2015–16 Liga Nova KBM1
Season	2015–16
Duration	17 October 2015 – 5 June 2016
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	RTV Slovenija Šport TV
Regular season
Top seed	Krka
Season MVP	Jan Barbarič
Relegated	Elektra Šoštanj
Finals
Champions	Helios Suns (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zlatorog Laško
Semifinalists	Krka Union Olimpija
Finals MVP	Marjan Čakarun
Statistical leaders
Points Jan Barbarič 18.6 Rebounds Smiljan Pavič 8.4 Assists Matic Rebec 5.6
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The 2015–16 Slovenian Basketball League was the 25th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. On March 24, 2016, league got new sponsorship name, Liga Nova KBM. ^[1]

The defending champions were Tajfun. From 2. SKL were promoted Škofja Loka and additionally Lastovka, because Grosuplje withdrew from the league. Maribor also withdrew from the league due to bankruptcy.

Format

League consisted of 12 teams, but only nine started the first half of the season, because Olimpija, Krka, and Tajfun played in the regional ABA League and joined the competition in the second half. In the first half of the season, nine teams played each other twice, home and away. First three teams advanced to the second round, where they were joined by three teams competing in the regional league.

Teams

Elektra

Helios

Hopsi

Krka

Lastovka

LTH Castings

Portorož

Rogaška

Šenčur

Tajfun

Olimpija

Zlatorog

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Location of teams in the 2015–16 Slovenian Basketball League

On July 24, 2015 list of teams for 2015–16 season was announced. ^[2]

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elektra Šoštanj	Janko Bukovič	Dušan Maličević	Urban Bukovič		Termoelektrarna Šoštanj
Helios Suns	Aleš Klavžar	Gašper Okorn	Željko Zagorac	Spalding	Helios
Hopsi Polzela	Igor Pungartnik	Boštjan Kuhar	Uroš Godler	Macron	–
Krka	Brane Kastelec	Ivan Velić	Matej Rojc	Žolna Šport	Krka
Lastovka	Bojan Čad	Miloš Šporar	Dragan Pušič	Spalding	vzajemci.si
LTH Castings	Janez Gaber	Aleksander Sekulić	Tomo Čajič	Peak	LTH Castings/Aktiva skupina
Portorož	Alojz Jurjec	Konstantin Subotić	Vjekoslav Petrović	Errea	Splošna plovba
Rogaška	Kristijan Novak	Damjan Novaković	Željko Jotić	Errea	–
Šenčur	Janko Sekne	Igor Kešelj	Štefan Kosec	Macron	Gorenjska gradbena družba
Tajfun	Iztok Špan	Dejan Mihevc	Dragiša Drobnjak	Spalding	Tajfun
Union Olimpija	Jani Möderndorfer	Gašper Potočnik	Saša Zagorac	Macron	Pivovarna Union
Zlatorog Laško	Miro Firm	Predrag Milović	Goran Jurak	Spalding	Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Krka	Aleksandar Džikić	End of contract	–	Pre-season	Ivan Velić	21 June 2015 [3]
Union Olimpija	Memi Bečirovič		–		Gašper Potočnik	10 June 2015 [4]
LTH Casting	Gašper Potočnik		–		Aleksander Sekulić	5 August 2015 [5]
Hopsi	Vladimir Rizman		–		Boštjan Kuhar	2 September 2015 [6]
Lastovka	Dejan Gašparin		–		Miloš Šporar	27 July 2015 [7]
Elektra	Boštjan Kuhar		–		Dušan Maličević	1 October 2015 [8]
Helios Suns	Gašper Okorn	Mutual consent	2 December 2015 [9]	4th (3–3)	Jakša Vulić	4 December 2015 [10]
Zlatorog	Predrag Milović	Sacked	3 December 2015 [11]	5th (3–2)	Aleš Pipan	9 December 2015 [12]
Lastovka	Miloš Šporar	Sacked	10 December 2015 [13]	7th (1–5)	Andrej Žakelj	22 December 2015 [14]

Regular season

Second round

Group A

Group B

Results between teams in the regular season remained in effect for the second round for Group B.

Playoffs

The Playoffs began on Thursday, May 11, 2016 and concluded at June 5, 2016.

Relegation Playoffs

The two bottom teams of the season played against the two best teams from the Slovenian Second Division. All teams played each other at home and away.

Awards

Regular Season MVP

• Smiljan Pavič ( Šenčur)

Season MVP

• Jan Barbarič ( Portorož)

Finals MVP

• Marjan Čakarun ( Helios Suns)

Weekly MVP

Regular season Week MVP [15] Club Efficiency 1 Hugh Robertson Helios Suns 30 2 Miha Vašl Zlatorog 25 3 Matic Rebec Rogaška 44 4 Miha Vašl (2) Zlatorog 30 5 Cory Remekun Rogaška 27 6 Jan Barbarič Portorož 32 7 Jan Barbarič (2) Portorož 32 8 Željko Zagorac Helios Suns 31 9 Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 45 10 c Željko Zagorac (2) Helios Suns 25 Simo Atanacković Helios Suns 25 11 Smiljan Pavič (2) Šenčur 40 12 Jan Barbarič (3) Portorož 32 13 c Željko Zagorac (3) Helios Suns 25 Bojan Radulović LTH Castings 25 14 Cory Remekun (2) Rogaška 32 15 Jan Rizman Hopsi Polzela 32 16 Mladen Primorac Rogaška 28 17 c Milivoje Mijović Rogaška 32 Matej Krušič Zlatorog 32 18 Smiljan Pavič (3) Šenčur 41 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Second round Week MVP [16] Club Efficiency 1 Milivoje Mijović Rogaška 26 2 Sava Lešić Union Olimpija 22 3 Đorđe Lelić Helios Suns 24 4 Sava Lešić (2) Union Olimpija 29 5 Sava Lešić (3) Union Olimpija 24 6 Marjan Čakarun Helios Suns 27 7 Stefan Sinovec Krka 26 8 c Darwin Davis Rogaška 28 Chris Booker Zlatorog 28 9 Marjan Čakarun (2) Helios Suns 31 10 Chris Booker (2) Zlatorog 28 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Jan Barbarič Portorož 23.20 2 Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 21.82 3 Sava Lešić Union Olimpija 17.94

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Jan Barbarič Portorož 18.60 2 Robert Abramović LTH Castings 17.65 3 Bojan Djurica Elektra Šoštanj 16.77

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 8.39 2 Terell Parks Tajfun 8.31 3 Chris Booker Zlatorog Laško 8.11

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Matic Rebec Krka 5.59 2 Daniel Vujasinović Zlatorog Laško 5.20 3 Vjekoslav Petrović Portorož 4.77

References