2016–17 LBA season explained
The 2016–17 LBA season, was the 95th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[5] the highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on 2 October 2016 and finished on 7 May 2017, with the playoffs started on 12 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four or for the 2017 Champions League Playoffs) and finished between 16 and 22 June depending on results.[6]
As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.[7]
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.[8]
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015–16 season and one promoted from the 2015–16 Serie A2.[9]
Germani Basket Brescia is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years of absence from Serie A.[10] [11]
Brescia replaced Virtus Bologna who was relegated during the previous season.[12]
Number of teams by region
- Notes
2015–16 LBA champion.
2015–16 Serie A2 champion.Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Stefano Sardara | | | Eyesportwear | |
Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Roberto Enzo Sindoni | Gennaro Di Carlo | | | Betaland |
Consultinvest Pesaro | | Spiro Leka | | | Consultinvest, ButanGas |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Luigi Longhi | | | | Dolomiti Energia |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Livio Proli | | | | |
Enel Brindisi | | | Marco Cardillo | Bitre Sport | Enel |
Fiat Torino | Antonio Forni | | | Spalding | Fiat Automobiles |
Germani Basket Brescia | Graziella Bragaglio | Andrea Diana | | Erreà | Germani Trasporti, A2A |
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Maria Licia Ferrarini | | | | Grissin Bon, Mapei |
Juvecaserta | Raffaele Iavazzi | | | | Pasta Reggia, Fortune Investment & Co. |
Openjobmetis Varese | Stefano Coppa | | | Spalding | Openjobmetis, Teva |
Red October Cantù | | | | | Red October, Intesa Sanpaolo |
Sidigas Avellino | Giuseppe Sampietro | | | | Sidigas |
The Flexx Pistoia | Roberto Maltinti | | | Erreà | |
Umana Reyer Venezia | | | | Erreà | Umana |
Vanoli Cremona | Aldo Vanoli | Paolo Lepore | | Erreà | Vanoli Ferramenta | |
1. On the back of shirt.
2. On the shorts.
Managerial Changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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| | | 24 April 2016[32] | Pre-season | | 5 May 2016[33] |
| Riccardo Paolini | End of contract | 30 May 2016[34] | | 1 June 2016[35] |
| | 30 June 2016[36] | | 2 August 2016[37] |
| | Resigned | 30 November 2016[38] [39] | 14th (2–7) | Kyrylo Bol'shakov (interim) | 1 November 2016[40] |
| | Sacked | 13 December 2016[41] | 16th (2–9) | Paolo Lepore | 13 December 2016[42] |
| | Sacked | 22 December 2016[43] | 14th (4–8) | | 23 December 2016[44] |
| Kyrylo Bol'shakov | End of interim spell | 27 February 2017[45] | 13th (7–13) | | 27 February 2017[46] |
| | Resigned | 7 March 2017[47] | 15th (7–14) | Spiro Leka | 9 March 2017[48] | |
Changes from 2015–16
New League's Title Sponsor
From the end of the 2015–16 season, Lega Basket Serie A has a new sponsor. The Turkish brand Beko left Serie A after four years of sponsorship.Beko decided to focus just on their sponsorship of the Spanish football team Barcelona.[49]
In December 2016, took place in Rome the assembly of Lega Basket during which the president Egidio Bianchi has communicated to all the clubs to have reached the multi-year agreement with PosteMobile, an Italy-based mobile virtual network operator owned by Poste italiane Group, that will become the Title Sponsor of the LBA.[50] [51]
Rules
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:
- 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
- 3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)
Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the E.U. and four foreigners from E.U. countries or "Cotonou Countries".[52]
At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500,000 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200,000 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.[53]
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams will be eliminated, while the last one qualified team will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays are from 2 October 2016 to 7 May 2017.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
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| 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 14 | 15 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| 11 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
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Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: LBA | Leader of the Regular Season |
| Qualification to Playoffs |
| Relegation to Serie A2 | |
Playoffs
See main article: 2017 LBA Playoffs. The LBA playoffs quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The playoffs will start on 12 May 2017 to finish between 16 and 22 June depending on result.
