2016–17 NBL season

2016–17 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 2016–February 2017
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) SBS (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand) NBL TV (online)
Regular season
Top seed	TBA
Season MVP	TBA
Top scorer	TBA
Finals
Champions	TBA
Runners-up	TBA
Finals MVP	TBA

The 2016–17 NBL season is the 39th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contest the league. The regular season will be played between October 2016 and February 2017,^[1] followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late February and March 2017.

During the off-season Townsville Crocodiles folded with Brisbane Bullets returning.

Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by Fox Sports, in the second year of a five-year deal, with one game per week simulcast on SBS. In New Zealand Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster.

Pre-season

2016 Australian Basketball Challenge

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams and two invited CBA teams was held on 23–26 September 2016 at Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane. The winner will receive the fourth annual Loggins-Bruton Cup.

Illawarra Hawks are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	L	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	%	Win %
1	Sydney Kings	14	8	6	3-2	L2	5-2	3-4	1158	1117	103.67%	57.14%
2	Illawarra Hawks	13	7	6	4-1	W3	4-2	3-4	1144	1116	102.51%	53.85%
3	Brisbane Bullets	13	7	6	3-2	L1	3-3	4-3	1080	1068	101.12%	53.85%
4	Cairns Taipans	12	6	6	3-2	W2	3-1	3-5	962	964	99.79%	50.00%
5	Adelaide 36ers	12	6	6	3-2	W3	2-3	4-3	1082	1128	95.92%	50.00%
6	Melbourne United	13	6	7	3-2	W3	5-4	1-3	1078	1070	100.75%	46.15%
7	Perth Wildcats	13	6	7	1-4	L4	5-3	1-4	1055	1066	98.97%	46.15%
8	New Zealand Breakers	14	6	8	1-4	L4	4-3	2-5	1201	1231	97.56%	42.86%

Ladder Progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sydney Kings	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Perth Wildcats	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2
Brisbane Bullets	2	2	3	3	5	4	2	3
Illawarra Hawks	1	7	7	8	7	5	5	4
New Zealand Breakers	3	5	6	6	3	3	4	5
Cairns Taipans	8	8	8	7	4	6	6	6
Adelaide 36ers	5	6	4	4	6	7	8	7
Melbourne United	7	4	5	5	8	8	7	8

Finals Series

The 2016–17 National Basketball League Finals will be played in late February and March 2017, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	TBA	TBA
November	TBA	TBA
December	TBA	TBA
January	TBA	TBA
February	TBA	TBA

Coach of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	TBA	TBA
November	TBA	TBA
December	TBA	TBA
January	TBA	TBA
February	TBA	TBA

Pre-season

• Most Valuable Player (Ray Borner Medal): Cameron Gliddon

Season

• Most Valuable Player (Andrew Gaze Trophy): TBA
• Rookie of the Year: TBA
• Best Defensive Player: TBA
• Best Sixth Man: TBA
• Most Improved Player: TBA
• Coach of the Year (Lindsay Gaze Trophy): TBA
• Referee of the Year: TBA
• All-NBL First Team: TBA
• All-NBL Second Team: TBA

Finals

• Grand Final Series MVP (Larry Sengstock Medal): TBA

References