2017 VBA season

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.[1]

Vietnam Basketball Association
Season2017
DurationSeptember 5, 2017 – November 5, 2017 (Regular season)
November 8, 2017 – November 12, 2017 (Playoffs)
November 19, 2017 – December 3, 2017 (Finals)
Number of games54
Number of teams6
Finals
ChampionsThang Long Warriors
  Runners-upCantho Catfish
SemifinalistsHanoi Buffaloes
Saigon Heat
Awards
Domestic MVPVietnam Tô Quang Trung (Thang Long)
International MVPUnited States Jaywuan Hill (Thang Long)
Heritage MVPUnited States Tam Dinh (Cantho)
← 2016
2018 →

Teams

Venues and locations
Locations of teams in 2017 VBA
Team Home city Arena 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 manufacturer
Cantho CatfishUnited States Kevin YurkusVietnam Lê Hiếu Thành
Danang DragonsUnited States Donte' HillUnited States Horace Nguyen
Hanoi BuffaloesUnited States Todd PurvesVietnam Nguyễn Thành ĐạtAlien Sports
Hochiminh Ciy WingsPhilippines Ricky MagallanesVietnam Triệu Hán Minh
Saigon HeatUnited States David SingletonUnited States David Arnold
Thang Long WarriorsUnited States Lee Tao DanaCanada Ryan Le

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced with
Hochiminh City WingsFinland Mika TurunenPre-seasonPhilippines Ricky Magallanes
Thang Long WarriorsExpansionUnited States Lee Tao Dana
Saigon HeatUnited Kingdom Anthony GarbelottoUnited States David Singleton
Cantho CatfishUnited States David SingletonUnited States Kevin Yurkus

Draft

The Thang Long Warriors selected Justin Young first in the inaugural VBA Heritage Player Draft.[2]

Rnd. Pick Player Nationality[n 1] Team School / club team
1 1 Justin Young  United States Thang Long Warriors Hochiminh City Wings / Hanoi Buffaloes
1 2 Vincent Nguyen  Netherlands Hanoi Buffaloes Den Bosch
1 3 Henry Nguyen  United States Hochiminh City Wings
2 4 Anthony Vo  United States Hochiminh City Wings
2 5 Stefan Nguyen  Sweden Danang Dragons Danang Dragons / Saigon Heat
2 6 Sang Dinh  United States Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish
2 7 Ryan Le  Canada Thang Long Warriors Saigon Heat
2 8 Ryan Arnold  United States Hanoi Buffaloes Hanoi Buffaloes
2 9 Jimmy Kien  Australia Saigon Heat Danang Dragons

Import players

Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player.

Team Heritage 1 Heritage 2 Foreign
Cantho CatfishUnited States Tam DinhUnited States Sang DinhUnited States DeAngelo Hamilton
Danang DragonsUnited States Horace NguyenUnited States Khoa TranCanada Rudolphe Joly
Hanoi BuffaloesNetherlands Vincent NguyenUnited States Jason Carter
Hochiminh City WingsUnited States Henry NguyenUnited States Bilal Richardson
Saigon HeatUnited States David ArnoldUnited States Anthony VoUnited States Darius Lewis
Thang Long WarriorsUnited States Justin YoungCanada Ryan LeUnited States Jaywuan Hill

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification TLW SGH CTC HNB HCM DND
1 Thang Long Warriors 15 12 3 1160 1058 +102 .800 — Advance to Playoffs — 69–66 79–67
87-90		 71–61
80-69		 56–67 96–65
2 Saigon Heat 15 9 6 1147 1084 +63 .600 3 86–78
69-75		 — 72–59
62-78		 84–77
64-72		 74–79 93–78
3 Cantho Catfish 15 9 6 1210 1151 +59 .600 3 72–74 80–85 (OT) — 83–86 (OT) 85–71
99-63		 76–68
105-99
4 Hanoi Buffaloes 15 8 7 1067 1049 +18 .533 4 66–71 71–72 71–79
75-77		 — 57–55
65-60		 66–60
83-61
5 Hochiminh City Wings 15 5 10 1041 1116 −75 .333 7 71–79
73-84		 59–67
63-102		 85–67 74–81 — 84–63
6 Danang Dragons 15 2 13 1045 1212 −167 .133 10 64–79
72-82		 82–72
64-79		 74–93 58–67 74–77
63-60		 —
Source: vba.vn

Playoffs
 
SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 Thang Long Warriors8269
 
 
 
4 Hanoi Buffaloes5758
 
1 Thang Long Warriors7873747995
 
 
 
3 Cantho Catfish8368776480
 
2 Saigon Heat8068
 
 
 3 Cantho Catfish8576
 

Statistics

Team statistic leaders
CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per gameCantho Catfish79.2
Rebounds per gameCantho Catfish41.0
Steals per gameCantho Catfish11.3
Blocks per gameCantho Catfish4.7
FG%Cantho Catfish0.480
FT%Hanoi Buffaloes0.650
3FG%Saigon Heat0.310

Awards

Yearly awards

MVP of the Week
For week ending Player Team Ref.
10 September 2017Tam Dinh (1/1)Cantho Catfish1
17 September 2017DeAngelo Hamilton (1/2)Cantho Catfish
24 September 2017Lê Ngọc Tú (1/1)Saigon Heat3
1 October 2017David Arnold (1/2)Saigon Heat4
8 October 2017Vincent Nguyen (1/1)Hanoi Buffaloes5
15 October 2017DeAngelo Hamilton (2/2)Cantho Catfish6
22 October 2017David Arnold (2/2)Saigon Heat7
29 October 2017Jaywuan Hill (1/2)Thang Long Warriors8
5 November 2017Jaywuan Hill (2/2)Thang Long Warriors9

Notable occurrences

Notes
  1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

References
  1. "Thang Long Warriors take VBA second season trophy". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Shock picks made on Vietnam Basketball Association's Draft Day". vnexpress.net. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. "Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA) to organize tryout for Vietnamese heritage player in the USA this May". vba.vn. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "The sixth VBA team Thang Long Warriors just revealed their logo". aseansports.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "Coach Anthony Garbelotto and Saigon Heat decided not to renew the contract". aseansports.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. "Saigonheat.com". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
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