2006–07 Pro A season

The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.

Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).

Promotion and relegation

Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.

At the beginning of the 2006–07 season

Teams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B

• Besançon
• Orléans

Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B

• Brest
• Rouen

At the end of the 2006–07 season

• 2006-07 Pro A Champion: Roanne

Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B

• Vichy

Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B

• Besançon
• Bourg-en-Bresse
• Reims

Team arenas

Team standings

Playoffs

Awards

Regular Season MVPs

• "Foreign" MVP: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
• "French" MVP: Cyril Julian (Nancy)

Best Coach

• Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)

Best Defensive Player

• Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne)

Rising Star Award

• Nicolas Batum (Le Mans)

References

External links

• LNB website