2006 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.

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See also
Current basketball seasons 2006 in basketball 2006 in sports
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Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Championships

International

2006 FIBA World Championship:
- Gold medal: Spain
- Silver medal: Greece
- Bronze medal: USA
- MVP: Pau Gasol, Spain
- All-tournament team:
  - Pau Gasol
  - Carmelo Anthony (USA)
  - Jorge Garbajosa (Spain)
  - Manu Ginóbili (Argentina)
  - Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece)
2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

- Gold medal: Australia
- Silver medal: Russia
- Bronze medal: USA
- MVP: Penny Taylor, Australia
Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games
- Men's tournament:
  - Gold medal: China
  - Silver medal: Qatar
  - Bronze medal: Iran
- Women's tournament:
  - Gold medal: China
  - Silver medal: Chinese Taipei
  - Bronze medal: Japan

Professional

Men

NBA season and playoffs:
- 2006 NBA Finals: Miami Heat 4, Dallas Mavericks 2. MVP: Dwyane Wade
  - 2006 NBA draft
  - 2006 NBA All-Star Game
EuroLeague (Europe-wide):
- CSKA Moscow defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-69 in the final
Croatian League:
- Cibona defeated Zadar 2-1 in the best-of-three finals
French League:
- Le Mans defeated Nancy 93-88 in the one-off final
German Bundesliga:
- RheinEnergie Köln defeated Alba Berlin 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
Greek League:
- Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Iranian Super League, 2005–06 season:
- Saba Battery defeat Petrochimi 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
Israel Premier League:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 96-66 in the one-off final (the first such final in Israel history)
Italian Serie A:
- Benetton Treviso defeated Climamio Bologna 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
Lithuanian LKL:
- Lietuvos Rytas defeated Žalgiris 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals
Philippine Basketball Association 2005–06 season:
- Red Bull Barako over the Purefoods Chunkee Giants 4-2 in the Fiesta Conference Finals. Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade
- Purefoods Chunkee Giants over Red Bull Barako 4-2 in the Philippine Cup Finals. Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
Polish League:
- Prokom Trefl Sopot over Anwil Włocławek 4-1 in the best-of-seven finals
Russian Super League:
- CSKA Moscow over Khimki 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Serbia and Montenegro Super League:
- Partizan over Red Star 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
Spanish ACB:
- Unicaja Málaga over TAU Cerámica 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
  - 2005–06 season, 2005–06 playoffs
Turkish Basketball League:
- Ülkerspor over Efes Pilsen 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals. Only three matches were actually played; under Turkish rules, Ülker was granted a 1-0 lead by virtue of its regular-season sweep of Efes.
British Basketball League:
- Newcastle Eagles defeated Scottish Rocks 83-68 in the one-off final
Adriatic League:
- FMP defeated Partizan 73-72 in the one-off final

Awards and honors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2006:^[2]

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2006^[3]
- Geno Auriemma
- Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva
- Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil
- Janice Lawrence Braxton
- Katrina McClain Johnson
- Barbara Stevens

Professional

Collegiate

Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
Men
- John R. Wooden Award: J. J. Redick, Duke
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jay Wright, Villanova
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Dee Brown, Illinois
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: J. J. Redick, Duke
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Corey Brewer, Florida
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Roy Williams (coach), North Carolina
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Jerry Colangelo
Women
- John R. Wooden Award: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Naismith College Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina
- Wade Trophy: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Megan Duffy, Notre Dame
- Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Laura Harper, Maryland
- Basketball Academic All-America Team: Lindsay Shearer, Kent State
- Carol Eckman Award: Gail Goestenkors, Duke
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Courtney Paris, Oklahoma
- Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina
- List of Senior CLASS Award women's basketball winners: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- Nancy Lieberman Award: Ivory Latta, North Carolina
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Val Ackerman

Events

December 13- after a few months in use and complaints from players, the NBA announces it will disuse the new synthetic ball in favor of the classic leather one.
December 16- a brawl erupted at the Madison Square Garden game between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets.

Movies

Church Ball
Crossover (film)
The Heart of the Game
Glory Road (film)
Like Mike 2: Streetball

Deaths

February 11 — Harry Vines, American wheelchair basketball coach (born 1938)
March 17 — Ray Meyer, American Hall of Fame coach of the DePaul University men's team (born 1913)
April 6 — Maggie Dixon, women's coach at Army (born 1977)
April 6 — Price Brookfield, American NBA player (born 1920)
April 19 — Gene Rosenthal, American NBL player (Pittsburgh Pirates) (born 1914)
May 6 — Bob Dro, national champion at Indiana and Indianapolis Kautskys player (born 1918)
May 9 — Grady Wallace, All-American and national scoring champion at South Carolina
May 18 — Irving Meretsky, Canadian Olympic silver medalist (1936) (born 1912)
July 3 — Dick Dickey, NBA player and All-American at NC State (born 1926)
July 4 — Bobby Joe Mason, Harlem Globetrotters player and college All-American at Bradley (born 1936)
July 21 — Alexander Petrenko, Russian player (BC Khimki) (born 1976)
August 18 — Dick Hickox, American college All-American (Miami Hurricanes) (born 1938)
September 7 — Ozell Jones, American NBA player (San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers) (born 1960)
October 5 — Cleveland Buckner, American NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1938)
October 5 — George King, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals, Cincinnati Royals) and college coach (West Virginia, Purdue) (born 1928)
October 25 — Johnny Hoekstra, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1917)
October 28 — Arnold "Red" Auerbach, Hall of Fame coach and president of the Boston Celtics (born 1917)
November 9 — Mikhail Semyonov, Russian (Soviet) Olympic Silver medalist (1956, 1960) (born 1933)
November 29 — Gary Alcorn, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1936)
December 12 — Paul Arizin, Hall of Famer for the Philadelphia Warriors who twice led the NBA in scoring (born 1928)
December 13 — Lamar Hunt, original ownership partner of the Chicago Bulls (born 1932)
December 21 — Warren Hair, American NBL player (Kankakee Gallagher Trojans) (born 1918)
December 29 — Charlie Tyra, All-American college (Louisville) and NBA player (New York Knicks, Chicago Packers) (born 1935)

References

^ "NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). NJCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 10 Oct 2014.
^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.