2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season

2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season
2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach	Lionel Hollins
General manager	Chris Wallace
Owners	Michael Heisley
Arena	FedExForum
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 4th (Southwest); Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals; (lost to Thunder 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Tennessee, SportSouth
Radio	WRBO
< 2009–10	2011–12 >

The 2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 16th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the tenth for the franchise in Memphis. The 2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season marked their first playoff appearance since 2006. This season also marked their first playoff win in a series in franchise history by defeating the first seeded San Antonio Spurs in six games in an upset, becoming the fourth eighth seed in league history to win a playoffs series against a number one seed, following the Denver Nuggets in 1994, the New York Knicks in 1999, and the Golden State Warriors in 2007.

Head coachLionel Hollins

General managerChris Wallace

OwnersMichael Heisley

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However, the Grizzlies' season ended with a seven-game loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Semifinals.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	12	Xavier Henry	Guard	United States	Kansas (Fr.)
1	25	Dominique Jones	Guard	United States	USF (Jr.)
1	28	Greivis Vásquez	Guard	Venezuela	Maryland (Sr.)

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–	36–5	25–16	10–6
x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4	29–12	28–13	8–8
x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15	28–13	18–23	9–7
x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15	30–11	16–25	8–8
Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18	25–16	18–23	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15

9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Conley Jr.	PG	81	81	2,872	247	528	144	18	1,107	35.5	3.0	6.5	1.8	.2	13.7
Marc Gasol	C	81	81	2,586	569	200	74	136	951	31.9	7.0	2.5	.9	1.7	11.7
Darrell Arthur	PF	80	9	1,609	342	53	52	63	729	20.1	4.3	.7	.7	.8	9.1
Sam Young	SF	78	46	1,577	187	71	68	23	572	20.2	2.4	.9	.9	.3	7.3
Zach Randolph	PF	75	74	2,724	914	163	63	25	1,504	36.3	12.2	2.2	.8	.3	20.1
Tony Allen	SG	72	31	1,494	193	104	129	44	643	20.8	2.7	1.4	1.8	.6	8.9
O. J. Mayo	SG	71	17	1,869	170	145	73	26	803	26.3	2.4	2.0	1.0	.4	11.3
Greivis Vásquez	PG	70	1	860	73	151	22	4	249	12.3	1.0	2.2	.3	.1	3.6
Rudy Gay	SF	54	54	2,152	336	153	91	58	1,069	39.9	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	19.8
Hasheem Thabeet^†	C	45	0	369	75	4	9	15	53	8.2	1.7	.1	.2	.3	1.2
Xavier Henry	SG	38	16	527	37	18	11	3	165	13.9	1.0	.5	.3	.1	4.3
Hamed Haddadi	C	31	0	168	68	5	2	13	75	5.4	2.2	.2	.1	.4	2.4
Shane Battier^†	SF	23	0	557	92	32	16	10	115	24.2	4.0	1.4	.7	.4	5.0
Leon Powe^†	C	16	0	141	25	5	3	1	88	8.8	1.6	.3	.2	.1	5.5
Ish Smith^†	PG	15	0	113	5	15	5	0	27	7.5	.3	1.0	.3	.0	1.8
Jason Williams^†	PG	11	0	124	8	28	3	1	21	11.3	.7	2.5	.3	.1	1.9
Acie Law^†	PG	11	0	94	11	14	4	0	12	8.5	1.0	1.3	.4	.0	1.1
DeMarre Carroll^†	PF	7	0	39	8	2	1	1	10	5.6	1.1	.3	.1	.1	1.4
Rodney Carney^†	SF	2	0	5	1	0	1	0	2	2.5	.5	.0	.5	.0	1.0

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marc Gasol	C	13	13	519	146	29	14	28	195	39.9	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.2	15.0
Zach Randolph	PF	13	13	515	141	31	14	10	289	39.6	10.8	2.4	1.1	.8	22.2
Mike Conley Jr.	PG	13	13	507	50	83	14	3	197	39.0	3.8	6.4	1.1	.2	15.2
Tony Allen	SG	13	13	350	38	20	25	5	114	26.9	2.9	1.5	1.9	.4	8.8
Sam Young	SF	13	11	256	30	2	6	3	98	19.7	2.3	.2	.5	.2	7.5
O. J. Mayo	SG	13	2	362	41	31	11	4	147	27.8	3.2	2.4	.8	.3	11.3
Shane Battier	SF	13	0	339	52	15	7	6	72	26.1	4.0	1.2	.5	.5	5.5
Darrell Arthur	PF	13	0	201	29	7	7	12	92	15.5	2.2	.5	.5	.9	7.1
Greivis Vásquez	PG	13	0	142	19	25	5	2	56	10.9	1.5	1.9	.4	.2	4.3
Hamed Haddadi	C	9	0	31	8	0	0	5	11	3.4	.9	.0	.0	.6	1.2
Ish Smith	PG	5	0	10	2	2	1	0	4	2.0	.4	.4	.2	.0	.8
Leon Powe	C	4	0	14	4	0	0	0	7	3.5	1.0	.0	.0	.0	1.8

2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Pre-season

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Season

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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Week	Player	Ref.
Jan. 3 – Jan. 9	Zach Randolph	^[2]
Jan. 24 – Jan. 30	Zach Randolph	^[3]
Mar. 28 – Apr. 3	Zach Randolph	^[4]

June 24, 2010	To Dallas Mavericks No. 25 pick (Dominique Jones)	To Memphis Grizzlies Cash considerations
February 24, 2011	To Houston Rockets Hasheem Thabeet DeMarre Carroll Future first-round pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Shane Battier Ishmael Smith

Player	Signed	Former Team
Rudy Gay	Signed 5-year contract for $82 Million	Memphis Grizzlies
Tony Allen	Signed 3-year contract for $10 Million	Boston Celtics
Rodney Carney	Signed 10-day contract	Golden State Warriors

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Lester Hudson	Waived	N/A
Ronnie Brewer	Free agent	Chicago Bulls
Jason Williams	Retired	n/a