# 2016–17 Pro A season

The 2016–17 Pro A season was the 95th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). The season started on 24 September 2016 and ended on 24 June 2017.
A total of 330 games were played over the season, as Élan Chalon won its second national championship in club history after beating SIG Strasbourg in the playoff finals. D. J. Cooper of Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez was named Most Valuable Player of the regular season.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

Rouen Métropole Basket and STB Le Havre were relegated after finishing in the last two spots in the 2015–16 Pro A season. Hyères-Toulon Var Basket was promoted after it was crowned as the new Pro B champions. ESSM Le Portel was promoted from the Pro B after winning the promotion play-offs.

### Locations and arenas

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Antibes Sharks | Antibes | Azur Arena Antibes | 5,249 |
| Monaco | Fontvieille, Monaco | Salle Gaston Médecin | 3,700 |
| ASVEL ● | Lyon–Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,556 |
| BCM Gravelines Dunkerque | Gravelines | Sportica | 3,500 |
| Champagne Châlons Reims | Reims | Complexe René-Tys | 3,000 |
| Cholet Basket | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
| Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | Pau | Palais des Sports de Pau | 7,707 |
| Élan Chalon | Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 5,000 |
| ESSM Le Portel ◆ | Le Portel | Le Chaudron | 3,500 |
| Hyères-Toulon Var Basket | Hyères–Toulon | Palais des Sports de Toulon | 4,700 |
| JDA Dijon | Dijon | Palais des Sports de Dijon | 5,000 |
| Nanterre 92 | Nanterre | Palais des Sports de Nanterre | 3,000 |
| Le Mans Sarthe Basket | Le Mans | Antarès | 6,003 |
| Limoges CSP | Limoges | Beaublanc | 6,000 |
| 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 |
| SLUC Nancy Basket | Nancy | Palais des Sports Jean Weille | 6,027 |
| SIG Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |

   #### Notes

    ◆ Team makes its debut in the Pro A.
    ● The defending champions, winners of the 2015–16 Pro A season.

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last two qualified teams will be relegated to the Pro B.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PR | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2869 | 2504 | 1.146 | .882 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Élan Chalon | 34 | 27 | 7 | 2871 | 2592 | 1.108 | .794 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Nanterre 92 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2765 | 2580 | 1.072 | .735 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | SIG Strasbourg | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2689 | 2468 | 1.090 | .676 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2678 | 2551 | 1.050 | .647 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Paris-Levallois | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2609 | 2463 | 1.059 | .588 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | ESSM Le Portel | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2499 | 2384 | 1.048 | .559 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | ASVEL | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2550 | 2544 | 1.002 | .559 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | BCM Gravelines Dunkerque | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2662 | 2694 | 0.988 | .471 | |
| 10 | Limoges CSP | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2606 | 2677 | 0.973 | .441 | |
| 11 | Cholet | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2504 | 2643 | 0.947 | .412 | |
| 12 | Le Mans Sarthe | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2452 | 2565 | 0.956 | .412 | |
| 13 | JDA Dijon | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2486 | 2567 | 0.968 | .353 | |
| 14 | Antibes Sharks | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2442 | 2596 | 0.941 | .353 | |
| 15 | Hyères-Toulon Var | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2450 | 2546 | 0.962 | .324 | |
| 16 | Champagne Châlons Reims | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2660 | 2886 | 0.922 | .294 | |
| 17 | Orléans Loiret (R) | 34 | 9 | 25 | 2454 | 2720 | 0.902 | .265 | Relegation to Pro B |
| 18 | SLUC Nancy (R) | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2553 | 2819 | 0.906 | .235 | Relegation to Pro B |

## Playoffs

The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the semi-finals and finals were played in a best-of-five format. The higher seeded team would get home advantage during the series.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1Monaco | 1Monaco | 1Monaco | 69 | 71 | 71 | | | | | | |
| 8ASVEL | 8ASVEL | 8ASVEL | 72 | 66 | 74 | | | | | | |
| 8ASVEL | 8ASVEL | 8ASVEL | 72 | 66 | 74 | 8ASVEL | 74 | 74 | 64 | 64 | 69 |
| | | | | | | 4SIG Strasbourg | 72 | 73 | 67 | 68 | 70 |
| 4SIG Strasbourg | 4SIG Strasbourg | 4SIG Strasbourg | 92 | 83 | 72 | 4SIG Strasbourg | 72 | 73 | 67 | 68 | 70 |
| 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 102 | 68 | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 5Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 102 | 68 | 68 | | | | | | | 4SIG Strasbourg | 75 | 74 | 70 | 84 | 65 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2Élan Chalon | 89 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 74 |
| 2Élan Chalon | 2Élan Chalon | 2Élan Chalon | 2Élan Chalon | 76 | 88 | | | | | | | 2Élan Chalon | 89 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 74 |
| 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 63 | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 7ESSM Le Portel | 63 | 74 | 2Élan Chalon | 2Élan Chalon | 72 | 84 | 69 | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6Paris-Levallois | 6Paris-Levallois | 69 | 77 | 86 | 55 |
| 3Nanterre 92 | 3Nanterre 92 | 3Nanterre 92 | 3Nanterre 92 | 85 | 71 | 6Paris-Levallois | 6Paris-Levallois | 69 | 77 | 86 | 55 |
| 6Paris-Levallois | 6Paris-Levallois | 6Paris-Levallois | 6Paris-Levallois | 88 | 77 | | | | | | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Élan Chalon (C) | 46 | 35 | 11 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 47 | 30 | 17 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Paris-Levallois | 34 | 20 | 14 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 4 | ASVEL | 42 | 23 | 19 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 5 | Monaco | 37 | 31 | 6 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 6 | Nanterre 92 | 36 | 25 | 11 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 7 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 47 | 23 | 24 | |
| 8 | ESSM Le Portel | 42 | 22 | 20 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds |
| 9 | BCM Gravelines Dunkerque | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 10 | Limoges CSP | 34 | 15 | 19 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 11 | Cholet | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 12 | Le Mans Sarthe | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 13 | JDA Dijon | 34 | 12 | 22 | |
| 14 | Antibes Sharks | 34 | 12 | 22 | |
| 15 | Hyères-Toulon Var | 34 | 11 | 23 | |
| 16 | Champagne Châlons Reims | 34 | 10 | 24 | |
| 17 | Orléans Loiret (R) | 34 | 9 | 25 | Relegation to Pro B |
| 18 | SLUC Nancy (R) | 34 | 8 | 26 | Relegation to Pro B |
* ↑ ESSM Le Portel was granted the spot in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup, after Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez rejected its offer.
* ↑ Limoges CSP was invited as a wild card for the EuroCup.

## All-Star Game

The event took place on 29 December 2016 and the game was played at the Bercy Arena in Paris. The Foreign Team won the game 129–130 and John Roberson of Élan Chalon was named All-Star Game MVP.

## Awards
### Most Valuable Player

* D.J. Cooper – Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez

### Finals MVP

* Jérémy Nzeulie – Élan Chalon

### Best Coach

* Zvezdan Mitrović – Monaco

### Best Defender

* Moustapha Fall – Élan Chalon

### Best Young Player

* Frank Ntilikina – SIG Strasbourg

### Most Improved Player

* Paul Lacombe – SIG Strasbourg

### Sixth Man of the Year

* Louis Labeyrie – Paris-Levallois