Individual statistics
As of 7 May 2017.[54]
Points
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 19.6 |
2. | | | 19.3 |
3. | | | 19.2 |
4. | | | 19.0 |
5. | | | 17.8 |
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Assists
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 7.1 |
2. | | | 5.9 |
3. | | | 5.5 |
4. | | | 5.5 |
5. | | | 5.4 |
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Steals
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 2.0 |
2. | | | 1.8 |
3. | | | 1.7 |
4. | | | 1.6 |
5. | | | 1.5 |
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Rebounds
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 11.1 |
2. | | | 10.1 |
3. | | | 9.0 |
4. | | | 8.6 |
5. | | | 8.0 |
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Blocks
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 2.1 |
2. | | | 2.0 |
3. | | | 1.8 |
4. | | | 1.4 |
5. | | | 1.3 |
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Valuation
Rank | width=180 | Name | width=180 | Team | width=40 | |
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1. | | | 22.6 |
2. | | | 21.3 |
3. | | | 19.9 |
4. | | | 19.6 |
5. | | | 18.4 |
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Individual game highs
Category | width=190 | Player | width=190 | Team | Statistic |
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PIR | | | 46 |
| The Flexx Pistoia |
Points | | | |
Rebounds | | | |
Assists | | | |
Blocks | | | |
Three pointers | | | | |
Updated: 16 May 2017. Source: LBAAwards
See main article: Lega Basket Serie A awards.
Best Player Under 22
Best Coach
Best Executive
Round MVP
Serie A clubs in European competitions
Source: EuroLeague Champions LeagueSupercup
See main article: 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup.
The 2016 Italian Supercup was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. It opened the season on 24 and 25 September 2016. It was contested in Milan's Mediolanum Forum.[90]
Qualified for the tournament were league winners and cup winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, cup finalists Sidigas Avellino, cup semifinalists Vanoli Cremona and league finalist Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.[91]
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy.[92]
Cup
See main article: 2017 Italian Basketball Cup.
The 49th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[93] was contested between 16 and 19 February 2017 in Rimini.[94] [95] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2016–17 Serie A season.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano rallied to beat Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 84-87 and reach the finals.[96] In Sunday's final, Milan will play Banco di Sardegna Sassari which downed Germani Basket Brescia 77-70.[97]
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano successfully defended the Italian Cup with an 84-74 come-from-behind win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the final on Sunday. Ricky Hickman made 5 of 7 shots from downtown en route to 25 points, Rakim Sanders scored 15 points and Milan Mačvan added 11 for the winners. Sassari took charge from the start with a 2-13 run and led 11-19 after 10 minutes. A Josh Carter triple made it 15-25 midway through the second quarter, but Sanders heated up as Milan fought back and Hickman's triple to end the half drew Milan within 34-36. A three by Sanders to open the second half gave Milan its first lead. Hickman netted another three and Davide Pascolo converted a three-point play to boost the margin to 46-40. Andrea Cinciarini further extended the margin to 9 before strong play by Gani Lawal sparked a Sassari comeback. A David Bell jumper made it 56-54 through three quarters. It was still a 2-point game four minutes into the fourth quarter when Hickman and Macvan combined for all Milan's points in an 11-2 march to take a 75-64 advantage with 3:38 remaining. Sassari raced back with 8 straight points, but was held to a single basket over the final two minutes as Milan closed out the game from the line. Trevor Lacey paced Sassari with 15 points, Lawal scored 13 and Rok Stipčević 11.[98]
Ricky Hickman was named Finals MVP of the competition.[99]
External links
Notes and References
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- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1297/ Betaland Capo d'Orlando .
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- http://www.trentinovolley.it/lang/IT/pagine/dettaglio/palatrento,11/la_struttura,8.html/ La struttura, Trentino Volley .
