2010–11 Pro A season explained

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2010–11 Pro A season
Season:	2010–11
Champions:	SLUC Nancy (2nd title)
Runners Up:	Cholet Basket
Relegated:	JA Vichy Limoges CSP
Teams:	18
Finals Mvp Link:	LNB Pro A Finals MVP
Finals Mvp N:	USA
Award4:	Foreign MVP
Award4 Link:	LNB Pro A MVP
Award4 N:	DOM
Award5:	Domestic MVP
Award5 Winner:	Mickaël Gelabale
Award5 Link:	LNB Pro A MVP
Award5 N:	FRA

The 2010–11 LNB Pro A season was the 89th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 24th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on October 9, 2010, and ended on May 10, 2011. The play-offs were held from May 17, 2011, till June 11, 2011.
SLUC Nancy became the 2010–11 Pro A champions and gained its second French League title after beating defending champion Cholet Basket in the single-game Final, with a score of 74–76.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

At the beginning of the 2010–11 seasonTeams promoted from 2009 to 2010 Pro B (French 2nd division)

• Pau-Lacq-Orthez
• Limoges

Teams relegated to 2010-11 Pro B

• Dijon
• Rouen

At the end of the 2010–11 season

• 2010-11 Pro A Champion: Nancy

Teams promoted from 2010 to 2011 Pro B

• Nanterre
• Dijon

Teams relegated to 2011–12 Pro B

• Vichy
• Limoges

Team Arenas

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	5,000
Cholet Basket	Cholet	La Meilleraie	5,191
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	3,500
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	Hyères – Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000	4,700 2,200
STB Le Havre	Le Havre	Salle des Docks Océane	3,598
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antarès	6,003
CSP Limoges	Limoges	Palais des Sports de Fetes	5,516
ASVEL Basket	Lyon – Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,643
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des Sports Jean Weille	6,027
Orléans Loiret Basket	Orléans	Zénith d'Orléans	5,338
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris – Levallois	Stade Pierre de Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan	4,200 4,000
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez	Pau-Orthez	Palais des Sports de Pau	7,813
Poitiers Basket 86	Poitiers	Les Arènes	4,300
Chorale Roanne Basket	Roanne	Halle André Vacheresse	5,020
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhénus Sport	6,200
JA Vichy	Vichy	Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon	3,300

Team standings

width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90		Clinched playoff berth
width=10px bgcolor=FFCCCC		Relegated

width=20		width=150	Team ^[2]	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1	Cholet	30	22	8	2217	2069
2	Nancy	30	21	9	2272	2207
3	Chalon-sur-Saône	30	20	10	2269	2155
4	Gravelines-Dunkerque	30	20	10	2223	2006
5	Roanne	30	18	12	2279	2185
6	Lyon-Villeurbanne	30	17	13	2277	2243
7	Hyères-Toulon	30	15	15	2235	2252
8	Le Mans	30	14	16	2154	2104
9	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	30	13	17	2164	2234
10	Orléans	30	12	18	2083	2086
11	Strasbourg	30	12	18	2116	2208
12	STB Le Havre	30	12	18	2133	2169
13	Paris-Levallois	30	12	18	2157	2335
14	Poitiers	30	12	18	2065	2167
15	Vichy	30	11	19	2060	2179
16	Limoges	30	9	21	2163	2268

Season Team leader(s)

