2014–15 Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League
Champions	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 16th title
Runners-up	Donar
Semifinalists	ZZ Leiden Landstede Zwolle
Teams	9
Games played	32
Duration	10 October 2014 – 28 May 2015
Top seed	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Major awards
MVP	Lance Jeter
Playoffs MVP	Brandyn Curry
Statistical leaders
Points	Yannick Franke 19.6
Rebounds	Kenneth van Kempen 11.0
Assists	Lance Jeter 5.0

The 2014–15 Dutch Basketball League season will be the 55th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The defending champion was Donar from Groningen.

The league started the season with nine teams, after Matrixx Magixx didn't enter. In December the number of teams was reduced to eight, after Den Helder Kings went bankrupt.

Top seeded SPM Shoeters won the league, by beating Donar 4–1 in the Finals.

Teams

Location of teams in 2014–15 Dutch Basketball League

Before the season Magixx announced it would withdraw from the DBL, because they couldn't get the amount of money that was required together.^[1] Thereby the league would start with nine teams. In December, Den Helder Kings left as well.

Club	City	Arena	Capacity	Head coach	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
BC Apollo	Amsterdam	Apollohal	7003150000000000000♠1,500	Jaanus Liivak	–	Peak
~~Port of Den Helder Kings~~ ¹	Den Helder	KingsDome	7003150000000000000♠1,500	Jean-Marc Jaumin	Port of Den Helder	Macron
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort Sports and Events	7003280000000000000♠2,800	Sam Jones	SPM Shoes & Boots	Joma
Donar	Groningen	MartiniPlaza	7003431000000000000♠4,310	Ivica Skelin	–	Kix
Challenge Sports Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum	7003100000000000000♠1,000	Armand Salomon	Challenge Sports	Kelme
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Sporthal Kalverdijkje	7003170000000000000♠1,700	Tom Simpson	Univé	Jako
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	7003200000000000000♠2,000	Eddy Casteels	Zorg en Zekerheid	Panzari Sports
BSW ²	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven		Niels Vorenhout	Maxxcom	Spalding
Landstede Basketbal	Zwolle	Landstede Sportcentrum	7003120000000000000♠1,200	Herman van den Belt	Landstede	Hummel

Notes: ^1 Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt and all records of the team were expunged on 15 December 2014.^[2]; ^2 Till 1 January 2015, BSW was known as "Maxxcom BSW" for sponsorship reasons.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014–15 DBL transactions

Regular Season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	28	24	4	2374	1884	+490	48	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	28	22	6	2418	2006	+412	44	Qualification to semi-finals
3	Donar	28	21	7	2225	1903	+322	42	Qualification to quarter-finals
4	Landstede Basketbal	28	20	8	2322	1999	+323	40
5	Challenge Sports Rotterdam	28	8	20	2204	2426	−222	16
6	Aris Leeuwarden	28	8	20	2202	2464	−262	16
7	Apollo Amsterdam	28	5	23	1880	2297	−417	10
8	BSW	28	4	24	1765	2322	−557	8

Source: Dutch Basketball League, Scoresway

Results

	AMS	DBO	GRO	LEE	ROT	LEI	WEE	ZWO
Apollo Amsterdam		52–88	56–85	76–82	66–90	75–87	61–64	46–77
Apollo Amsterdam		70–92	60–77	82–62	87–80	73–76	82–62	58–72
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	111–60		76–59	93–66	81–59	82–77	95–57	79–56
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	87–57		84–79	108–80	108–65	91–78	80–61	70–92
Donar Groningen	79–55	78–67		86–54	85–75	70–72	92–62	74–78
Donar Groningen	74–55	69–63		80–56	93–77	70–65	92–50	68–78
Aris Leeuwarden	89–97	72–94	92–86		91–92	81–101	73–61	79–87
Aris Leeuwarden	97–91	75–89	79–97		87–73	76–89	91–85	77–83
Challenge Sports Rotterdam	96–70	65–90	52–70	110–85		73–86	93–81	88–92
Challenge Sports Rotterdam	72–68	74–95	78–104	74–75		72–109	84–58	58–89
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	95–66	66–67	72–81	113–81	97–89		102–55	76–54
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	97–61	65–69	76–72	94–83	107–76		85–45	93–80
BS Weert	75–64	56–88	53–71	65–94	81–83	59–73		56–84
BS Weert	69–80	49–80	64–67	86–75	83–82	53–99		62–83
Landstede Zwolle	77–74	82–81	73–84	89–77	94–89	79–86	85–59
Landstede Zwolle	68–66	65–66	81–83	84–56	94–85	73–82	84–54