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- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1286/ Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1298/ Pasta Reggia Caserta .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1293/ Openjobmetis Varese .
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- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1295/ Red October Cantù .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1287/ Sidigas Avellino .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1290/ The Flexx Pistoia .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1288/ Umana Reyer Venezia .
- http://web.legabasket.it/team/1289/ Vanoli Cremona .
- Web site: Bucchi saluta Brindisi dopo 5 anni: è un'oasi della pallacanestro che mi rimarrà nel cuore . . sportando.com . 16 June 2016 . it . Bucchi left Brindisi after 5 years.
- Web site: Enel Brindisi: ufficiale l'arrivo di Meo Sacchetti . . sportando.com . 16 June 2016 . it . Enel Brindisi: Meo Sacchetti is the new coach.
- Web site: Vuelle Pesaro: si dividono le strade con coach Riccardo Paolini . . sportando.com . 16 June 2016 . it . Victoria Libertas Pesaro: Riccardo Paolini and the team took two different ways.
- Web site: VL Pesaro: ufficiale l'arrivo in panchina di Piero Bucchi . . sportando.com . 16 June 2016 . it . Victoria Libertas Pesaro: Piero Bucchi is the new coach.
- Web site: Garasimenko: A Cantù ho un progetto di alto livello . . sportando.com . 20 June 2016 . it . Garasimenko: I have a high-level project for Cantù.
- Web site: Cantù, Rimas Kurtinaitis è il nuovo allenatore. Gerasimenko: 'Ci aiuterà a tornare in alto' . . Legabasket.com . 2 August 2016 . it . Cantù, Rimas Kurtinaitis is the new head coach. Garasimenko: 'He will help us to get back on top' . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806122819/http://www.legabasket.it/news/120581/cant____rimas_kurtinaitis____il_nuovo_allenatore__gerasimenko___ci_aiuter___a_tornare_in_alto . dead .
- Web site: Légende du basket lituanien, Rimas Kurtinaitis quitte Cantu . . basketeurope.com . 1 December 2016 . fr . Lithuanian basketball legend, Rimas Kurtinaitis leaves Cantù.
- Web site: Red October Cantù, Gerasimenko annuncia la risoluzione del rapporto con il coach Kurtinaitis . . legabasket.com . 30 November 2016 . it . Red October Cantù, Gerasimenko announces: Kurtinaitis resigns as Cantù coach.
- Web site: Cantù esonera Kurtinaitis. Il suo posto sarà preso dal vice Bolshakov . . . 3 December 2016 . it . Cantù sacked Kurtinaitis. His place will be taken by Bolshakov, Kurtinaitis' assistant coach .
- Web site: La Vanoli Cremona esonera Pancotto e promuove Lepore capo allenatore . . legabasket.com . 14 December 2016 . it . Vanoli Cremona sacked Pancotto and promotes Lepore as head coach..
- Web site: Basket, Serie A: Cremona silura Pancotto. Squadra affidata a Lepore . . . 13 December 2016 . it . Basketball, Serie A: Cremona sacked Pancotto. Team now headed by Lepore..
- Web site: La Openjobmetis Varese esonera il coach Paolo Moretti . . Legabasket.it . 24 December 2016 . it . Openjobmetis Varese sacked coach Paolo Moretti.
- Web site: Attilio Caja è il nuovo allenatore della Openjobmetis Varese . . Legabasket.it . 24 December 2016 . it . Attilio Caja is the new head-coach of Openjobmetis Varese . 25 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161225075810/http://web.legabasket.it/news/121299/attilio_caja____il_nuovo_allenatore_della_openjobmetis_varese . dead .
- Web site: Cantù, terzo ko di fila. E ora c’è pronto Recalcati . . laprovinciadicomo.it . 27 February 2017 . it . Cantù, third KO in a row. And now Recalcati is ready.
