The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018.Nieuw seizoen start 5 oktober Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.
Teams
Den Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago. Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.
Arenas and locations {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Club ! Location ! Venue ! Capacity |- | Apollo Amsterdam || Amsterdam || Apollohal || align=center | 1,500 |- | Aris Leeuwarden || Leeuwarden || Kalverdijkje || align=center | 1,700 |- | BAL || Weert || Sporthal Boshoven || align=center | 1,000 |- | Den Helder Suns || Den Helder || Sporthal Sportlaan || align=center |1,000 |- | Donar || Groningen || MartiniPlaza || align=center | 4,350 |- | Forward Lease Rotterdam || Rotterdam || Topsportcentrum || align=center | 1,000 |- | Landstede || Zwolle || Landstede Sportcentrum || align=center | 1,200 |- | New Heroes || 's-Hertogenbosch || Maaspoort || align=center | 2,800 |- | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden || Leiden || Vijf Meihal || align=center | 2,000
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Apollo Amsterdam Patrick Faijdherbe Dimeo van der Horst Adidas Aris Leeuwarden Tony van den Bosch Stefan Mladenovic Jako Friezon BAL Radenko Varagic Spalding Den Helder Suns Peter van Noord Tjoe de Paula Burned EnvinityShirtsponsor voor Den Helder Suns Donar Erik Braal Jason Dourisseau Burned Hepro Forward Lease Rotterdam Armand Salomon Ties Theeuwkens Peak Forward Lease Landstede Herman van den Belt Nigel Van Oostrum Burned Landstede New Heroes Silvano Poropat Stefan Wessels Burned New Heroes ZZ Leiden Paul Vervaeck Mohamed Kherrazi Peak Zorg en Zekerheid
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment New Heroes Sander van der Holst Mutual consent Pre-season Silvano Poropat Poropat nieuwe coach New Heroes Aris Leeuwarden Klaas Stoppels End of contract Tony van den Bosch Van den Bosch nieuwe coach Aris
Foreign players
For the 2017–18 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5. Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Left during season Apollo Amsterdam Benjamin Janssens Micheal MadanlyDBL Player Profile – Michal Mandaly Aris Leeuwarden Emile BlackmanBuitenlandse aanwinst voor Aris Nate KratchAris contracteert Nate Kratch Deividas KumelisAris trekt Deividas Kumelis aan David Michaels Meshack LufileLufile terug bij Aris Leeuwarden BAL Den Helder Suns LaVonte DoritySuns trekken LaVonte Dority aan Alex LaurentLuxemburgse forward voor de Suns Quinterian McConicoMcConico tekent bij Den Helder Suns Donar Drago PašalićSlagter en Pasalic twee jaar langer bij Donar Brandyn CurryBrandyn Curry gaat naar Donar Bradford Burgess Teddy Gipson Evan Bruinsma Stephen Domingodonar legt de amerikaan stephen domingo voor een seizoen vast Forward Lease Rotterdam Ordane Kanda-KanyndiaBelgische belofte naar Rotterdam Trevor Setty Marcel Boyd Joey Puddister Micheal Madanly Chris CommonsLange mannen voor Rotterdam Landstede Noah DahlmanLandstede legt Noah Dahlman vast Jordan GregoryLandstede Zwolle opent beurs voor Jordan Gregory Sherron Dorsey-WalkerDorsey-Walker naar Landstede Franko HouseHouse completeert Zwolse selectie New Heroes Mike MiklusakAmerikaanse schutter New Heroes Keshun SherrillTWEEDE AMERIKAANSE AANWINST VOOR NEW HEROES Norville CareyNEW HEROES PRESENTEERT DERDE BUITENLANDSE AANWINST Anthony MarshallNew Heroes haalt Anthony Marshall ZZ Leiden Sergio De RandamieDe Randamie naar ZZ Leiden Clayton VetteZZ Leiden trekt Vette aan Carrington Love
Regular season In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.
Standings
Results First round
Second round
Play-offs In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.
Bracket
Quarterfinals The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May. The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.
Semifinals The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.
Finals The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.
Final standings Teams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.
Awards Award Player Club Most Valuable Player Brandyn Curry Donar Play-offs MVP Brandyn Curry DonarMVP Under-23 Boyd van der Vuurst de Vries Den Helder Suns Rookie of the Year Boyd van der Vuurst de Vries Den Helder SunsDefensive Player of the Year Sean Cunningham Donar All-Defense Team Sean Cunningham DonarCarrington Love ZZ LeidenMohamed Kherrazi ZZ LeidenStefan Wessels New HeroesThomas Koenis Donar
Statistics Statistical leaders CategoryPlayer Team Average Points Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda Forward Lease Rotterdam Rebounds Roel Aarts BAL Assists Carrington Love ZZ Leiden Steals Worthy de Jong ZZ Leiden Blocks Berend Weijs Apollo Amsterdam Turnovers Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda Forward Lease Rotterdam 2P% Stefan Wessels New Heroes 3P% Brandyn Curry Donar FT% Brandyn Curry Donar
In European competitions Club Competition Performance Record Donar Champions League Third qualifying round Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completedFIBA Europe Cup Semi-finals
Notes
See also 2017–18 NBB Cup 2017 Dutch Basketball Supercup
References