2016–17 Dutch Basketball League

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

Apollo

Leeuwarden

Rotterdam

Donar

Landstede

New Heroes

BSW

ZZ Leiden

Location of teams in 2016–17 Dutch Basketball League

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.^[1]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is 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 Hyland	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.^[2]

Play-offs

The play-offs started on April 15 and ended on May 28, 2017.^[2] 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

Awards

Most Valuable Player Pos Player Team Ref G Lance Jeter Donar [3] Play-offs MVP Pos Player Team Ref F Chase Fieler Donar [3] All-DBL Team Pos Player Team Ref G Lance Jeter Donar [3] G J.T. Tiller Landstede F Clayton Vette Landstede F Chase Fieler Donar C Drago Pašalić Donar MVP Under 23 Pos Player Team Ref G Maarten Bouwknecht Den Bosch [3] Sixth Man of the Year Pos Player Team Ref G Arvin Slagter Donar [3] Most Improved Player Pos Player Team Ref G Maarten Bouwknecht New Heroes [3] Defensive Player of the Year Pos Player Team Ref G J.T. Tiller Landstede [3] Rookie of the Year Pos Player Team Ref F Olaf Schaftenaar Landstede [3]

Sixth Man of the Year Pos Player Team Ref G Arvin Slagter Donar [3] DBL All-Defense Team Pos Player Team Ref G Sean Cunningham Donar [3] G J.T. Tiller Landstede F Jason Dourisseau Donar F Mohamed Kherrazi ZZ Leiden C Thomas Koenis Donar DBL All-Rookie Team Pos Player Team Ref G Rens Butter ZZ Leiden [3] G Sam van Dijk Challenge Sports Rotterdam F Marijn Ververs ZZ Leiden F Jules Schild BSW F Olaf Schaftenaar Landstede Coach of the Year Player Team Ref Erik Braal Donar [3]

References