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- Web site: Vuelle Pesaro, il timone passa a Spiro Leka . . sportando.com . 9 March 2017 . it . Vuelle Pesaro, the lead switches to Spiro Leka.
- Web site: Il marchio Beko lascerà il basket. Il CEO Mangiacotti avrà un futuro in Lega? . . basketnet.it . 19 June 2016 . it . Beko is going to leave basketball. Mangiacotti (CEO of Beko) could have a future in Lega.
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- Web site: it. Sportando.com. 8 May 2017. 16 May 2017. Diego Flaccadori dell'Aquila Basket Trento eletto miglior Under 22 del campionato di Serie A.
- Web site: Vincenzo Esposito della The Flexx Pistoia eletto Coach of the Year in Serie A . Sportando.com . 8 May 2016 . 16 May 2016 . it . Vincenzo Esposito of The Flexx Pistoia named Coach of the Year of Serie A.
- Web site: Peppe Sindoni dell'Orlandina eletto miglior dirigente del campionato di Serie A . Sportando.com . 8 May 2016 . 16 May 2016 . it . Peppe Sindoni of Orlandina named best executive of Serie A.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP prima giornata: Stefano Tonut, Umana Reyer Venezia . . 4 October 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the first round: Stefano Tonut, Umana Reyer Venezia.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP seconda giornata: DJ White, Fiat Torino . . 10 October 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the second round: DJ White, Fiat Torino.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP terza giornata: Retin Obasohan, Sidigas Avellino . . 18 October 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 3rd round: Retin Obasohan, Sidigas Avellino .
- Web site: Serie A, MVP quarta giornata: DJ White, Fiat Torino . . 25 October 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 4th round: DJ White, Fiat Torino.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP quinta giornata: Pietro Aradori, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia . . 31 October 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 5th round: Pietro Aradori, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia .
- Web site: Serie A, MVP sesta giornata: Bruno Fitipaldo, Betaland Capo d'Orlando . . 8 November 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 6th round: Bruno Fitipaldo, Betaland Capo d'Orlando.
- Web site: Deron Washington della Fiat Torino è l'MVP della settima giornata di Serie A . . 15 November 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Deron Washington of Fiat Torino is the MVP of the 7th round of Serie A.
- Web site: Terran Petteway di Pistoia è l'MVP dell'ottava giornata di Serie A . . 22 November 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Terran Petteway of Pistoia is the MVP of the 8th round of Serie A.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP nona giornata: Tu Holloway, Vanoli Cremona . . 28 November 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 9th round: Tu Holloway, Vanoli Cremona.
- Web site: Edgar Sosa è l'Mvp di Lega della decima giornata . . 6 December 2016 . Legabasket.it. it . Edgar Sosa is the MVP of round ten.
- Web site: E' JaJuan Johnson l'MVP della undicesima giornata . . . 14 December 2016 . it . JaJuan Johnson is the MVP of round eleven.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP tredicesima giornata: David Lighty, Dolomiti Energia Trento . . 20 December 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 12th round: David Lighty, Dolomiti Energia Trento.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP tredicesima giornata: Pietro Aradori, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia . . 28 December 2016 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 13th round: Pietro Aradori, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP quattordicesima giornata: Tashawn Thomas, Vanoli Cremona . . 3 January 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 14th round: Tashawn Thomas, Vanoli Cremona.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP quindicesima giornata: Krunoslav Simon, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano . . 11 January 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 15th round: Krunoslav Simon, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.
- Web site: Serie A, co-MVP sedicesima giornata: Hrvoje Peric, Reyer Venezia e Rok Stipcevic, Dinamo Sassari . . 23 January 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, double-MVP of the 16th round: Hrvoje Peric, Reyer Venezia and Rok Stipcevic, Dinamo Sassari.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP diciassettesima giornata: Kyrylo Fesenko, Sidigas Avellino . . 31 January 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 17th round: Kyrylo Fesenko, Sidigas Avellino.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP diciottesima giornata: Achille Polonara, Grissi Bon Reggio Emilia . . 7 February 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 18th round: Achille Polonara, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.
