The 2017 VBA season was the second season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on September 5, 2017 and end on November 5, 2017. The playoffs began on November 8, 2017 and ended on December 3, 2017, with the Thang Long Warriors beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games to clinch their first VBA title.
Teams Venues and locations TeamHome cityArena Capacity Cantho Catfish Cần Thơ Da Nang Sports Arena Danang Dragons Đà Nẵng Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena Hanoi Buffaloes Hà Nội Bach Khoa Sports Arena Hochiminh City Wings Ho Chi Minh City Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Sports Arena Thang Long Warriors Hà Nội Su Pham Sports Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturerCantho Catfish Kevin Yurkus Lê Hiếu Thành Danang Dragons Donte' Hill Horace Nguyen Hanoi Buffaloes Todd Purves Nguyễn Thành Đạt Alien Sports Hochiminh Ciy Wings Ricky Magallanes Triệu Hán Minh Saigon Heat David Singleton David Arnold Thang Long Warriors Lee Tao Dana Ryan Le
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Position in table Replaced with Hochiminh City Wings Mika Turunen Pre-season Ricky Magallanes Thang Long Warriors Expansion Lee Tao Dana Saigon Heat Anthony Garbelotto David Singleton Cantho Catfish David Singleton Kevin Yurkus
Draft The Thang Long Warriors selected Justin Young first in the inaugural VBA Heritage Player Draft.
Player Team 11Justin YoungThang Long WarriorsHochiminh City Wings / Hanoi Buffaloes12Vincent NguyenHanoi BuffaloesDen Bosch13Henry NguyenHochiminh City Wings24Anthony VoHochiminh City Wings25Stefan NguyenDanang DragonsDanang Dragons / Saigon Heat26Sang DinhCantho CatfishCantho Catfish27Ryan LeThang Long WarriorsSaigon Heat28Ryan ArnoldHanoi BuffaloesHanoi Buffaloes29Jimmy KienSaigon HeatDanang Dragons
Import players Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player. Team Heritage 1 Heritage 2 Foreign Cantho Catfish Tam Dinh Sang Dinh DeAngelo Hamilton Danang Dragons Horace Nguyen Khoa Tran Rudolphe Joly Hanoi Buffaloes Vincent Nguyen Jason Carter Hochiminh City Wings Henry Nguyen Bilal Richardson Saigon Heat David Arnold Anthony Vo Darius Lewis Thang Long Warriors Justin Young Ryan Le Jaywuan Hill
Regular season Standings
Playoffs
Statistics Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Cantho Catfish 79.2 Rebounds per game Cantho Catfish 41.0 Steals per game Cantho Catfish 11.3 Blocks per game Cantho Catfish 4.7 FG% Cantho Catfish 0.480 FT% Hanoi Buffaloes 0.650 3FG% Saigon Heat 0.310
Awards Yearly awards Season MVP: Jaywuan Hill (Thang Long Warriors) Season Local MVP: Tô Quang Trung (Thang Long Warriors) Season Heritage MVP: Tam Dinh (Cantho Catfish) Defensive Player of the Year: DeAngelo Hamilton (Cantho Catfish) Youth Man of the Year: Nguyễn Hoàng Tuấn (Danang Dragons) Sixth Man of the Year: Nguyễn Huỳnh Hải (Saigon Heat) Coach of the Year: Kevin Yurkus (Cantho Catfish)
MVP of the Week For week endingPlayerTeamRef. 10 September 2017 Tam Dinh (1/1) Cantho Catfish 1 17 September 2017 DeAngelo Hamilton (1/2) Cantho Catfish 24 September 2017 Lê Ngọc Tú (1/1) Saigon Heat 3 1 October 2017 David Arnold (1/2) Saigon Heat 4 8 October 2017 Vincent Nguyen (1/1) Hanoi Buffaloes 5 15 October 2017 DeAngelo Hamilton (2/2) Cantho Catfish 6 22 October 2017 David Arnold (2/2) Saigon Heat 7 29 October 2017 Jaywuan Hill (1/2) Thang Long Warriors 8 5 November 2017 Jaywuan Hill (2/2) Thang Long Warriors 9
Notable occurrences The VBA held their annual tryouts for players of Vietnamese heritage at Hope International University in Fullerton, CA on May 6–7, 2017. The Thang Long Warriors became the league's 6th franchise. On May 19, the Saigon Heat and head coach Anthony Garbelotto mutually agreed to terminate his contract after a disappointing season with the ASEAN Basketball League team. On June 14, the inaugural VBA Draft was held in HCMC for unsigned heritage players from the 2016 season and selects from the US tryouts. The first ever trade in league history happened on June 28 with the Hochiminh City Wings trading the draft rights for Jimmy Kien to the Saigon Heat for the draft rights for Anthony Vo.
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External links Official website