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Dale Ellis

“Lamar Mundane”

Career (regular season)

GP
1,209
PTS
15.7
REB
3.5
AST
1.4

Personal details

Position
Guard-Forward
Height and weight
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) · 98 kg (216 lb)
Born
August 6, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Marietta, Estados Unidos
School / club
Tennessee
Draft
1983: round 1, pick 9
NBA career
1983-1999 · 17 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1983-84 DAL 67 549 250 56 1,059 41 9 78 45.6 41.4 71.9
1984-85 DAL 72 667 238 56 1,314 46 7 58 45.4 38.5 74.0
1985-86 DAL 72 508 168 37 1,086 40 9 38 41.1 36.4 72.0
1986-87 SEA 82 2,041 447 238 3,073 104 32 238 51.6 35.8 78.7
1987-88 SEA 75 1,938 340 197 2,790 74 11 172 50.3 41.3 76.7
1988-89 SEA 82 2,253 342 164 3,190 108 22 218 50.1 47.8 81.6
1989-90 SEA 55 1,293 238 110 2,033 59 7 119 49.7 37.5 81.8
1990-91 SEA 30 451 92 64 800 33 3 49 46.3 30.3 73.8
1990-91 MIL 21 406 81 31 624 16 5 32 48.6 44.1 70.7
1990-91 TOT 51 857 173 95 1,424 49 8 81 47.4 36.3 72.3
1991-92 MIL 81 1,272 253 104 2,191 57 18 119 46.9 41.9 77.4
1992-93 SAS 82 1,366 312 107 2,731 78 18 111 49.9 40.1 79.7
1993-94 SAS 77 1,170 255 80 2,590 66 11 75 49.4 39.5 77.6
1994-95 DEN 81 918 222 57 1,996 37 9 81 45.3 40.3 86.6
1995-96 DEN 81 1,204 315 139 2,626 57 7 98 47.9 41.2 76.0
1996-97 DEN 82 1,361 293 165 2,942 60 7 146 41.4 36.4 81.7
1997-98 SEA 79 934 184 89 1,939 60 5 74 49.7 46.4 78.2
1998-99 SEA 48 495 115 38 1,232 25 3 45 44.1 43.3 75.7
1999-00 MIL 18 123 34 6 324 6 0 7 46.5 35.4 66.7
1999-00 CHA 24 55 22 8 240 7 0 13 32.8 40.0 75.0
1999-00 TOT 42 178 56 14 564 13 0 20 41.5 37.0 69.2
Career 1,209 19,004 4,201 1,746 34,780 974 183 1,771 47.9 40.3 78.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1983-84 DAL 8 59 42 4 178 10 2 5 32.5 8.3 75.0
1984-85 DAL 4 23 7 3 68 4 0 4 43.5 40.0 50.0
1985-86 DAL 7 30 7 2 67 2 2 4 40.9 58.3 100.0
1986-87 SEA 14 353 90 37 530 10 6 33 48.7 36.1 81.5
1987-88 SEA 5 104 23 15 172 3 2 12 48.2 25.0 72.4
1988-89 SEA 8 183 32 10 304 11 1 21 45.0 40.5 72.7
1992-93 SAS 10 125 35 11 305 4 0 10 45.1 31.3 81.3
1993-94 SAS 4 42 10 1 114 3 0 4 39.5 29.4 60.0
1994-95 DEN 3 36 14 3 73 2 1 2 35.7 30.8 92.3
1997-98 SEA 10 56 13 6 170 2 0 2 37.7 42.3 83.3
Career 73 1,011 273 92 1,981 51 14 97 44.3 35.1 78.4

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Most Improved Player: 1986-87
  • All-NBA Third Team: 1988-89
  • Three-point percentage leader: 1997-98
  • Three-Point Contest winner: 1988-89
  • All-Star: 1989 (starter)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded Dale Ellis to the Seattle SuperSonics for Al Wood.

  2. · Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Ricky Pierce to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dale Ellis.

  3. · Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Dale Ellis to the San Antonio Spurs for Tracy Murray.

  4. · Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Dale Ellis as a free agent.

  5. · Trade

    The Denver Nuggets traded Dale Ellis to the Seattle SuperSonics for Greg Graham, Steve Scheffler, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (Ryan Bowen was later selected) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Francisco Elson was later selected).

  6. · Trade

    The Orlando Magic traded Horace Grant, a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Olumide Oyedeji was later selected) and a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Bobby Simmons was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dale Ellis, Don MacLean, Corey Maggette and Billy Owens.

  7. · Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Chris Gatling and Armen Gilliam to the Orlando Magic for Dale Ellis and Danny Manning.

Show 3 more

  1. · Trade

    The Charlotte Hornets traded a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Jason Hart was later selected) and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Chris Owens was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Dale Ellis.

  2. · Trade

    The Charlotte Hornets traded Ricky Davis, Dale Ellis, Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason to the Miami Heat for P.J. Brown, Rodney Buford, Tim James, Jamal Mashburn and Otis Thorpe.

  3. · Waived

    The Miami Heat waived Dale Ellis.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 DAL $0.2M
1985-86 DAL $0.2M
1987-88 SEA $0.3M
1988-89 SEA $1.2M
1989-90 SEA $1.5M
1990-91 MIL $1.3M
1991-92 MIL $1.3M
1992-93 SAS $1.0M
1993-94 SAS $1.3M
1994-95 DEN $1.0M
1995-96 DEN $1.3M
1996-97 DEN $1.6M
1997-98 SEA $1.9M
1998-99 SEA $1.8M
1999-00 CHA $2.1M
2000-01 MIA $2.3M
Career total $20.3M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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