# 2016–17 Greek Basket League

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 | Ap. | City | Arena | Capacity |
| AEK | 60 | Marousi, Athens | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 |
| Apollon Patras Carna | 32 | Patras | Apollon Patras Indoor Hall | 3,500 |
| Aris | 63 | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 |
| Doxa Lefkadas | 1 | Lefkada City | Lefkada Indoor Hall | 1,200 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 11 | Rhodes City | Venetoklio Indoor Hall | 1,242 |
| Koroivos | 3 | Amaliada | Amaliada Indoor Hall | 2,000 |
| Kymis Seajets | 1 | Kymi | Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall (Chalcis) | 1,620 |
| Lavrio DHI | 2 | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 |
| Olympiacos | 64 | Piraeus, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 12,000 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 67 | Marousi, Athens | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 |
| PAOK | 60 | Pylaia, Thessaloniki | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,500 |
| Promitheas Patras | 1 | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,200 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 7 | Rethymno | Rethymno Indoor Hall | 1,600 |
| Trikala Aries | 4 | Trikala | Trikala Indoor Hall | 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 |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Runners-up |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | EuroLeague | Playoffs |
| AEK | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| Aris | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| PAOK | Champions League | Round of 16 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2096 | 1650 | +446 | 51 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2206 | 1706 | +500 | 51 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 3 | AEK | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2055 | 1834 | +221 | 45 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1972 | 1863 | +109 | 41 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | PAOK | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1972 | 2009 | −37 | 40 | Qualification to first round |
| 6 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1953 | 2008 | −55 | 39 | Qualification to first round |
| 7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1866 | 1887 | −21 | 39 | Qualification to first round |
| 8 | Lavrio DHI | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1894 | 1956 | −62 | 37 | Qualification to first round |
| 9 | Promitheas Patras | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1857 | 1930 | −73 | 36 | |
| 10 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1817 | 1959 | −142 | 36 | |
| 11 | Koroivos | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1881 | 2154 | −273 | 34 | |
| 12 | Kymis Seajets | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1821 | 2022 | −201 | 34 | |
| 13 | Apollon Patras Carna (R) | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1799 | 1959 | −160 | 33 | Relegation to Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Doxa Lefkadas (R) | 26 | 4 | 22 | 1780 | 2032 | −252 | 30 | Relegation to Greek A2 League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APO | ARIS | DOX | KOL | KOR | KYM | LAV | OLY | PAO | PAOK | PRO | RET | TRI |
| AEK | — | 88–69 | 81–61 | 84–60 | 82–81 | 89–75 | 71–65 | 96–56 | 63–70 | 87–106 | 77–71 | 76–60 | 80–62 | 87–82 |
| Apollon Patras Carna | 59–77 | — | 64–79 | 74–65 | 83–67 | 92–66 | 75–60 | 72–61 | 70–87 | 74–97 | 88–79 | 53–67 | 86–78 | 68–73 |
| Aris | 81–77 | 79–70 | — | 78–70 | 84–60 | 100–79 | 85–72 | 98–77 | 63–70 | 59–71 | 62–66 | 80–64 | 98–50 | 75–65 |
| Doxa Lefkadas | 64–68 | 75–70 | 69–79 | — | 61–62 | 65–69 | 84–81 | 63–64 | 94–95 | 46–73 | 84–78 | 73–79 | 67–80 | 72–80 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 86–73 | 71–59 | 85–84 | 77–60 | — | 90–88 | 64–54 | 63–79 | 59–70 | 73–82 | 73–68 | 76–59 | 66–74 | 73–53 |
| Koroivos | 63–89 | 71–67 | 94–99 | 74–71 | 66–86 | — | 94–64 | 89–86 | 66–88 | 55–76 | 80–82 | 66–62 | 67–78 | 87–76 |
| Kymis Seajets | 55–81 | 76–70 | 77–80 | 97–65 | 74–64 | 93–70 | — | 81–86 | 72–90 | 54–77 | 93–82 | 77–66 | 73–62 | 78–67 |
| Lavrio DHI | 84–87 | 79–65 | 75–70 | 80–60 | 65–67 | 93–63 | 75–69 | — | 64–80 | 60–84 | 63–73 | 74–77 | 73–62 | 86–56 |
| Olympiacos | 78–67 | 83–55 | 69–55 | 84–60 | 75–67 | 85–62 | 93–48 | 84–52 | — | 88–63 | 84–59 | 90–63 | 83–58 | 79–61 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 77–68 | 96–59 | 70–54 | 90–61 | 80–65 | 96–65 | 92–52 | 85–64 | 72–59 | — | 102–58 | 81–71 | 116–83 | 93–63 |
| PAOK | 71–78 | 84–83 | 62–58 | 84–67 | 85–73 | 75–66 | 88–71 | 85–80 | 84–89 | 68–72 | — | 78–75 | 77–75 | 97–86 |
| Promitheas Patras | 67–86 | 65–58 | 79–89 | 78–70 | 78–68 | 79–81 | 81–57 | 64–61 | 53–72 | 69–72 | 73–75 | — | 80–84 | 84–67 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 72–65 | 71–56 | 69–60 | 80–86 | 77–83 | 101–70 | 84–73 | 88–79 | 63–70 | 74–101 | 73–70 | 104–97 | — | 84–56 |
| Trikala Aries | 59–78 | 65–60 | 78–62 | 74–68 | 74–67 | 72–55 | 76–58 | 75–78 | 60–81 | 77–82 | 84–73 | 62–67 | 76–67 | — |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Olympiacos | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| AEK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Aris | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| PAOK | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Lavrio DHI | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Promitheas Patras | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Trikala Aries | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Koroivos | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Kymis Seajets | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Apollon Patras Carna | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Doxa Lefkadas | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Leader of the Regular season
* Qualification to Playoffs
* Relegation to A2

