2018 NAPB season
The 2018 NAPB season was the inaugural season for the North American Premier Basketball. For 2018, the league consists of eight teams: the Albany Patroons, Kansas City Tornados, Kentucky Thoroughbreds, Nevada Desert Dogs, Ohio Cardinals, Rochester Razorsharks, Vancouver Knights, and Yakima SunKings.
| 2018 NAPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | NAPB |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | December 31, 2017 – April 28, 2018 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Vance Cooksey |
| Picked by | Vancouver Knights |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Yakima SunKings |
| Season MVP | Edwin Ubiles (Albany) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Yakima SunKings |
| Runners-up | Albany Patroons |
| Finals MVP | Renaldo Major |
The Ohio Cardinals were replaced after 23 games by the Ohio Bootleggers, a semi-professional team in the North American Basketball League that also apparently had taken over operations of the Vancouver Knights sometime during the season. The Knights also had become a travel team at that point and was transferred to a new ownership group that was never identified.
The season ended with the SunKings defeating the Patroons two-games-to-none in the best-of-three finals to win the inaugural NAPB championship.