2017 VBA season

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Vietnam Basketball Association
Competition details
Season2017
Teams6
Games played54
DatesSeptember 5, 2017 – November 5, 2017 (Regular season)
November 8, 2017 – November 12, 2017 (Playoffs)
November 19, 2017 – December 3, 2017 (Finals)
Final positions
Champions Thang Long Warriors
Runners-up Cantho Catfish
Semifinalists Hanoi Buffaloes
Saigon Heat
Awards
Domestic MVP Flag of Vietnam.svg Tô Quang Trung (Thang Long)
International MVP Flag of the United States.svg Jaywuan Hill (Thang Long)
Heritage MVP Flag of the United States.svg Tam Dinh (Cantho)
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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]

Contents

Teams

Venues and locations

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Locations of teams in 2017 VBA
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
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

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturer
Cantho Catfish Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Yurkus Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Hiếu Thành
Danang Dragons Flag of the United States.svg Donte' Hill Flag of the United States.svg Horace Nguyen
Hanoi Buffaloes Flag of the United States.svg Todd Purves Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thành ĐạtAlien Sports
Hochiminh Ciy Wings Flag of the Philippines.svg Ricky Magallanes Flag of Vietnam.svg Triệu Hán Minh
Saigon Heat Flag of the United States.svg David Singleton Flag of the United States.svg David Arnold
Thang Long Warriors Flag of the United States.svg Lee Tao Dana Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Le

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced with
Hochiminh City Wings Flag of Finland.svg Mika Turunen Pre-season Flag of the Philippines.svg Ricky Magallanes
Thang Long Warriors Expansion Flag of the United States.svg Lee Tao Dana
Saigon Heat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Garbelotto Flag of the United States.svg David Singleton
Cantho Catfish Flag of the United States.svg David Singleton Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Yurkus

Draft

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

Rnd.PickPlayerNationality [n 1] TeamSchool / club team
11 Justin Young Flag of the United States.svg United States Thang Long Warriors Hochiminh City Wings / Hanoi Buffaloes
12 Vincent Nguyen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Hanoi Buffaloes Den Bosch
13 Henry Nguyen Flag of the United States.svg United States Hochiminh City Wings
24 Anthony Vo Flag of the United States.svg United States Hochiminh City Wings
25 Stefan Nguyen Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Danang Dragons Danang Dragons / Saigon Heat
26 Sang Dinh Flag of the United States.svg United States Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish
27 Ryan Le Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Thang Long Warriors Saigon Heat
28 Ryan Arnold Flag of the United States.svg United States Hanoi Buffaloes Hanoi Buffaloes
29 Jimmy Kien Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Saigon Heat Danang Dragons

Import players

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

TeamHeritage 1Heritage 2Foreign
Cantho Catfish Flag of the United States.svg Tam Dinh Flag of the United States.svg Sang Dinh Flag of the United States.svg DeAngelo Hamilton
Danang Dragons Flag of the United States.svg Horace Nguyen Flag of the United States.svg Khoa Tran Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rudolphe Joly
Hanoi Buffaloes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent Nguyen Flag of the United States.svg Jason Carter
Hochiminh City Wings Flag of the United States.svg Henry Nguyen Flag of the United States.svg Bilal Richardson
Saigon Heat Flag of the United States.svg David Arnold Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Vo Flag of the United States.svg Darius Lewis
Thang Long Warriors Flag of the United States.svg Justin Young Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Le Flag of the United States.svg Jaywuan Hill

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTGBQualification TLW SGH CTC HNB HCM DND
1 Thang Long Warriors 1512311601058+102.800—Advance to Playoffs—69–6679–67
87-90		71–61
80-69		56–6796–65
2 Saigon Heat 159611471084+63.600386–78
69-75		—72–59
62-78		84–77
64-72		74–7993–78
3 Cantho Catfish 159612101151+59.600372–7480–85 (OT)—83–86 (OT)85–71
99-63		76–68
105-99
4 Hanoi Buffaloes 158710671049+18.533466–7171–7271–79
75-77		—57–55
65-60		66–60
83-61
5 Hochiminh City Wings 1551010411116−75.333771–79
73-84		59–67
63-102		85–6774–81—84–63
6 Danang Dragons 1521310451212−167.1331064–79
72-82		82–72
64-79		74–9358–6774–77
63-60		—
Source: vba.vn

Playoffs

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 Thang Long Warriors 8269
 
 
 
4 Hanoi Buffaloes 5758
 
1 Thang Long Warriors 7873747995
 
 
 
3 Cantho Catfish 8368776480
 
2 Saigon Heat 8068
 
 
3 Cantho Catfish 8576
 

Statistics

Team statistic leaders

CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per game Cantho Catfish 79.2
Rebounds per game Cantho Catfish 41.0
Steals per game Cantho Catfish 11.3
Blocks per game Cantho Catfish 4.7
FG% Cantho Catfish 0.480
FT% Hanoi Buffaloes 0.650
3FG% Saigon Heat 0.310

Awards

Yearly awards

MVP of the Week

For week endingPlayerTeamRef.
10 September 2017 Tam Dinh (1/1) Cantho Catfish 1
17 September 2017DeAngelo Hamilton (1/2) Cantho Catfish
24 September 2017 Lê Ngọc Tú (1/1) Saigon Heat 3
1 October 2017 David Arnold (1/2) Saigon Heat 4
8 October 2017 Vincent Nguyen (1/1) Hanoi Buffaloes 5
15 October 2017DeAngelo Hamilton (2/2) Cantho Catfish 6
22 October 2017 David Arnold (2/2) Saigon Heat 7
29 October 2017Jaywuan Hill (1/2) Thang Long Warriors 8
5 November 2017Jaywuan Hill (2/2) Thang Long Warriors 9

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Thang Long Warriors take VBA second season trophy". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. 1 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.
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