## Playoffs
### Bracket

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.
| First round 19–26 April | First round 19–26 April | Quarterfinals 29 April–4 May | Quarterfinals 29 April–4 May | Semifinals 10-22 May | Semifinals 10-22 May | Finals 28 May–11 June | Finals 28 May–11 June |
| | | | | 1Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | | | 4Aris | 0 |
| 5PAOK | 2 | | | 4Aris | 0 |
| 8Lavrio DHI | 0 | | | | |
| 8Lavrio DHI | 0 | 4Aris | 2 | | |
| | | 5PAOK | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | 1Olympiacos | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3 |
| | | 3AEK | 2 | | | | |
| | | 6Rethymno Cretan Kings | 0 | | | | |
| 6Rethymno Cretan Kings | 2 | 6Rethymno Cretan Kings | 0 | | | | |
| 7Kolossos H Hotels | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7Kolossos H Hotels | 1 | | | 2Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3 | | |
| | | | | 3AEK | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | | 3AEK | 3 |
| | | | | | | 4Aris | 0 |

### First round

In the first round, the teams that finished in places 5 to 8 of the regular season standings, playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, plays the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| PAOK | 2–0 | Lavrio DHI | 82–65 | 78–68 | — |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 2–1 | Kolossos H Hotels | 84–71 | 73–78 | 69–55 |

### Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Aris | 2–0 | PAOK | 69–65 | 75–84 | — |
| AEK | 2–0 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 90–78 | 81–70 | — |

### Semifinals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Aris | 84–54 | 84–77 | 79–65 | — | — |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3–1 | AEK | 80–70 | 70–71 | 81–72 | 105–67 | — |

### Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| AEK | 3–0 | Aris | 90–74 | 91–85 | 71–60 | — | — |

### Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 2–3 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 63–58 | 80–84 | 64–62 | 58–71 | 51–66 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | 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 | Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract |
| 3 | AEK | 35 | 25 | 10 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 4 | Aris | 34 | 17 | 17 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 5 | PAOK | 30 | 16 | 14 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 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 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |

## 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

### Most Spectacular Player

* Mike James – Panathinaikos

### Best Defender

* Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos
* Kostas Papanikolaou – Olympiacos

### Best Young Player

* Antonis Koniaris – PAOK

### Best Coach

* Xavi Pascual – Panathinaikos
All-Greek League First Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Nick Calathes (MVP) | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Georgios Printezis | Olympiacos |
| C | Chris Singleton | Panathinaikos |
All-Greek League Second Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Mike James | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Will Cummings | Aris |
| SF | K. C. Rivers | Panathinaikos |
| PF | Mouhammad Faye | Promitheas Patras |
| C | Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos |
All-Greek League Defensive Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Nick Calathes (Best Defender) | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Vangelis Mantzaris | Olympiacos |
| SG | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Aris |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou (Best Defender) | Olympiacos |
| PF | James Gist | Panathinaikos |
| C | Khem Birch | Olympiacos |

## Statistical leaders

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 combined.
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Average |
| Points | Will Cummings | Aris | 367 | 14.7 |
| Rebounds | Keith Clanton | PAOK | 240 | 9.3 |
| Assists | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos | 145 | 5.5 |
| Steals | Shannon Scott | Doxa Lefkadas | 52 | 2.0 |
| Blocks | Keith Clanton | PAOK | 29 | 1.1 |
| PIR | Chris Singleton | Panathinaikos | 421 | 16.8 |

### Season highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Toddrick Gotcher | Koroivos | 29 |
| Points | Brandon Young | Lavrio DHI | 29 |
| Points | Michael Jenkins | Aris | 29 |
| Points | Jordan Morgan | Kymis Seajets | 29 |
| Rebounds | Toarlyn Fitzpatrick | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 17 |
| Assists | Nenad Miljenović | PAOK | 13 |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final Four, 2nd place |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| AEK | Champions League | Playoffs, Round of 16 |
| Aris | Champions League | Playoffs, Round of 16 |
| PAOK | Champions League | Playoffs, Round of 16 |