2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Basketball Bundesliga, the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The season started on 23 September 2016 and ended on 11 June 2017. The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit.

Brose Bamberg won their third straight and ninth overall title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Mitteldeutscher BC and Crailsheim Merlins were relegated from the BBL after the 2015–16 season, as they finished in the last two places. Science City Jena and Rasta Vechta were promoted from the 2015–16 ProA. Science City were the champions of the second division, Vechta the runners-up.

Arenas and locations

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

The playoffs started on 5 May and ended on 11 June 2017. In all rounds a best-of-five playoff format was used.

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Raymar Morgan, ratiopharm Ulm

Best Offensive Player

Raymar Morgan, ratiopharm Ulm

Best Defender

Daniel Theis, Brose Bamberg

Best German Young Player

İsmet Akpınar, Alba Berlin

Coach of the Year

Thorsten Leibenath, ratiopharm Ulm

Most Effective Players

Maxi Kleber, Bayern Munich
Raymar Morgan, ratiopharm Ulm

All-BBL Teams

All-Star Game

The 2017 All-Star Game was played in Bonn on January 14, 2017. Team International beat Team National 102–99 in the Telekom Dome, Philipp Schwethelm was named MVP.