2024 VBA season

The 2024 VBA season (Vietnamese: VBA mùa giải 2024) was the ninth season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on 19 June and ended on 11 September.^[1] The playoffs then began on 15 September, and ended on 28 September with the Saigon Heat clinching their 5th straight title after sweeping the Cantho Catfish in the Finals.^[2]

Vietnam Basketball Association
Season	2024
Duration	19 June – 11 September (Regular season) 15 – 28 September (Playoffs)
Games played	20
Teams	6
TV partner(s)	Vietnam: On Sports Online: Facebook Watch TikTok YouTube
Regular season
Top seed	Saigon Heat
Finals
Champions	Saigon Heat
Runners-up	Cantho Catfish
Finals MVP	Elijah Weaver (Saigon)
Statistical leaders
Points Chrishon Briggs (HCMC) 26.2 Rebounds Ruot Monyyong (Hanoi) 14.3 Assists Devin Peterson (Hanoi) 8.3
← 2023 2025 →

The league lost a team after the Thang Long Warriors announced that they would sit out the season due to financial issues. In a move to help other teams dealing with financial woes, the league moved the operations for the Cantho Catfish, Danang Dragons and Nha Trang Dolphins to Ho Xuan Huong Arena in Ho Chi Minh City.

Teams

The league consists of 6 teams, after the Thang Long Warriors announced that they would sit out the season due to financial issues.

Locations, venues and personnel

Team	Home city	Arena	Head coach
Hanoi Buffaloes	Hanoi	Tay Ho Sports Complex	Erik Rashad
Cantho Catfish	Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Xuan Huong Arena	Le Tran Minh Nghia
Danang Dragons			Todd Purves
Hochiminh City Wings			Lee Tao Dana
Nha Trang Dolphins			Chris Daleo
Saigon Heat		CIS Arena	David Grice

Coaching Transactions

Coaching changes

Team	2023 season	2024 season
Off-season
Saigon Heat	Matt Van Pelt	David Grice
Nha Trang Dolphins	Predrag Lukic	Chris Daleo
Hochiminh City Wings	Erik Olson	Lee Tao Dana
Cantho Catfish	Jordan Collins	Le Tran Minh Nghia

Foreign players

Teams are allowed to register two foreign players and one heritage player. Heritage players are designated players who have Vietnamese heritage or have been naturalized. They do not count against the teams allotted foreign player slots.

Team	Player 1	Player 1	Heritage Player	Replaced
Cantho Catfish	Yevgen Sakhniuk	Dakota Zinser	Tam Dinh	Joshua Keyes
Danang Dragons	Max Allen	Marquis Davison	Bryan Nguyen
Hanoi Buffaloes	Ruot Monyyong	Devin Peterson	Hassan Thomas	Eric Frederick
Hochiminh City Wings	Chrishon Briggs	Maurice Gordon	Khoa Tran
Nha Trang Dolphins	Mykal Jenkins	Joe Mvuezolo	Dominique Tham
Saigon Heat	Jevonnie Scott	Elijah Weaver

Regular season

The regular season began on 11 June 2024. The regular season came to an end on 11 September 2024 with the Saigon Heat finishing top of the league, claiming their 4th straight Supporters' Cup.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Saigon Heat	20	15	5	1680	1536	+144	Qualification to playoffs
2	Hanoi Buffaloes	20	13	7	1678	1679	−1
3	Cantho Catfish	20	11	9	1555	1563	−8
4	Nha Trang Dolphins	20	11	9	1687	1599	+88
5	Danang Dragons	20	7	13	1636	1692	−56
6	Ho Chi Minh City Wings	20	3	17	1672	1839	−167

Source: VBA

Results

Games 1–30

Home \ Away	CTC	DND	HNB	HCM	NTD	SGH
Cantho Catfish		90–101	74–68	93–74	85–72	62–83
Danang Dragons	83–66		89–98	91–80	68–85	80–88
Hanoi Buffaloes	88–77	60–88		102–79	85–83	72–95
Hochiminh City Wings	81–82	82–85	91–102		99–95	81–85
Nha Trang Dolphins	73–91	90–86	113–81	97–74		60–89
Saigon Heat	72–62	88–84	87–84	89–82	84–75

Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Games 31–60

Home \ Away	CTC	DND	HNB	HCM	NTD	SGH
Cantho Catfish		84–76	82–89	87–78	72–58	68–78
Danang Dragons	70–84		69–78	96–93	69–95	74–69
Hanoi Buffaloes	60–82	91–82		96–83	72–100	82–74
Hochiminh City Wings	80–81	97–88	91–111		73–84	107–108
Nha Trang Dolphins	82–64	94–79	80–81	92–68		94–91
Saigon Heat	97–69	80–78	60–78	75–79	88–65

Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 15 September.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Finals
	1 Saigon Heat	2
	4 Nha Trang Dolphins	0
					1 Saigon Heat	3
					3 Cantho Catfish	0
	2 Hanoi Buffaloes	0
	3 Cantho Catfish	2

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
(1) Saigon Heat	2–0	(4) Nha Trang Dolphins	84–82	86–81	–
(2) Hanoi Buffaloes	0–2	(3) Cantho Catfish	59–75	74–81	–

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(1) Saigon Heat	3–0	(3) Cantho Catfish	98–89	97–86	95–83	–	–

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Chrishon Briggs	Hochiminh City Wings	26.2
Assists per game	Devin Peterson	Hanoi Buffaloes	8.3
Rebounds per game	Ruot Monyyong	Hanoi Buffaloes	14.3
Steals per game	Bryan Nguyen	Danang Dragons	3.1
Blocks per game	Ruot Monyyong	Hanoi Buffaloes	2.3
Field goal percentage	Mykal Jenkins	Nha Trang Dolphins	61.4%
Three point FG percentage	Max Allen	Danang Dragons	35.2%

Awards

Yearly awards

2024 VBA Awards

Award	Recipient	Team
Most Valuable Player	Yevgen Sakhniuk	Cantho Catfish
Most Valuable Local Player	Nguyễn Huỳnh Phú Vinh	Saigon Heat
Most Valuable Heritage Player	Hassan Thomas	Hanoi Buffaloes
Most Popular Player of the Year	Đặng Thái Hưng	Cantho Catfish
Defensive Player of the Year	Yevgen Sakhniuk	Cantho Catfish
Rookie of the Year	Tim De Kok	Ho Chi Minh City Wings
Sixth Man of the Year	Đặng Thái Hưng	Cantho Catfish
Most Improved Player	Huỳnh Trực Nhân	Danang Dragons
Coach of the Year	Lê Trần Minh Nghĩa	Cantho Catfish

Notable occurrences

• On 20 August 2024, Tam Dinh became the first player to register 2,500 career points in league history.