2017 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė
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| Tournament details | |
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| Arena |
Žalgiris Arena Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Dates | 14–19 February 2017 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Žalgiris |
| Runners-up | Lietkabelis |
| Third place | Juventus |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |
 Edgaras Ulanovas
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The 2017 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė, also known as KIDY Tour – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė for sponsorship purposes, was the second edition of the Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup. On 18 February 2016 it was announced that Kaunas would host the tournament.
Lietuvos rytas were the defending champion, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Juventus.
Žalgiris won their first title, beating Lietkabelis 84–63 in the final.Juventus managed to win bronze medals, defeating Vytautas. Žalgiris forward Edgaras Ulanovas was awarded as MVP of the tournament.
Tournament format was slightly changed before 2017. Quarterfinals were separated from final matches and played in home team arenas. Due to these changes tournament length was extended from 3 to 6 days.
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2016–17 LKL regular season qualified to the tournament.
The draw of the 2017 Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė was held on 9 January 2017 at 14:00 EET in Town Hall of Kaunas. The seeded teams were paired with the non-seeded teams for the quarterfinals. The location of these matches was determined by the luck of the draw.
^REP Deividas Gailius was selected as Margiris Normantas replacement.
^REP Tadas Rinkūnas was selected as Ben Magden replacement.
^REP Rytis Pipiras was selected as Drew Gordon replacement.
^INJ Isaiah Hartenstein was unable to participate due to an injury
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