1974 in basketball

• 1974 ABA All-Star Game
• 1974 ABA Playoffs
• 1973–74 ABA season

• Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving, New York Nets
• Rookie of the Year: Swen Nater, San Antonio Spurs
• Coach of the Year: Joe Mullaney, Utah Stars
• ABA All-Star Game MVP:Artis Gilmore
• ABA Finals Most Valuable Player Award:Julius Erving

• 1974 NAIA Basketball Tournament

• 1973-74 NBA season
• 1974 NBA Playoffs
• 1974 NBA draft
• 1974 NBA Finals, Celtics beat Bucks 4-3
• 1974 NBA All-Star Game

• NBA Finals MVP:John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
• Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• Rookie of the Year: Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
• Coach of the Year: Ray Scott, Detroit Pistons
• NBA All-Star Game MVP: Bob Lanier
• All-NBA First Team:
  • Walt Frazier, New York Knicks
  • Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors
  • Gail Goodrich, Los Angeles Lakers
  • John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the history section on NBA.com^[1]

• EBA Most Valuable Player: Ken Wilburn, Allentown Jets^[2]
• EBA Rookie of the Year: Dennis Bell, Allentown Jets^[2]
• EBA Coach of the Year: Howie Landa, Allentown Jets^[2]

• 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1973–74 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

Men

• 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1974 National Invitation Tournament
• 1974 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

Women

• AIAW women's basketball tournament

• 1973–74 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1974–75 Ronchetti Cup

• Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games
• 1974 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

• Class of 1974:^[3]
  • Ernest Schmidt

• February 7 – Steve Nash, Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer
• March 27 – Marcus Camby, American Basketball player
• August 9 – Derek Fisher, American Basketball player
• September 7 – Antonio McDyess, American Basketball player
• September 10 – Ben Wallace, American Basketball Hall of Fame player
• September 17 – Rasheed Wallace, American Basketball player
• October 2 – Anthony Johnson, American Basketball player
• November 5 – Jerry Stackhouse, American Basketball player
• November 15 – Giovanna Granieri, Italian former basketball player^[4]
• November 23 – Malik Rose, American Basketball player

• March 21 – Bill Mokray, American Hall of Fame basketball historian (born 1907)
• April 16 – Everett Shelton, American Hall of Fame college coach (born 1898)
• September 16 – Phog Allen, American Hall of Fame college coach (born 1885)
• October 15 – Maury John, American college coach (Drake, Iowa State) (born 1919)