2016–17 Greek Basket League Explained

Nextseason:	2017–18
Greek Basket League
T Color:	white
Champions:	Panathinaikos Superfoods (35th title)
Season:	2016–17
Runners Up:	Olympiacos
Third Place:	AEK
Fourth Place:	Aris
Relegated:	Apollon Patras Carna Doxa Lefkadas
Teams:	14
Games:	206
Tv:	OTE Sport Nova Sports
Duration:	8 October 2016 – 11 June 2017
Mvp:	Nick Calathes
Mvp Link:	Greek Basket League MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	Greek Basket League Finals MVP
Major:	yes
Pir:	544
Ppg:	367
Rpg:	240
Apg:	145
Winning Streak:	25 games Panathinaikos Superfoods
Losing Streak:	8 games Doxa Lefkadas
Highest Scoring:	Rethymno 104–97 Promitheas (3 December 2016)
Biggest Home Win:	Aris 98–50 Rethymno (28 January 2017) Olympiacos 93–45 Kymis (13 April 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	AEK 67–105 Panathinaikos (22 May 2017)

The 2016–17 Greek Basket League was the 77th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 8 October 2016, and ended on 11 June 2017. Panathinaikos Superfoods won its 35th title in club history, after beating Olympiacos 3–2 in the Finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

• Nea Kifissia, Arkadikos, and Kavala were relegated after the 2015–16 Greek Basket League.
• Kymis Seajets, Promitheas Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were promoted from the 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League.

Locations and arenas

Club		City	Arena	Capacity
AEK		Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	align=right	19,250^[1]
Apollon Patras Carna		Patras	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall	align=right	3,500
Aris		Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	align=right	5,138
Doxa Lefkadas		Lefkada City	Lefkada Indoor Hall	align=right	1,200
Kolossos H Hotels		Rhodes City	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	align=right	1,242^[2]
Koroivos		Amaliada	Amaliada Indoor Hall	align=right	2,000
Kymis Seajets		Kymi	Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall (Chalcis)	align=right	1,620
Lavrio DHI		Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	align=right	1,700
Olympiacos		Piraeus, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium	align=right	12,000^[3]
Panathinaikos Superfoods		Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	align=right	19,250
PAOK		Pylaia, Thessaloniki	PAOK Sports Arena	align=right	8,500^[4]
Promitheas Patras		Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	align=right	4,200
Rethymno Cretan Kings		Rethymno	Rethymno Indoor Hall	align=right	1,600
Trikala Aries		Trikala	Trikala Indoor Hall	align=right	2,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Team Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK	Sotiris Manolopoulos	Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Apollon Patras Carna	Kostas Mexas	Dimitrios Verginis	ASICS / Macron	Loux
Aris	Dimitris Priftis	Spyros Mourtos	NG6
Doxa Lefkadas	Charis Markopoulos	Dimitris Tsaldaris	Spalding	Cava Katopodis
Kolossos H Hotels	Aris Lykogiannis	Ioannis Georgalis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Koroivos	Dinos Kalampakos	Antonis Michaloglou	Nickan	Loux
Kymis Seajets	Vassilis Bratsiakos	Stavros Toutziarakis	Erreà	Seajets
Lavrio DHI	Christos Serelis	Sakis Giannakopoulos	Nickan	Naprosyn
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Xavi Pascual	Nick Calathes	Adidas	OPAP
PAOK	Soulis Markopoulos	Vangelis Margaritis	Athlos	OPAP
Promitheas Patras	Vangelis Angelou	Vassilis Giannikopoulos	Spalding	Loux
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Nikos Vetoulas	Charis Giannopoulos	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Ioannis Kastritis	Sotirios Manolopoulos	CAP	Olympos

European competitions

Team	Competition	Result
		Runners-up
		Playoffs
		Round of 16
		Round of 16
		Round of 16

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Playoffs

See main article: 2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs.

