The 2017–18 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7, 2017, and ended on June 17, 2018.
Teams Promotion and relegation Apollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016–17 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League.
Locations and arenas Club City Arena Capacity AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron Gymnastikos Larissas Faros Larissa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena Kolossos Rhodes City Venetoklio Indoor Hall Koroivos Amaliada Amaliada Indoor Hall Kymis Kymi Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall Lavrio Megabolt Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall Olympiacos Athens (Piraeus) Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall Panionios Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall Trikala Aries Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAEK/ Dragan Šakota Dušan ŠakotaFilaOPAPAris Panagiotis Giannakis Spyros MourtosCAPGymnastikos Larissas Faros Thanasis Skourtopoulos Ioannis VavatsikosKolossos Aris Lykogiannis Ioannis GeorgalisFilaAegean AirlinesKoroivos Dinos Kalampakos Giannis SachpatzidisNickanLouxKymis Ioannis Kastritis Sotirios ManolopoulosErreàSeajetsLavrio Megabolt Christos Serelis Sakis GiannakopoulosNickanNaprosynOlympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis SpanoulisNikeOPAPPanathinaikos Superfoods Xavi Pascual Ian VougioukasAdidasOPAPPanionios Vangelis Ziagkos Nikos MichalosNickanVikos ColaPAOK Ilias Papatheodorou Vangelis MargaritisAthlosOPAPPromitheas Patras Makis Giatras Nikos GkikasSpaldingLouxRethymno Cretan Kings Nikos Vetoulas Charis GiannopoulosNickanOPAPTrikala Aries Fotis Takianos Diamantis SlaftsakisCAPOlympos
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs.
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.
Bracket
Quarterfinals The higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.
Semifinals The higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.
Finals
Third-place series
Final standings
TeamQualification or Relegation 1Panathinaikos36342 Qualification to the EuroLeague*Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract 2Olympiacos36297 3 PAOK342212 Qualification to the Champions League regular season*PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation. 4 Promitheas Patras341915 5 AEK281513 6 Lavrio281414 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup qualification round. 7 Kymis Seajets281414 8 Kolossos Rodou281117 9 Aris261016 Qualification to the Champions League qualification round, as wild card. 10 Rethymno Cretan Kings261016 11 Gymnastikos Larissas Faros26818 12 Panionios26719 13 Koroivos26719Relegation to the Greek A2 League 14 Trikala Aries26422 Awards All official awards of the 2017–18 Greek Basket League. Greek League MVP Player Team Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Greek League Finals MVP Player Team Mike James Panathinaikos All-Greek League Team Player Team G Nick CalathesPanathinaikos G Thad McFadden Kymis F McKenzie Moore Lavrio F Chris SingletonPanathinaikos C Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
Best Coach Player Team Xavi Pascual Panathinaikos Defensive Player of the Year Player Team Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
Best Young Player Player Team Antonis Koniaris PAOK Most Improved Player Player Team Christos Saloustros Promitheas Patras Most Popular Player Player Team Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Most Spectacular Player Player Team Thanasis Antetokounmpo Panathinaikos
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 combined.
Performance index rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Source:
Clubs in European-wide competitions Team Competition Result Olympiacos EuroLeague Playoffs Panathinaikos Playoffs, Quarterfinals AEK FIBA Champions League Final-4, 1st place PAOK Playoffs, Round of 16 Aris Regular season, 8th place
See also 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup 2017–18 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)
References
External links Official Basket League Site Official Basket League Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site