2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season

2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach	Lionel Hollins
General manager	Chris Wallace
Arena	FedExForum
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 4th (Southwest) Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Tennessee, SportSouth
Radio	WRBO

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 let alone playoff game by defeating the San Antonio Spurs in 6 games.

Key dates

June 24, 2010 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
July 1, 2010 – The free agency period began.
February 8, 2011 – Tony Allen was inserted into the starting lineup in a game against Oklahoma City, in place of an injured Rudy Gay and suspended O.J. Mayo. Allen produced 27 points, five steals and three blocks while spending most of the contest guarding Kevin Durant and in a postgame interview, coined the phrase "Grit. Grind." that became part of Memphis' team identity going forward.^[1]
February 24, 2011 – The Grizzlies trade Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and a future first-round draft pick to the Houston Rockets for Shane Battier and Ishmael Smith. An attempted trade of O. J. Mayo to the Indiana Pacers for Josh McRoberts and a 2011 first-round draft pick did not make the trade deadline.
April 8, 2011 – The Grizzlies clinch a playoff berth after a victory over the Sacramento Kings.

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	12	Henry, XavierXavier Henry	Guard	United States	Kansas (Fr.)
1	25	Jones, DominiqueDominique Jones	Guard	United States	USF (Jr.)
1	28	Vásquez, GreivisGreivis Vásquez	Guard	Venezuela	Maryland (Sr.)

Roster

2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Allen, Tony	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Oklahoma State
4.0 !F	00	USA !	Arthur, Darrell	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kansas
2.5 !G/F	31	USA !	Battier, Shane	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Duke
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Conley, Mike	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Ohio State
6.0 !C	33	ESP !	Gasol, Marc	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Spain
3.0 !SF	22	USA !	Gay, Rudy (C, IN)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Connecticut
6.0 !C	15	IRN !	Haddadi, Hamed	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Iran
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Henry, Xavier (IN)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Kansas
2.0 !SG	32	USA !	Mayo, O. J.	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Southern California
4.0 !F	7	USA !	Powe, Leon	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	UC Berkeley
4.5 !PF	50	USA !	Randolph, Zach (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Michigan State
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Smith, Ishmael	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Wake Forest
1.0 !PG	21	VEN !	Vasquez, Greivis	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Maryland
3.0 !SF	4	USA !	Young, Sam	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Pittsburgh

Head coach

Lionel Hollins (Arizona State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

At the end of the season:

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Marc Gasol	Hamed Haddadi
PF	Zach Randolph	Darrell Arthur	Leon Powe
SF	O. J. Mayo	Shane Battier		Rudy Gay
SG	Tony Allen	Sam Young		Xavier Henry
PG	Mike Conley	Greivis Vásquez	Ish Smith

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 8–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–0)

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	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
#	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

Game log

2010–11 game log
Total: 46–36 (Home: 30–11; Road: 16–25)

October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)

November: 6–9 (Home: 5–3; Road: 1–6)

December: 6–8 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–6)

January: 11–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 5–5)

February: 8–4 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–3)

March: 9–5 (Home: 7–2; Road: 2–3)

April: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. San Antonio: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)

Western Conference Semifinals vs. Oklahoma City: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)

