2016–17 Dutch Basketball League

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

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.[2]

Standings

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

The final standings are based upon performance in the playoffs.

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