2016–17_DBL_season
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.
| Dutch Basketball League | |||||||||||||
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| Season | 2016–17 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 8 October 2016 – 25 May 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Number of games | 133 | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Top seed | Donar | ||||||||||||
| Season MVP | Lance Jeter (Donar) | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions | Donar (6th title) | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up | Landstede Zwolle | ||||||||||||
| Playoffs MVP | Chase Fieler (Donar) | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |||||||||||||
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]
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Apollohal | 1,500 |
| Aris Leeuwarden | Leeuwarden | Sportcentrum Kalverdijkje | 1,700 |
| BSW | Weert | Sporthal Boshoven | 1,000 |
| 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 |
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 |
The Regular season started on 8 October 2016 and finished 8 April 2017.[2]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donar | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2337 | 1753 | +584 | 52 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Landstede | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2176 | 1947 | +229 | 40 | |
| 3 | ZZ Leiden | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2032 | 1903 | +129 | 38 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | New Heroes | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2081 | 2080 | +1 | 28 | |
| 5 | Forward Lease Rotterdam | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2086 | 2212 | −126 | 24 | |
| 6 | Apollo Amsterdam | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2093 | 2294 | −201 | 18 | |
| 7 | Aris Leeuwarden | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2088 | 2388 | −300 | 16 | |
| 8 | BSW | 28 | 4 | 24 | 1966 | 2282 | −316 | 8 |
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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 New Heroes | 82 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Forward Lease Rotterdam | 61 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Donar | 84 | 96 | 77 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 New Heroes | 76 | 60 | 64 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Donar | 80 | 96 | 74 | 76 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Landstede | 45 | 51 | 79 | 48 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 ZZ Leiden | 79 | 78 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Apollo Amsterdam | 82 | 70 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Landstede | 82 | 92 | 78 | 67 | 84 | 60 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 ZZ Leiden | 88 | 81 | 64 | 76 | 78 | 84 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: DBL
The final standings are based upon performance in the playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donar (C, O) | 37 | 34 | 3 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 2 | Landstede | 36 | 24 | 12 | |
| 3 | ZZ Leiden | 38 | 24 | 14 | |
| 4 | New Heroes | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 5 | Forward Lease Rotterdam | 30 | 12 | 18 | |
| 6 | Apollo Amsterdam | 31 | 10 | 21 | |
| 7 | Aris Leeuwarden | 28 | 8 | 20 | |
| 8 | BSW | 28 | 4 | 24 |
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- "NEWHEROES.COM NIEUWE HOOFDSPONSOR". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.