2011 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Allen, Tony !Tony Allen	70	29	20.5	.509	.182	.756	2.7	1.4	1.80	.59	8.9
Arthur, Darrell !Darrell Arthur	76	7	20.2	.499	.000	.822	4.3	0.6	.66	.78	9.2
Battier, Shane !Shane Battier*	19	0	24.1	.390	.294	.900	4.0	1.4	.79	.53	4.4
Carney, Rodney !Rodney Carney*	2	0	2.5	.333	.000	.0	0.5	0.0	.50	.0	1.0
Carroll, DeMarre !DeMarre Carroll*	7	0	5.6	.444	.0	1.000	1.1	0.3	.14	.14	1.4
Conley, Mike !Mike Conley	78	78	35.6	.444	.368	.736	3.1	6.6	1.77	.23	13.8
Gasol, Marc !Marc Gasol	77	77	32.1	.528	.429	.738	7.0	2.5	.95	1.65	11.6
Gay, Rudy !Rudy Gay	54	54	39.9	.471	.396	.805	6.2	2.8	1.69	1.07	19.8
Haddadi, Hamed !Hamed Haddadi	27	0	4.1	.512	.000	.500	1.8	0.1	.04	.37	1.7
Henry, Xavier !Xavier Henry	38	16	13.9	.406	.118	.635	1.0	0.5	.29	.08	4.3
Law, Acie !Acie Law*	11	0	8.5	.158	.000	.600	1.0	1.3	.36	.0	1.1
Mayo, O. J. !O. J. Mayo	67	15	26.3	.409	.370	.738	2.4	2.0	1.01	.37	11.2
Powe, Leon !Leon Powe*	12	0	8.9	.622	.000	.667	1.4	0.3	.25	.0	6.5
Randolph, Zach !Zach Randolph	73	72	36.4	.502	.190	.759	12.2	2.1	.81	.34	20.0
Smith, Ishmael !Ish Smith*	12	0	5.8	.143	.000	.375	0.2	0.8	.33	.0	0.8
Thabeet, Hasheem !Hasheem Thabeet*	45	0	8.2	.436	.0	.543	1.7	0.1	.20	.33	1.2
Vasquez, Greivis !Greivis Vásquez	66	0	11.8	.392	.266	.800	1.0	2.1	.30	.06	3.3
Williams, Jason !Jason Williams*	11	0	11.3	.310	.200	.0	0.7	2.5	.27	.09	1.9
Young, Sam !Sam Young	74	42	19.6	.470	.304	.778	2.2	0.8	.88	.30	6.9

As of April 7.^[2]
* – Stats with the Grizzlies.

Playoffs

Memphis won their first playoff series, first playoff game, and became only the second #8 seed team to defeat a #1 seed in a best of seven Playoff Series in the history of the NBA by defeating the San Antonio Spurs in six games.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Week	Player	Ref.
Jan. 3 – Jan. 9	Zach Randolph	^[3]
Jan. 24 – Jan. 30	Zach Randolph	^[4]
Mar. 28 – Apr. 3	Zach Randolph	^[5]

Month	Player	Ref.
January	Zach Randolph	^[6]

Season

Zach Randolph was named to the All-NBA Third Team. It was his first All-NBA selection.^[7]
Tony Allen was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. It was his first All-Defensive selection.^[8]

Milestones

The Grizzlies won the first playoff game in franchise history with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game 1 of their first round series.^[9]
The Grizzlies won the first home playoff game in franchise history with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game 3 of their first round series.^[10]
The Grizzlies won the first playoff series in franchise history with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game 6 of their first round series. It was also only the fourth time in NBA history an eighth-seeded team defeated a first-seeded team, and only the second time in a best-of-seven series.^[11]

Injuries and surgeries

Rudy Gay suffered a dislocated left shoulder during a February 15 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Gay underwent surgery on March 25 and missed the remainder of the season.^[12]
Xavier Henry missed much of the season with a knee sprain. He declined knee surgery.^[13]

Transactions

Trades

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

Free agents

Additions

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

Subtractions

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

References

Vancouver / Memphis Grizzlies seasons

1990s

2000s

2010s

Memphis Grizzlies

Founded in 1995 Played in Vancouver (1995–2001) Based in Memphis, Tennessee

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Head coaches Draft history Records Seasons Current season

Arenas	General Motors Place Pyramid Arena FedExForum

General managers	Jackson Knight West Wallace

D-League affiliate	Iowa Energy

Administration	Owner Memphis Basketball, LLC (Robert J. Pera, Chairman and Controlling Owner) General Manager, Basketball Operations Chris Wallace Head coach David Fizdale

Culture and lore	Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis Naismith Cup Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment Grit and Grind Growl Towel "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (The Gap Band song) Rick Trotter

Media	TV Fox Sports Tennessee Fox Sports Southeast Radio Radio Network WRBO-FM Announcers Pete Pranica Brevin Knight Sean Tuohy Eric Hasseltine Hank McDowell Elliot Perry

2010–11 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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