2017 VBA season
The 2017 VBA season was the second season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on September 5, 2017 and end on November 5, 2017. The playoffs began on November 8, 2017 and ended on December 3, 2017, with the Thang Long Warriors beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games to clinch their first VBA title.
Teams
Venues and locations
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Cantho Catfish | Cần Thơ | Da Nang Sports Arena | |
| Danang Dragons | Đà Nẵng | Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena | |
| Hanoi Buffaloes | Hà Nội | Bach Khoa Sports Arena | |
| Hochiminh City Wings | Ho Chi Minh City | Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena | |
| Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | CIS Sports Arena | |
| Thang Long Warriors | Hà Nội | Su Pham Sports Arena |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Draft
The Thang Long Warriors selected Justin Young first in the inaugural VBA Heritage Player Draft.| Player | Team | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Justin Young | United States | Thang Long Warriors | Hochiminh City Wings / Hanoi Buffaloes |
| 1 | 2 | Vincent Nguyen | Netherlands | Hanoi Buffaloes | Den Bosch |
| 1 | 3 | Henry Nguyen | United States | Hochiminh City Wings | |
| 2 | 4 | Anthony Vo | United States | Hochiminh City Wings | |
| 2 | 5 | Stefan Nguyen | Sweden | Danang Dragons | Danang Dragons / Saigon Heat |
| 2 | 6 | Sang Dinh | United States | Cantho Catfish | Cantho Catfish |
| 2 | 7 | Ryan Le | Canada | Thang Long Warriors | Saigon Heat |
| 2 | 8 | Ryan Arnold | United States | Hanoi Buffaloes | Hanoi Buffaloes |
| 2 | 9 | Jimmy Kien | Australia | Saigon Heat | Danang Dragons |
Import players
Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player.| Team | Heritage 1 | Heritage 2 | Foreign |
| Cantho Catfish |  Tam Dinh | Sang Dinh | DeAngelo Hamilton |
| Danang Dragons | Horace Nguyen | Khoa Tran |  Rudolphe Joly |
| Hanoi Buffaloes |  Vincent Nguyen | Jason Carter | |
| Hochiminh City Wings | Henry Nguyen | Bilal Richardson | |
| Saigon Heat | David Arnold | Anthony Vo | Darius Lewis |
| Thang Long Warriors | Justin Young | Ryan Le | Jaywuan Hill |
Regular season
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Team statistic leaders
Awards
Yearly awards
- Season MVP: Jaywuan Hill
- Season Local MVP: Tô Quang Trung
- Season Heritage MVP: Tam Dinh
- Defensive Player of the Year: DeAngelo Hamilton
- Youth Man of the Year: Nguyễn Hoàng Tuấn
- Sixth Man of the Year: Nguyễn Huỳnh Hải
- Coach of the Year: Kevin Yurkus
MVP of the Week
Notable occurrences
- The VBA held their annual tryouts for players of Vietnamese heritage at Hope International University in Fullerton, CA on May 6–7, 2017.
- The Thang Long Warriors became the league's 6th franchise.
- On May 19, the Saigon Heat and head coach Anthony Garbelotto mutually agreed to terminate his contract after a disappointing season with the ASEAN Basketball League team.
- On June 14, the inaugural VBA Draft was held in HCMC for unsigned heritage players from the 2016 season and selects from the US tryouts.
- The first ever trade in league history happened on June 28 with the Hochiminh City Wings trading the draft rights for Jimmy Kien to the Saigon Heat for the draft rights for Anthony Vo.