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Liga Nova KBM
Season	2016–17
Duration	3 October 2016 – 24 May 2017
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	RTV Slovenija Šport TV
Regular season
Top seed	Krka
Season MVP	Igor Tratnik
Relegated	Terme Olimia Podčetrtek LTH Castings Portorož
Finals
Champions	Union Olimpija (16th title)
Runners-up	Rogaška
Semifinalists	Krka Zlatorog Laško
Finals MVP	Devin Oliver
Statistical leaders
Points Duda Sanadze 17.3 Rebounds Jakob Čebašek 8.6 Assists Daniel Vujasinović 8.3
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.

Helios Suns were the defending champions. KK Union Olimpija won their 16th national title, defeating KK Rogaška 3–1 in the final.

Format

The 12 teams of the league play a double-legged round-robin competition where the six first qualified teams will join the playoffs for the title. The four last qualified teams will join the relegation group where the three worst qualified teams will be relegated.

Teams

Sixt Primorska was created after the merge of KOŠ Koper and KK Lastovka and occupied the place of this team in the league.

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Helios Suns	Aleš Klavžar	Dejan Čikić	Luka Vončina	Spalding	Helios
Hopsi Polzela	Igor Pungartnik	Boštjan Kuhar	Uroš Godler	Macron	–
Krka	Brane Kastelec	Simon Petrov	Matej Rojc	Žolna Šport	Krka
LTH Castings	Janez Gaber	Rade Mijanović	Sandi Grubelič	Peak	LTH Castings/Aktiva skupina
Portorož	Bojan Kocjančič	Konstantin Subotić	Boban Vuković	Peak	Splošna plovba
Rogaška	Kristijan Novak	Damjan Novaković	Tadej Ferme	Luanvi	–
Šenčur	Janko Sekne	Gregor Vodenik	Štefan Kosec	Macron	Gorenjska gradbena družba
Sixt Primorska	Bojan Čad	Aleksander Sekulić	Vjekoslav Petrović	Errea	Sixt
Tajfun	Iztok Špan	Jurica Golemac	Milan Sebič	Spalding	Tajfun
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	Darko Šket	Andrej Žakelj	Boštjan Trupaj	Peak	Terme Olimia
Union Olimpija	Jani Möderndorfer	Gašper Okorn	Mirko Mulalić	Macron	Pivovarna Union
Zlatorog Laško	Miro Firm	Aleš Pipan	Matej Krušič	Luanvi	Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Krka	Vladimir Anzulović	End of contract	–	Pre-season	Dejan Mihevc	8 June 2016
LTH Castings	Aleksander Sekulić		–		Tomaž Fartek	2 September 2016
Primorska	Andrej Žakelj		–		Aleksander Sekulić	19 August 2016
Tajfun	Dejan Mihevc		–		Krešimir Bašić	9 July 2016
Union Olimpija	Gašper Potočnik	Mutual consent	29 June 2016		Gašper Okorn	11 August 2016
Tajfun	Krešimir Bašić	Sacked	18 October 2016	11th (0–2)	Jurica Golemac	23 October 2016
LTH Castings	Tomaž Fartek	Mutual consent	27 October 2016	12th (0–3)	Rade Mijanović	28 October 2016
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	Boris Zrinski	Mutual consent	23 December 2016	11th (1–10)	Andrej Žakelj	29 December 2016
Helios Suns	Jakša Vulić	Mutual consent	30 January 2017	6th (9–5)	Dejan Čikić	30 January 2017
Krka	Dejan Mihevc	Sacked	26 February 2017	2nd (15–3)	Simon Petrov	26 February 2017
Šenčur	Ernest Novak	Mutual consent	27 February 2017	9th (6–13)	Gregor Vodenik	2 March 2017

Regular season

Second stage

Group for the title

Relegation group

Results of the first stage between teams involved counted for this stage.

Playoffs

The Playoffs began on Saturday, May 5, 2017 and concluded at May 24, 2017.

Awards

Regular Season MVP

• Jakob Čebašek (Hopsi)

Season MVP

• Igor Tratnik (Zlatorog)

Finals MVP

• Devin Oliver (Union Olimpija)

Weekly MVP

Regular season Week MVP Club Efficiency 1 Urban Durnik Zlatorog 26 2 Nikola Gajić Primorska 30 3 Igor Tratnik Zlatorog 35 4 Brandon Jefferson Union Olimpija 29 5 Victor Robbins LTH Castings 30 6 Tomaž Bolčina Helios Suns 30 7 Miha Fon Rogaška 31 8 Tadej Ferme Rogaška 31 9 Jakob Čebašek Hopsi 38 10 Daniel Vujasinović Tajfun 35 11 Taylor Johns Rogaška 29 12 Nejc Zupan Primorska 31 13 Devin Oliver Union Olimpija 33 14 Dražen Bubnić Union Olimpija 35 15 Jakob Čebašek (2) Hopsi 27 16 Brandon Jefferson (2) Union Olimpija 30 17 Gregor Hrovat Union Olimpija 34 18 Jure Pelko Union Olimpija 25 19 Jan Rebec LTH Castings 26 20 Jan Barbarič Union Olimpija 33 21 Devin Oliver (2) Union Olimpija 30 22 Devin Oliver (3) Union Olimpija 30

Second round Week MVP Club Efficiency 1 Devin Oliver Union Olimpija 21 2 Matic Rebec Krka 23 3 Devin Oliver (2) Union Olimpija 39 4 Igor Tratnik Zlatorog 23 Jan Špan Zlatorog 23 5 Darwin Davis Rogaška 28 6 Žiga Dimec Krka 23 7 Ron Curry Krka 28 Igor Tratnik (2) Zlatorog 28 8 Dominique Elliott Krka 24 9 Devin Oliver (3) Union Olimpija 28 10 Gregor Hrovat Union Olimpija 30 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Igor Tratnik Zlatorog 19.45 2 Devin Oliver Union Olimpija 19.29 3 Jakob Čebašek Hopsi Polzela 18.63

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Duda Sanadze Primorska 17.32 2 Igor Tratnik Zlatorog 16.93 3 Darwin Davis Rogaška 16.40

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Jakob Čebašek Hopsi Polzela 8.63 2 Taylor Johns Rogaška 8.26 3 Khaliq Spicer Tajfun 7.61

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Daniel Vujasinović Tajfun 8.29 2 Jure Močnik Helios Suns 6.12 3 Darwin Davis Rogaška 5.03

References

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8. Olimpija nima več trenerja
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14. "Slovenski prvoligaški novinec odstavil trenerja". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
15. "Andrej Žakelj novi trener Podčetrtka". Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
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17. "Krka odpustila Dejana Mihevca!". Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
18. "Novega trenerja bodo dobili tudi igralci Šenčurja". Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
19. "Šenčur bo odslej vodil selektor slovenske reprezentance v košarki na vozičkih". Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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21. "Košarkarska zveza Slovenije: 2016/17". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.

External links

• Slovenian Basketball Federation

• Slovenian Basketball League seasons
• 2016–17 in European basketball leagues
• 2016–17 in Slovenian basketball