Finals

Final standings

width=30		width=200	Team	width=30		width=30		width=30		Qualification or Relegation
1	Panathinaikos	35	31	4	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2	Olympiacos	34	30	4
3	AEK	35	25	10	Qualification to the Champions League regular season *AEK declined EuroCup participation.
4	Aris	34	17	17
5	PAOK	30	16	14
6	Rethymno Cretan Kings	31	15	16
7	Kolossos Rodou	29	14	15
8	Lavrio	28	11	17
9	Promitheas Patras	26	10	16
10	Trikala Aries	26	10	16
11	Koroivos	26	8	18
12	Kymis Seajets	26	8	18
13	Apollon Patras	26	7	19	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14	Doxa Lefkadas	26	4	22

Awards

Season MVP

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Finals MVP

• Mike James – Panathinaikos

Top scorer

• Will Cummings – Aris Thessaloniki

Most Popular Player

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Most Improved Player

• Nikola Milutinov – Olympiacos

Best Defender

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos
• Kostas Papanikolaou – Olympiacos

Best Young Player

• Antonis Koniaris – PAOK

Best Coach

• Xavi Pascual – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League First Team^[5]
Pos.	Player	width=25%	Team
PG	Nick Calathes (MVP)	Panathinaikos
SG		Olympiacos
SF		Olympiacos
PF		Olympiacos
C	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Second Team^[6]
Pos.	Player	width=25%	Team
PG	Mike James	Panathinaikos
SG	Will Cummings	Aris
SF	K. C. Rivers	Panathinaikos
PF	Mouhammad Faye	Promitheas Patras
C	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos

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All-Greek League Defensive Team^[7]
Pos.	Player	width=20%	Team
PG	Nick Calathes (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos
SG	Vangelis Mantzaris	Olympiacos
	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Aris
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou (Best Defender)	Olympiacos
PF	James Gist	Panathinaikos
C		Olympiacos

Statistics

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season and playoffs combined.

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Source widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake Season highs Category Player Club align=right rowspan=2 PIR 39 Toddrick Gotcher Koroivos Michael Jenkins Aris align=right rowspan=4 Points 29 Toddrick Gotcher Koroivos Brandon Young Lavrio DHI Michael Jenkins Aris Jordan Morgan Kymis Seajets align=right Rebounds Toarlyn Fitzpatrick align=right Assists Nenad Miljenović PAOK Awards Weekly MVP Stoiximan.gr MVP of the Week Date Player Team PIR 1 27 2 22 Promitheas Patras 3 32 4 32 5 33 6 31 7 28 8 26 9 31 10 39 11 Matt Lojeski (2) 33 12 Ioannis Bourousis (2) 32 13 37 14 Ioannis Bourousis (3) 28 15 32 16 36 17 26 18 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (2) 27 19 23 Aris 20 29 Toddrick Gotcher (2) Koroivos Kolossos H Hotels 21 26 Aris 22 Ioannis Bourousis (4) 34 23 Chris Singleton (2) 37 24 27 25 26 26 38 Source: ESAKE (Greek) Clubs in international competitions Team Competition Result EuroLeague Final Four, 2nd place Playoffs, Quarterfinals Champions League Playoffs, Round of 16 Playoffs, Round of 16 Playoffs, Round of 16 See also 2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier) External links Official Basket League Site Official Basket League Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indoor Basketball Arena . OAKA Indoor Hall official website . 5 November 2016 . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821104715/http://www.oaka.com.gr/olympic-indoor-sports-center/indoor-basketball-arena/?lang=en . dead .
2. Web site: http://www.kolossosbc.gr/Gipedo.php . el:ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ . . 5 November 2016 . el . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025043823/http://kolossosbc.gr/Gipedo.php . 2016-10-25 . dead .
3. https://www.fosonline.gr/volleyball/eyropi/article/5287/etoimo-to-sef-gia-ton-teliko-olympiakos-ravena-pics Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) .
4. Web site: Arena . . 5 November 2016.
5. http://esake.gr/el/4315F989 Η καλύτερη πεντάδα της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League για την σεζόν 2016-17 .
6. http://esake.gr/el/4315F989 Η καλύτερη πεντάδα της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League για την σεζόν 2016-17 .
7. Web site: 2017-07-10 . Καλύτερος αμυντικός και φέτος ο Καλάθης! . 2023-03-02 . Eurohoops . el.