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Colors = id:Chalon value:rgb(1,0,0) id:Cholet value:rgb(0.6,0,0) id:Gravelines value:rgb(1,0.6,0) id:Hyères value:rgb(0.06, 0.46, 0.86) id:LeHavre value:rgb(0.66, 0.06, 0.06) id:LeMans value:rgb(1,0.4,0) id:Limoges value:rgb(1,1,1) id:Lyon-Villeurbanne value:rgb(0.46,0.86,0.26) id:Nancy value:rgb(1,0,0) id:Orléans value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0) id:Paris value:rgb(0.4,0.4,0.8) id:Pau value:rgb(0,0.8,0.6) id:Poitiers value:rgb(0.2,0.4,0.8) id:Roanne value:rgb(0.2,0.4,1) id:Strasbourg value:rgb(0.9,0,0) id:Vichy value:rgb(1,1,0.2)PlotData= anchor:till bar:Leaders width:15 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:00 till:01 shift:(-10,17) text:"CHO" color:Cholet from:01 till:02 shift:(-10,17) text:"PAR" color:Paris from:02 till:03 shift:(-10,17) text:"NAN" color:Nancy from:03 till:05 shift:(-10,17) text:"GRA" color:Gravelines from:05 till:06 shift:(-10,17) text:"CHO" color:Cholet from:06 till:09 shift:(-10,17) text:"GRA" color:Gravelines from:09 till:17 shift:(-10,17) text:"ROA" color:Roanne from:17 till:30 shift:(-10,17) text:"CHO" color:Cholet

Stats Leaders

Statistic	Player	Team	Average
Points per Game ^[3]	Rick Hughes		19.10
Ranking per Game ^[4]			21.28
Rebounds per Game ^[5]			9.20
Assists per Game ^[6]	Teddy Gipson		5.87
Steals per Game ^[7]	John Linehan		3.08
Blocks per Game ^[8]	Cyril Akpomedah		2.00

Awards

Regular Season MVPs

• "Foreign" MVP: Sammy Mejia^[9] (Cholet)
• "French" MVP: Mickaël Gelabale^[9] (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Finals MVP

• John Linehan^{[9] [10]} (Nancy)

Best Coach

• – Erman Kunter^[9] (Cholet)

Most Improved Player

• Evan Fournier^[9] (Poitiers)

Best Defensive Player

• John Linehan^[9] (Nancy)

Rising Star Award

• Evan Fournier^[9] (Poitiers)

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team
November	Yannick Bokolo^[11]	Gravelines-Dunkerque
December	Tremmell Darden^[12]	Nancy
January	Blake Schilb^[13]	Chalon-sur-Saône
February	Tremmell Darden^[14]	Nancy
March	Pops Mensah-Bonsu^[15]	Lyon-Villeurbanne
April	Sammy Mejia^[16]	Cholet

External links

• LNB website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nancy wins French League! . 2011-06-11. euroleague.net. 2011-06-15.
2. Web site: Classement général, Saison 2010/2011 . 2011-05-11. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.
3. Web site: Moyenne de points . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121325/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=pts&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
4. Web site: Evaluation individuelle . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121342/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=ev&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
5. Web site: Moyenne rebonds . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121411/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=reb&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
6. Web site: Moyenne passes décisives . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121427/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=pd&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
7. Web site: Moyenne interceptions . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121602/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=bpin&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
8. Web site: Moyenne contres . lnb.fr . October 18, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121626/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200008/Tops?top=player&from=2010&to=2010&ycmp=rs&cat=dunkctr&nbres=20 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
9. Web site: Gelabale et Mejia MVP de PROA pour la saison 2010-2011. 2011-05-15. lnb.fr. 2011-06-07. fr.
10. Web site: John Linehan helps Nancy to win French crown . 2011-06-12 . eurojohnbball.com . 2011-10-18.
11. Web site: Yannick Bokolo, élu joueur du mois de Novembre . 2010-12-10. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.
12. Web site: Darden est élu ! . 2011-02-12. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.
13. Web site: Le meilleur joueur du mois de janvier est... Blake Schilb! . 2011-02-12. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.
14. Web site: Darden, February 2011 MVP. 2011-03-12. lequipe.fr. 2011-06-07. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20110818012458/http://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/breves2011/20110311_202926_darden-mvp-du-mois-de-fevrier.html. 2011-08-18. dead.
15. Web site: Pops Mensah Bonsu élu joueur du mois de mars ! . 2011-04-12. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.
16. Web site: Samuel Mejia, meilleur joueur du mois d'avril ! . 2011-05-10. lnb.fr. 2011-10-18. fr.