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 DBL Playoffs

Quarterfinals (Best of 3)				Semifinals (Best of 7)								Finals (Best of 7)



(4) Landstede	105	81	0

(5) Challenge Sports Rotterdam	62	73	0
				(1) SPM Shoeters	85	66	74	86	82	68	87

				(4) Landstede	70	87	88	73	63	78	77



												(1) SPM Shoeters	93	70	80	62	85	0	0

												(3) Donar	54	61	72	67	64	0	0
(3) Donar	101	87	0

(6) Aris Leeuwarden	66	73	0
				(2) ZZ Leiden	86	63	69	59	85	71	0

				(3) Donar	80	78	79	63	56	77	0

Because the number of teams in the DBL decreased to 9, a new Playoff format was chosen. After the seeds 3 till 6 played a best-of-three series in the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and finals would be played in a best-of-seven system.^[3]

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch – 2014–15 Dutch League – Champions

4 Slagter 5 Johnson 6 Nguyen 7 Wessels 8 Denson 8 Schilder 10 De Pagter 11 Curry 12 Akerboom 13 Adriaans 14 De Vries 15 Aarts

Head coach: Jones

Awards

Lance Jeter was named league MVP

Award	Player	Team
Most Valuable Player	Lance Jeter	Donar
Playoffs MVP	Brandyn Curry	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Statistical Player of the Year	Joe Burton	Landstede Basketbal
Defensive Player of the Year	Mohamed Kherrazi	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Coach of the Year	Ivica Skelin	Donar
MVP U23	Yannick Franke	Challenge Sports Rotterdam
Most Improved Player	Yannick Franke	Challenge Sports Rotterdam
Sixth Man of the Year	Dylon Cormier	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Rookie of the Year	Daan Rosenmuller	BSW

All-Star Team
Lance Jeter	Donar
Brandyn Curry	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Worthy de Jong	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Mark Sanchez	Donar
Joe Burton	Landstede Basketbal

All-Rookie Team
Nigel Van Oostrum	Aris Leeuwarden
Mick Fleuren	BSW
Daan Rosenmuller	BSW
Nigel Onuoha	Challenge Sports Rotterdam
Jan Driessen	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden

All-Defense Team
J.T. Tiller	Landstede Basketbal
Worthy de Jong	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Mohamed Kherrazi	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Stefan Wessels	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Joe Burton	Landstede Basketbal

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1	Yannick Franke	Challenge Sports Rotterdam	19.64
2	Marquise Simmons	Aris Leeuwarden	16.30
3	Lance Jeter	Donar	15.80

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1	Kenneth van Kempen	BSW	11.00
2	Ryan Watkins	Aris Leeuwarden	10.15
3	Marquise Simmons	Aris Leeuwarden	8.04

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1	Lance Jeter	Donar	4.96
2	Brandyn Curry	SPM Shoeters	4.92
3	Rogier Jansen	ZZ Leiden	4.85

Notable occurrences

On May 29, 2014 Zorg en Zekerheid extended its sponsorship contract with three more years.^[4]
On May 13, 2014 it was announced ZZ Leiden and Toon van Helfteren – who won six trophies with the club – would part ways.^[5] On May 30, the Belgian Eddy Casteels coach was hired as new head coach.^[6]
On June 6, 2014 Matrixx Magixx announced the club was close to bankruptcy because they had trouble finding a new main sponsor.

On July 21, 2014, Magixx announced it would withdraw its participation for this season, after they couldn't reach a high enough budget.^[1]

On September 29, 2014, the first game ever of the Dutch Talent League (DTL) was played. This league was the newly formed development league of the DBL, mainly made for players under age 25.
On August 9, 2014, BC Apollo announced that it would play in the DBL after working a long time to reach the budget standard.^[7]
On August 16, 2014, Groningen announced it would be named Donar again.^[8]
On August 29, 2014, the DBL announced this season a new Playoffs system would be used. Just 6 teams would qualify this season, compared to 8 last year.^[3]
On December 2, 2014, Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt.^[9]

References

1 2 "Magixx krijgt begroting niet rond - Matrixx Magixx". Magixx.nl. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
↑ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
1 2 "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
↑ "Zorg en Zekerheid verlengt hoofdsponsorschap Leiden Basketball". Zorgenzekerheid.nl. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
↑ "ZZ Leiden niet verder met coach Toon van Helfteren". Omroepwest.nl. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
↑ "Casteels coach ZZ Leiden". Nos.nl. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
↑ "BC Apollo Amsterdam blijft in de DBL". DBL. 9 August 2014.
↑ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
↑ De Kings is officieel failliet verklaard De Kings is officieel failliet verklaard

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