- Web site: Nic Moore and Nathan Boothe are Serie A Round 19 co-MVPs . . 14 February 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
- Web site: Serie A, MVP ventesima giornata: Marcus Landry, Germani Basket Brescia . . 28 February 2017 . Sportando.com. it . Serie A, MVP of the 20th round: Marcus Landry, Germani Basket Brescia.
- Web site: Milano's Jamel McLean and Cantu's JaJuan Johnson named Serie A Round 21 co-MVPs . . 7 March 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: JaJuan Johnson of Pallacanestro Cantù named Serie A Round 22 MVP . . 14 March 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Dominique Sutton and Dominique Johnson are Serie A Round 23 Co-MVPs . . 20 March 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Trevor Lacey of Dinamo Sassari named Serie A Round 24 MVP . . 28 March 2017 . Sportando.com. en .
- Web site: Ronald Moore of Pistoia Basket named Serie A Round 25 MVP . . 4 April 2017 . Sportando.com. en .
- Web site: Rotnei Clarke of VL Pesaro named Serie A Round 26 MVP . . 10 April 2017 . Sportando.com. en .
- Web site: JaJuan Johnson of Pallacanestro Cantù named Serie A Round 27 MVP . . 16 April 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Mitchell Watt of Juvecaserta named Serie A Round 28 MVP . . 24 April 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Jarrod Jones of VL Pesaro named Serie A Round 29 MVP . . 4 May 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Trento's Dominique Sutton and Caserta's Mitchell Watt are Serie A Round 30 co-MVP . . 8 May 2017 . Sportando.com . en.
- Web site: Decise le date e la sede della Supercoppa 2016: si giocherà al Forum di Assago . . 15 June 2016 . basketuniverso.it . 19 June 2016 . it . The Supercoppa 2016 dates and location are confirmed: it will be contested at Forum of Assago.
- Web site: Supercoppa 2016: parteciperanno Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino e Cremona . . 14 June 2016 . sportando.com . 16 June 2016 . it . Supercup 2016: Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Cremona are qualified.
- Web site: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25 . . 15 June 2016 . euroleague.net . 27 September 2016 . en.
- Web site: Presentato l'accordo di sponsorizzazione tra LBA e PosteMobile . . 22 December 2016 . Legabasket.it . 22 December 2016 . it . The sponsorship agreement between LBA and PosteMobile has been presented.
- Web site: Le decisioni della Assemblea della Lega Basket: a Rimini la prossima Final Eight . . 31 October 2016 . Legabasket.it . 1 November 2016 . it . The decisions of the Assembly of the Lega Basket: next Final Eight in Rimini.
- Web site: Final Eight di Coppa Italia 2017: a sorpresa si torna a giocare su quattro giorni . . 22 December 2016 . sportando.com . 22 December 2016 . it . 2017 Italian Cup Final Eight: four days of matches . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223816/http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/221059/final-eight-di-coppa-italia-2017-a-sorpresa-si-torna-a-giocare-su-quattro-giorni.html#refresh_ce/ . 22 December 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: PosteMobile Final Eight: EA7 Emporio Armani prima finalista . . 18 February 2017 . Legabasket.it . 19 February 2017 . it . PosteMobile Final Eight: EA7 Emporio Armani is the first finalist.
- Web site: PosteMobile Final Eight: Sassari raggiunge Milano in finale . . 18 February 2017 . Legabasket.it . 19 February 2017 . it . PosteMobile Final Eight: Sassari reaches Milano to the finals.
- Web site: National cups roundup: February 19, 2017 . . 19 February 2017 . euroleague.net . 19 February 2017 . en .
- Web site: Ricky Hickman è l'MVP delle Postemobile Final Eight 2017 . . 19 February 2017 . Legabasket.it . 19 February 2017 . it . Ricky Hickman is the MVP of the 2017 PosteMobile Final Eight.