| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
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| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Champions: | Liaoning Flying Leopards (1st title) |
| Runners Up: | Zhejiang Lions |
| Teams: | 20 |
| Games: | 38 |
| Duration: | 28 October 2017 – 1 May 2018 |
| Top Seed: | Zhejiang Lions |
| Award4: | Domestic MVP |
| Award4 Link: | CBA Most Valuable Player |
| Award4 N: | CHN |
| Award5: | International MVP |
| Award5 Link: | CBA Most Valuable Player |
| Award5 N: | USA |
| Ppg: | 40.1 |
| Rpg: | 16.7 |
| Apg: | 12.0 |
The 2017–18 CBA season was the 23rd season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The regular season was initially scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 21, 2017, with the Guangdong Southern Tigers hosting the Shenzhen Leopards, but later rescheduled to Saturday, October 28, 2017, with the defending champion Xinjiang Flying Tigers hosting the Jilin Northeast Tigers.[1] [2] The regular season ended on Sunday, February 11, 2018, and the playoffs begin on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
In this season, the playoffs were expanded from eight to ten teams.
Two teams relocated and one of those teams was renamed ahead of the season.
The 2017 CBA Draft, the third edition of the CBA draft, took place on 2017 August 2. 11 players were selected in the draft.[4]
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Liberty University (United States) | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Nanjing Monkey Kings | Dacin Tigers (Chinese Taipei) | |||
| 1 | 3 | SCAA (Hong Kong) | ||||
| 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 5 | Liaoning Flying Leopards Youth | ||||
| 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | 8 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | Nanjing Monkey Kings | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Guangzhou Long-Lions Youth | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Shenzhen Leopards Youth |
All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players. The bottom 4 teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.[5]
The rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart:
| Facing other teams | Facing Bayi Rockets | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese players+ | No Limit | No Limit |
| Asian players++ | 4 quarters collectively+++ | |
| International players | 6 quarters collectively+++ |
+ Including players from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
++ If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.
+++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter.
This is the full list of international players who competed in the CBA during the 2017-18 season.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Asian Player | Replaced During Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | ||
 Aaron Jackson[6] | Justin Hamilton[7] | – | Marcus Thornton Randolph Morris (DNP) | ||
 Zaid Abbas | |||||
| – | - | ||||
 Andrew Nicholson[8] | – |  Edwin Jackson Darius Morris | |||
| Tyler Hansbrough[9] | Semaj Christon | ||||
| – | Jabari Brown | ||||
| – | – | ||||
| – | – | ||||
| Nanjing Monkey Kings | JJ Hickson[10] | Dominique Jones | |||
| – | Terrence Jones  Maciej Lampe | ||||
| Ty Lawson[11] |  Donatas Motiejūnas[12] | – | – | ||
| Nick Minnerath[13] | – | – | |||
| – | |||||
| – | Keith Langford | ||||
| – | Jamaal Franklin | ||||
| – | Eli Holman | ||||
| – | Shawn Long  Augusto Lima | ||||
| Sonny Weems[14] | – | Jarnell Stokes[15] | |||
| Ioannis Bourousis[16] | – | – |
| 2017–18 CBA season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||||
| 1 | 31 | 7 | .816 | 69 | ||
| 2 | 29 | 9 | .763 | 67 | ||
| 3 | 28 | 10 | .737 | 66 | ||
| 4 | 27 | 11 | .711 | 65 | ||
| 5 | 26 | 12 | .684 | 64 | ||
| 6 | 25 | 13 | .658 | 63 | XJ 3-1 BJ 2-2 SZ 1-3 | |
| 7 | 25 | 13 | .658 | 63 | ||
| 8 | 25 | 13 | .658 | 63 | ||
| 9 | 21 | 17 | .553 | 59 | ||
| 10 | 20 | 18 | .526 | 58 | SH 1-1 (SH 200-187 ZJ) | |
| 11 | 20 | 18 | .526 | 58 | ||
| 12 | 18 | 20 | .474 | 56 | ||
| 13 | 16 | 22 | .421 | 54 | FJ 1-1 (FJ 241-224 SX) | |
| 14 | 16 | 22 | .421 | 54 | ||
| 15 | 15 | 23 | .395 | 53 | ||
| 16 | 11 | 27 | .289 | 49 | ||
| 17 | 8 | 30 | .211 | 46 | JL 3-1 TJ 2-2 SC 1-3 | |
| 18 | 8 | 30 | .211 | 46 | ||
| 19 | 8 | 30 | .211 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 35 | .079 | 41 | ||
| Top 6 teams advance to the Playoffs | ||
| 7th-10th teams advance to the pre-elimination Playoffs |
See main article: 2018 CBA Playoffs. The 2018 CBA Playoffs began on 3 March 2018.
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic[17] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game |  Ding Yanyuhang (Domestic Player) Darius Adams (International Player) | 28.0 40.1 | ||
| Rebounds per game | Yi Jianlian (Domestic Player) Jared Sullinger (International Player) | 13.3 16.7 | ||
| Assists per game | Zeng Lingxu (Domestic Player) Courtney Fortson (International Player) | 7.6 12.0 | ||
| Steals per game | Wu Qian (Domestic Player) Darius Adams (International Player) | 2.2 2.7 | ||
| Blocks per game | Zhang Zhaoxu (Domestic Player) Justin Hamilton (International Player) | 2.2 1.8 |
The following players were named the Players of the Week.[18]
The following players were named the Young Player of the Month.[31]
| width=16% | Month | width=40% | Young Player of the Month | class=unsortable | Ref. |
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| October/November | Zhao Rui (Guangdong Southern Tigers) (1/1) | [32] | |||
| December | Gao Shiyan (Jilin Northeast Tigers) (1/1) | [33] | |||
| January/February | Hu Jinqiu (Zhejiang Lions) (1/1) | [34] | |||