| 2017–18 ABL season | |
| League: | ASEAN Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | Regular season: 17 November 2017 – 28 March 2018 Playoffs: 1 April – 2 May 2018 |
| No Of Games: | 103 (90 regular season, 13 playoffs) |
| No Of Teams: | 9 |
| Tv: |  Cable TV  MNC Sports & Vidio ABS-CBN Sports and Action StarHub  MONO29  Eleven Sports Network HTV |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Top Seed: | Chong Son Kung Fu |
| Mvp: | Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab) Heritage import: Mikh McKinney (Chong Son) World import: Anthony Tucker (Chong Son) |
| Finals: | ABL finals |
| Finals Link: | 2018 ABL finals |
| Finals Champ: | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Mono Vampire |
| Finals Mvp: | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. |
| Seasonslist: | List of ABL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | ABL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2016–17 ABL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2018–19 ABL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.[1]
Five teams from the 2016–2017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an expansion team from Taiwan, and the Knights left the Indonesian Basketball League to play in the ABL.
Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started.[2]
Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.[3]
CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "CLS Knights Indonesia" prior the season started.
Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as "San Miguel Alab Pilipinas" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.[4]
| Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chong Son Kung Fu | Nanhai District, Foshan | Nanhai Gymnasium | 4,000 |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Surabaya | GOR Kertajaya Surabaya | 3,000 |
| Formosa Dreamers | Changhua | Changhua Stadium | 8,000 |
| Hong Kong Eastern | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | Southorn Stadium | 2,000 |
| Mono Vampire | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | Stadium 29, Nonthaburi | 5,000 |
| Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Canadian International School Vietnam Arena | 2,500 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | rowspan=3 |
| Team | Head coach | |
|---|---|---|
 Charles Dubé-Brais | ||
| Koko Heru Setyo Nugroho | ||
| Hsu Hao Cheng | ||
 Edu Torres | ||
 Douglas Clark Marty | ||
| Kyle Julius | ||
| Jimmy Alapag | ||
| Neo Beng Siang | ||
| Chris Thomas |
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.
Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.
| Team | World import(s) | ASEAN/Heritage import(s) | Former import(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Howard Anthony Tucker | Mikh McKinney Caelan Tiongson | Jonathan Bermillo | ||
| Shane Edwards Brian Williams | Evan Brock Duke Crews Decorey Jones Rudy Lingganay | |||
 Ronnie Aguilar Cameron Forte |  Charles Barratt Kenneth Chien | Jaleel Cousins  James Forrester Reggie Okosa Lenny Daniel Erron Maxey | ||
| Marcus Elliott Ryan Moss | ||||
| Reggie Johnson Patrick Sanders | ||||
| Travele Jones | ||||
| Lawrence Domingo | Ivan Johnson Reggie Okosa | |||
| Ryan Wright | ||||
| Reil Cervantes Solomon Jones Curtis Washington Patrick Cabahug Marcus Marshall AJ West |
Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times:
See main article: 2018 ABL playoffs.
The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.
The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.
See main article: 2018 ABL finals. The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.
The winners were announced before game 2 of the 2018 ABL finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines.[5]
| Week | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17–19 November | Kaleb Ramot Gemilang | CLS Knights Indonesia | |
| 20–26 November |  Ivan Yeo | Westports Malaysia Dragons | |
| 27 November–3 December | Lee Ki | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 4–10 December | Yang Tian You | Formosa Dreamers | |
| 11–17 December | Lee Ki | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 18–24 December | Teerawat Chantachon | Mono Vampire | |
| 2–8 January | Chitchai Ananti | Mono Vampire | |
| 9–15 January | Ng Han Bin | Singapore Slingers | |
| 16–22 January | Delvin Goh | Singapore Slingers | |
| 23–29 January | Ebrahim Enguio | CLS Knights Indonesia | |
| 30 January–5 February | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | |
| 6–12 February | Luo Yongxuan | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 13–19 February | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | |
| 20–26 February | Wong Yi Hou | Westports Malaysia Dragons | |
| 27 February–4 March | Kuek Tian Yuan | Westports Malaysia Dragons | |
| 5–12 March | Luo Yongxuan | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 13–19 March | Song Shuai | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 20–28 March | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Week | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17–19 November | Christian Standhardinger | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 20–26 November | Caelan Tiongson | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 27 November–3 December | Paul Zamar | Mono Vampire | |
| 4–10 December | Christian Standhardinger | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 11–17 December | Tyler Lamb | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 18–24 December | Tyler Lamb | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 2–8 January | Moses Morgan | Saigon Heat | |
| 9–15 January | Mikey Williams | Saigon Heat | |
| 16–22 January | Jason Brickman | Mono Vampire | |
| 23–29 January | Mikh McKinney | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 30 January–5 February | Mikh McKinney | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 6–12 February | Mikh McKinney | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 13–19 February | Christian Standhardinger | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 20–26 February | A. J. Mandani | Singapore Slingers | |
| 27 February–4 March | Joshua Munzon | Westports Malaysia Dragons | |
| 5–12 March | Mikh McKinney | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 13–19 March |  Freddie Lish Goldstein | CLS Knights Indonesia | |
| 20–28 March | Christian Standhardinger | Hong Kong Eastern |
| Week | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17–19 November | Marcus Elliott | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 20–26 November | Marcus Marshall | Westports Malaysia Dragons | |
| 27 November–3 December | Xavier Alexander | Singapore Slingers | |
| 4–10 December | Lenny Daniel | Formosa Dreamers | |
| 11–17 December | Xavier Alexander | Singapore Slingers | |
| 18–24 December | Patrick Sanders | Mono Vampire | |
| 2–8 January | Justin Brownlee | Tanduay Alab Pilipinas | |
| 9–15 January | Maxie Esho | Saigon Heat | |
| 16–22 January |   Samuel Deguara | Mono Vampire | |
| 23–29 January | Marcus Elliott | Hong Kong Eastern | |
| 30 January–5 February | Renaldo Balkman | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | |
| 6–12 February | Renaldo Balkman | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | |
| 13–19 February | Mike Singletary | Mono Vampire | |
| 20–26 February | Chris Charles | Singapore Slingers | |
| 27 February–4 March | Mike Singletary | Mono Vampire | |
| 5–12 March | Justin Howard | Chong Son Kung Fu | |
| 13–19 March | Samuel Deguara | Mono Vampire | |
| 20–28 March | Justin Brownlee | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Category | Player | Club | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 34.00 | |||
| Rebounds | 16.27 | |||
| Assists | 10.43 | |||
| Steals | 3.33 | |||
| Blocks | 2.93 | |||
| Field-goal percentage | 67% | |||
| Free-throw percentage | Multiple players | Multiple teams | 100% | |
| Three-point field-goal percentage | 100% | |||
| Minutes | 39.60 | |||
| Fouls | 4.14 |