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Wayne Ellington

Career (regular season)

GP
770
PTS
8.0
REB
2.1
AST
1.1

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) · 94 kg (207 lb)
Born
November 29, 1987 (age 38)
Birthplace
Wynnewood, Estados Unidos
School / club
North Carolina
Draft
2009: round 1, pick 28
NBA career
2009-2021 · 13 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2009-10 MIN 76 505 159 74 1,384 20 5 74 42.4 39.5 87.1
2010-11 MIN 62 410 108 72 1,181 28 3 53 40.3 39.7 79.2
2011-12 MIN 51 311 99 33 973 26 10 26 40.4 32.4 80.0
2012-13 MEM 40 218 52 42 676 16 1 24 40.7 42.3 93.8
2012-13 CLE 38 396 114 62 985 29 2 33 43.9 37.1 89.8
2012-13 TOT 78 614 166 104 1,661 45 3 57 42.7 39.2 90.7
2013-14 DAL 45 145 43 19 393 16 2 11 43.7 42.4 90.9
2014-15 LAL 65 650 210 105 1,675 33 2 50 41.2 37.0 81.3
2015-16 BKN 76 586 174 83 1,615 48 5 45 38.9 35.8 85.7
2016-17 MIA 62 648 132 70 1,500 35 4 30 41.6 37.8 86.0
2017-18 MIA 77 864 218 79 2,041 53 8 52 40.7 39.2 85.9
2018-19 MIA 25 209 47 29 533 24 3 14 37.5 36.8 87.5
2018-19 DET 28 336 60 43 764 30 3 26 42.1 37.3 75.8
2018-19 TOT 53 545 107 72 1,297 54 6 40 40.3 37.1 79.6
2019-20 NYK 36 183 65 44 558 13 4 18 35.1 35.0 84.6
2020-21 DET 46 442 85 67 1,012 18 9 33 44.1 42.2 80.0
2021-22 LAL 43 287 77 30 810 23 5 19 41.4 38.9 81.8
Career 770 6,190 1,643 852 16,100 412 66 508 41.0 38.2 84.3

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2013-14 DAL 2 8 2 2 14 0 0 2 33.3 33.3 100.0
2017-18 MIA 5 39 8 3 101 2 2 3 34.3 40.0 100.0
2018-19 DET 4 31 15 5 131 3 0 2 31.4 31.8 100.0
Career 11 78 25 10 246 5 2 7 32.9 36.2 100.0

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

Awards and titles

  • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 2015-16

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Rookies

    Minnesota firma contrato al base rookie Jonny Flynn y al escolta rookie Wayne Ellington.

  2. · Extension

    Minnesota ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato para la temporada 2011-2012 al base Jonny Flynn, al escolta Wayne Ellington, al alero Michael Beasley, al ala-pívot Kevin Love y al pívot Kosta Koufos.

  3. · Extension

    Minnesota ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato para la temporada 2012-2013 sobre el escolta Wayne Ellington y los aleros Lazar Hayward y Wesley Johnson.

  4. · Trade

    The Memphis Grizzlies traded Dante Cunningham to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Wayne Ellington.

  5. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Jon Leuer to the Memphis Grizzlies for Wayne Ellington, Josh Selby, Marreese Speights and a 2017 1st round draft pick (Harry Giles was later selected).

  6. · Signing

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Wayne Ellington as a free agent.

  7. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded José Calderón, Samuel Dalembert, Wayne Ellington, Shane Larkin, a 2014 2nd round draft pick (Thanasis Antetokounmpo was later selected) and a 2014 2nd round draft pick (Cleanthony Early was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton.

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  1. · Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Wayne Ellington and Jeremy Tyler to the Sacramento Kings for Quincy Acy and Travis Outlaw.

  2. · Waived

    Sacramento corta al escolta Wayne Ellington.

  3. · Waived

    The Sacramento Kings waived Wayne Ellington.

  4. · Free agency

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Wayne Ellington.

  5. · Free agency

    The Brooklyn Nets signed Wayne Ellington.

  6. · Waived

    El base Shane Larkin y el escolta Wayne Ellington no ejercen su opción de contrato por un año más con Brooklyn y serán agentes libres sin restricciones.

  7. · Extension

    The Miami Heat signed Rodney McGruder to a multi-year contract.

    The Miami Heat signed Hassan Whiteside to a multi-year contract.

  8. · Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Wayne Ellington to a multi-year contract.

  9. · Extension

    The Miami Heat signed James Johnson to a multi-year contract.

    The Miami Heat signed Dion Waiters to a multi-year contract.

    The Miami Heat signed Kelly Olynyk to a multi-year contract.

  10. · Extension

    The Miami Heat signed Wayne Ellington as a free agent.

  11. · Trade

    The Miami Heat traded Wayne Ellington, Tyler Johnson and cash to the Phoenix Suns for Ryan Anderson.

  12. · Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Wayne Ellington.

  13. · Free agency

    The Detroit Pistons signed Wayne Ellington.

  14. · Free agency

    The New York Knicks signed Julius Randle as a free agent.

    The New York Knicks signed Taj Gibson as a free agent.

    The New York Knicks signed Bobby Portis as a free agent.

    The New York Knicks signed Wayne Ellington as a free agent.

    The New York Knicks signed Elfrid Payton as a free agent.

  15. · Signing

    The Detroit Pistons signed Wayne Ellington as a free agent.

  16. · Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Wayne Ellington.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
2009-10 MIN $1.0M
2010-11 MIN $1.1M
2011-12 MIN $1.2M
2012-13 CLE $2.1M
2013-14 DAL $2.7M
2014-15 LAL ≈ $2.0M
2015-16 BKN ≈ $2.4M
2016-17 MIA ≈ $6.9M
2017-18 MIA $6.3M
2018-19 PHX ≈ $8.7M
2019-20 NYK $8.0M
2020-21 DET ≈ $3.6M
2021-22 LAL ≈ $2.6M
Career total $48.4M

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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