The 2016–17 Dutch Basketball League was the 57th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The season started on October 8, 2016 and ended May 25, 2017. Donar successfully defended its title.
Teams
Den Bosch and BSW were both close to bankruptcy in the offseason, but managed to stay alive. Challenge Sports Rotterdam changed its name to Forward Lease Rotterdam, after they got a new main sponsor. On November 1, Den Bosch changed its name to New Heroes. Club Location Venue Capacity Apollo Amsterdam Amsterdam Apollohal 1,500 Aris Leeuwarden Leeuwarden Sportcentrum Kalverdijkje 1,700 BSW Weert Sporthal Boshoven Donar Groningen MartiniPlaza 4,350 Forward Lease Rotterdam Rotterdam Topsportcentrum 1,000 Landstede Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1,200 New Heroes 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2,800 Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Leiden Vijf Meihal 2,000
Foreign players The number of foreign players during the 2016–17 season was restricted to four per DBL team. Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Left during season Apollo Amsterdam Sergio De Randamie Aris Leeuwarden Jordan Gregory Denton Koon Meshack Lufile George Marshall BSW Donar Lance Jeter Andrew Smith Drago Pašalić Chase Fieler Forward Lease Rotterdam Gregory Mays Jermaine Marshall La'Shard Anderson Anthlon Bell Landstede J.T. Tiller Keegan Hylan J.T. Yoho Clayton Vette New Heroes D. J. Balentine Justin Watts Charles Mitchell Steve McWhorther Antwan Scott Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Daviyon Draper Jonathan Michael Lee Leigh Enobakhare Cashmere Wright
Regular season The Regular season started on 8 October 2016 and finished 8 April 2017. Standings
Play-offs The play-offs started on April 15 and ended on May 28, 2017. In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals in a best-of-seven format.
Source: DBL
Final standings The final standings are based upon performance in the playoffs.
Awards
Most Valuable Player Player Team Lance Jeter Donar Play-offs MVP Player Team Chase Fieler Donar All-DBL Team Player Team Lance Jeter Donar J.T. Tiller Landstede Clayton Vette Landstede Chase Fieler Donar Drago Pašalić Donar MVP Under 23 Player Team Maarten Bouwknecht Den Bosch Sixth Man of the Year Player Team Arvin Slagter Donar Most Improved Player Player Team Maarten Bouwknecht New Heroes
Defensive Player of the Year Player Team J.T. Tiller Landstede Rookie of the Year Player Team Olaf Schaftenaar Landstede
Sixth Man of the Year Player Team Arvin Slagter Donar
DBL All-Defense Team Player Team Sean Cunningham Donar J.T. Tiller Landstede Jason Dourisseau Donar Mohamed Kherrazi ZZ Leiden Thomas Koenis Donar DBL All-Rookie Team Player Team Rens Butter ZZ Leiden Sam van Dijk Challenge Sports Rotterdam Marijn Ververs ZZ Leiden Jules Schild BSW Olaf Schaftenaar Landstede
Coach of the Year Player Team Erik Braal Donar
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