2024 in basketball

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

Basketball

FIBA World & Intercontinental Cups

• June 29 – July 7: 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey
• July 13–21: 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Mexico

FIBA Africa

• March 9 – June 1: 2024 BAL season

FIBA Europe

Clubs competitions

• October 5, 2023 – May 26: 2023–24 EuroLeague
• September 24, 2023 – April 26: 2023–24 Basketball Champions League
• October 3, 2023 – April 17: 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball

National Basketball Association

• October 24, 2023 – April 14: 2023–24 NBA season
• February 18: 2024 NBA All-Star Game at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana
• All-Star Game: Eastern Conference defeats Western Conference 211 – 186.
• Skills Challenge: Team Pacers (Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin, Myles Turner) ()
• Three Point Contest: Damian Lillard ()
• Slam Dunk Contest: Mac McClung ()
• April 20: 2024 NBA Playoffs
• June 27: 2024 NBA draft
• November 12 - December 17: 2024 NBA Cup

Domestic league seasons

Men

Europe

Americas

College/university seasons

Men's

Women's

Basketball 3x3

International Cups

• March 27–31: 2024 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Singapore
• August 22–25: 2024 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in Vienna
• September 11–15: 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup in Ulaanbaatar

2024 FIBA 3x3 World Tour

• April 27–28: #1 in Utsunomiya
• May 31 – June 1: #2 in Marseille
• June 8–9: #3 in Ulaanbaatar
• June 22–23: #4 in Chengdu
• July 6–7: #5 in Edmonton
• August 16–17: #6 in Lausanne
• August 31 – September 1: #7 in Debrecen
• September 21–22: #8 in Shanghai
• October 6–7: #9 in Wuxi
• October 19–20: #10 in Macau
• October 26–27: #11 in Abu Dhabi
• November 7–8: #12 in Manama
• November 16–17: #13 in Shenzhen
• November 23–24: #14 in Hong Kong
• December 1–15: Finals in TBD

Deaths

• January 7 — Rick Duckett, 66, American college coach (Grambling State).
• March 12 — Einar Ólafsson, 96, Icelandic coach (ÍR (m), ÍR (w)).
• April 12 — Ruben Douglas, 44, American-Panamanian player.
• May 30 — Drew Gordon, 33, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers).
• July 15 — Joe Bryant, 69, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, Houston Rockets) and WNBA coach (Los Angeles Sparks).
• July 29 — Floyd Layne, 95, American EPBL player (Carbondale Celtics / Scranton Miners, Hazleton Hawks, Williamsport Billies) and college coach (CCNY).
• July 29 — Robert Moreland, 85, American college coach (Texas Southern).
• August 13 — Frank Selvy, 91, American NBA player (Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks, Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks) and college coach (Furman).
• August 20 — Al Attles, 87, American NBA player (Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors), coach (San Francisco / Golden State Warriors) and executive (Golden State Warriors).
• September 30 – Dikembe Mutombo, 58, Congolese-American NBA player (Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets).
• October 24 – Amir Abdur-Rahim, 43, American college coach (Kennesaw State, South Florida).
• November 17 – John Ray Godfrey, 80, American college player (Abilene Christian).
• November 18 – Bob Love, 81, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, New York Nets, Seattle SuperSonics).
• November 30 – Lou Carnesecca, 99, American NBA coach (New Jersey Nets) and college coach (St. John's).
• December 2 – Don Ohl, 88, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks).
• December 12 – Ernie Beck, 93, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks, Syracuse Nationals).
• December 12 – Bill Mlkvy, 93, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors).
• December 16 – Dick Van Arsdale, 81, American NBA player (New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns), coach (Phoenix Suns) and executive (Phoenix Suns).
• December 17 – Jānis Timma, 32, Latvian player (BC Khimki, BC Zenit Saint Petersburg).
• December 18 – Frank Kendrick, 74, American NBA player (Golden State Warriors).

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