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| Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored name referring to easyCredit |
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| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Champions: | Brose Bamberg (9th title) |
| Runners Up: | EWE Baskets Oldenburg |
| Relegated: | Rasta Vechta Phoenix Hagen |
| Teams: | 18 |
| Games: | 272 |
| Duration: | 23 September 2016–11 June 2017 |
| Top Seed: | ratiopharm Ulm |
| Mvp: | Raymar Morgan |
| Mvp Link: | Basketball Bundesliga MVP |
| Mvp N: | USA |
| Finals Mvp: | Fabien Causeur |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Basketball Bundesliga Finals MVP |
| Finals Mvp N: | FRA |
| Top Scorer: |  Raymar Morgan |
| Ppg: | 17.7 |
| Rebounds Leader: |  Dyshawn Pierre |
| Rpg: | 7.9 |
| Assists Leader: | Jared Jordan |
| Apg: | 7.8 |
| Average Attendance: | 4,574 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017–18 |
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.[1] The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit.[2]
Brose Bamberg won their third straight and ninth overall title.[3]
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.[4] [5] Science City were the champions of the second division, Vechta the runners-up.
See main article: 2017 BBL Playoffs. The playoffs started on 5 May and ended on 11 June 2017.[7] In all rounds a best-of-five playoff format was used.
| Pos. | All-BBL First Team | All-BBL Second Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| PG | Josh Mayo | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||
| SG | Medi bayreuth | ||||
| SF | Brose Bamberg | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | |||
| PF | Bayern Munich | ||||
| C | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | ||||
The 2017 All-Star Game was played in Bonn on January 14, 2017.[9] Team International beat Team National 102–99 in the Telekom Dome, Philipp Schwethelm was named MVP.[10]
| Pos | Player | Team | Selections | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||||
| G | Rickey Paulding | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | |||
| G | Chris Babb | ratiopharm Ulm | |||
| F | Darius Miller | Brose Bamberg | |||
| F |  Nicolò Melli | Brose Bamberg | |||
| C | Raymar Morgan | ratiopharm Ulm | |||
| Reserves | |||||
| G | Ryan Thompson | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||
| C |  Elmedin Kikanović | Alba Berlin | |||
| G | Marcos Knight | Science City Jena | |||
| F | Julius Jenkins | Science City Jena | |||
| F | Trey Lewis | Medi bayreuth | |||
| F | Cameron Wells | Gießen 46ers | |||
| C | Jack Cooley | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | |||
Head coach:  Raoul Korner (Medi bayreuth) | |||||
Attendances include playoffs games and matches played against Phoenix Hagen.