 22 — Greg Lee, 70, American ABA (San Diego Conquistadors) and NBA (Portland Trail Blazers) player.
 * September 23 — Celso Scarpini, 77, Brazilian Olympic player (1968).
 * September 28 — Julio Osorio, 82, Panamanian Olympic player (1968).
 * October 3 — Ron Franz, 76, American ABA player (Oakland Oaks, New Orleans Buccaneers, The Floridians, Memphis Tams, Dallas Chaparrals).
 * October 3 — Tiffany Jackson, 37, American WNBA player (New York Liberty, Tulsa Shock, Los Angeles Sparks) and coach.
 * October 8 — Julian Hammond, 79, American ABA player (Denver Rockets).
 * October 10 — Joe Roberts, 86, American NBA (Syracuse Nationals) and ABA (Kentucky Colonels) player and coach.
 * October 12 — Lucious Jackson, 80, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers) and Olympic gold medalist (1964).
 * October 13 — Rollie Seltz, 98, American NBA player (Anderson Packers).
 * October 14 — Stanislav Kropilák, 67, Slovak FIBA Hall of Fame player (Inter Bratislava, BK Pardubice, CEP Fleurus).
 * October 21 — Jim Bolla, 70, American college coach (UNLV, Hawaii).
 * October 24 — Anatoly Zourpenko, 46, Greek-Russian player (Olympiacos, Papagou, Panellinios).
 * November 2 — Ron Watts, 79, American NBA player (Boston Celtics).
 * November 6 — Pilar Valero, 52, Spanish player (Ros Casares Godella, national team).
 * November 9 — Fred Hickman, 66, American NBA broadcaster and studio host.
 * November 15 — Gulam Abbas Moontasir, 80, Indian player (Bombay University, national team).
 * November 16 — Mike Macaluso, 71, American NBA player (Buffalo Braves).
 * November 16 — Les Wothke, 83, American college coach (Winona State, Western Michigan, Army)
 * November 22 — John Y. Brown Jr., 88, American ABA (Kentucky Colonels) and NBA (Buffalo Braves, Boston Celtics) owner.
 * November 26 — Charles Wolf, 96, American NBA coach (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).
 * November 27 — Murray Waxman, 97, Canadian Olympic player (1948).
 * November 29 — Jeff Moore, 56, American college player (Auburn).
 * December 3 — Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, 78, Kazakh player (CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and coach, Olympic gold medalist (1972).
 * December 10 — Paul Silas, 79, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Seattle SuperSonics) and coach (San Diego Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers).
 * December 11 — Ed Goorjian, 96, American college coach (Loyola Marymount).
 * December 14 — Billie Moore, 79, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Cal State Fullerton, UCLA), Olympic silver medalist (1976).
 * December 15 — Louis Orr, 64, American NBA player (Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks) and college coach (Siena, Seton Hall, Bowling Green).
 * December 19 — Encarna Hernández, 105, Spanish player and coach.
 * December 19 — Al Smith, 75, American ABA player (Denver Rockets, Utah Stars).
 * December 23 — Willie Sims, 64, American-Israeli player (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Elitzur Netanya, Maccabi Tel Aviv).
 * December 24 — Kenton Edelin, 60, American NBA player (Indiana Pacers).
 * December 24 — Andrzej Pstrokoński, 86, Polish Olympic player (1960, 1964).
 * December 25 — Ken Sidwell, 86, American college coach (Tennessee Tech).
 * December 27 — Arnie Ferrin, 97, American BAA and NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers) and college All-American (Utah).