The 2016–17 Greek Basket League was the 77th season of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

, the top-tier level professional club

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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 Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

3–2 in the

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Teams

Promotion and relegation

* Nea Kifissia, Arkadikos, and

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

were

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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

Personnel and kits

European competitions

Regular season

League table

Results

Positions by round

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

Playoffs

Bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Finals

Final standings

Statistics

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Points

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Assists

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Season highs

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Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Toarlyn Lavon Fitzpatrick (born September 4, 1989), nicknamed Fitz, is an American professional basketball player for Rapid București of the Liga Națională. High school career Fitzpatrick played high school basketball at C. Leon King High Sc ...

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Nenad Miljenović Nenad Miljenović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Миљеновић; born April 8, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for OKK Beograd of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Professional caree ...

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Awards

Weekly MVP

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Mouhammad Faye Mouhammad "Mo" Faye (born September 14, 1985) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. He also represents the senior Senegalese national team. Early life and high school ...

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Jordan Sibert Jordan Jerrell Sibert (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Dayton Flyers. High school career Sibert a ...

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Ioannis Psathas Ioannis Psathas (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis) ( el, Γιάννης Ψαθάς; born April 15, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height, and he can play at both the small forward and power ...

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Andreja Milutinović Andreja Milutinović ( sr-cyr, Андреја Милутиновић, born 6 August 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for BCM U Pitești of the Liga Națională. Professional career Andreja grew up with FMP youth team, and lat ...

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Dušan Šakota Dušan Šakota ( sr-cyr, Душан Шакота, el, Ντούσαν Σάκοτα ''Ntousan Sakota'', born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player. He is 6'10 " (2.10 m) tall. He is a power forward, who possesses ...

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AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

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Vassilis Kavvadas Vassilis Kavvadas (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios) (Greek: Βασίλης Καββαδάς; born December 28, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Aris of the Greek Basket League. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and he ...

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Season awards

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Nick Calathes Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...

– Panathinaikos Finals Most Valuable Player * Best Young Player * Antonis Koniaris – PAOK Best Defender *

– Panathinaikos Most Improved Player *

Nikola Milutinov Nikola Milutinov ( sr-cyr, Никола Милутинов; born 30 December 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national team in ...

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Kostas Papanikolaou Konstantinos "Kostas" Papanikolaou ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Παπανικολάου; born 31 July 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroL ...

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Georgios Printezis Georgios Printezis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) ( el, Γεώργιος Πρίντεζης, born February 22, 1985) is a Greek former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career with Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League an ...

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References

External links

Official Basket League Site

Official Basket League Site

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
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