James Ellis 
#53 PF | 6-8, 265lbs | FA | Experience: 10 years
Born: 11/13/1996 (32) | College: Kansas | Prairie Grove, AR

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 85 63 71 35 30 53 60 19 82 54 37 42 30 93 24 64  
 Potential: A B B D D C C F A C D C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  2028  2029  2030  2031  2032  2033  2034  2035 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2028 PBSL HOU 24 0 6.2 3.5 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.3 2.29 0.2 0.2 0.5 .567 .636 .333  
 2027 PBSL TOR 82 82 35.3 19.6 2.3 2.8 3.9 2.0 1.96 0.7 0.5 3.1 .463 .769 .225  
 2026 PBSL LAL 82 82 34.5 22.0 2.6 3.8 3.6 1.9 1.90 0.7 0.6 3.2 .481 .742 .244  
 2025 PBSL NOP 85 21 23.7 13.7 1.5 2.6 2.5 1.2 2.06 0.6 0.3 2.0 .503 .746 .297  
 2024 PBSL DAL 82 82 31.1 18.5 2.1 3.3 3.0 1.5 2.01 0.5 0.5 2.8 .507 .736 .308  
 2023 PBSL LAL 82 2 15.1 9.0 1.1 1.7 1.3 0.8 1.55 0.5 0.3 1.5 .507 .845 .221  
 2022 PBSL LAL 82 0 14.6 8.7 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.7 1.69 0.3 0.3 1.5 .489 .769 .327  
 2021 PBSL LAL 68 0 9.6 4.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.98 0.3 0.2 1.0 .464 .778 .261  
 2020 PBSL LAL 82 0 15.8 8.2 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 1.44 0.4 0.2 1.6 .469 .815 .203  
 2019 PBSL LAL 82 2 22.2 10.5 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.2 1.53 0.5 0.3 2.0 .446 .844 .245  
 2018 PBSL LAL 82 66 30.0 14.3 1.5 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.45 0.5 0.3 2.6 .446 .769 .237  
 Career     833 337 22.9 12.8 1.5 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.75 0.5 0.3 2.1 .478 .772 .257  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2028 PBSL HOU 1.6 2.8 .567 0.3 0.5 .636 1.0 1.3 .719 0.5 1.2 .448 0.1 0.3 .333  
 2027 PBSL TOR 8.4 18.2 .463 2.4 3.1 .769 4.6 7.3 .631 3.4 9.2 .374 0.4 1.7 .225  
 2026 PBSL LAL 9.2 19.2 .481 3.1 4.2 .742 4.6 7.5 .612 4.2 10.0 .421 0.4 1.6 .244  
 2025 PBSL NOP 5.8 11.5 .503 1.8 2.4 .746 3.0 4.5 .665 2.4 5.7 .423 0.4 1.3 .297  
 2024 PBSL DAL 7.8 15.3 .507 2.5 3.4 .736 4.2 6.5 .641 3.1 7.1 .430 0.5 1.6 .308  
 2023 PBSL LAL 3.7 7.2 .507 1.5 1.7 .845 2.1 3.2 .654 1.4 3.1 .430 0.2 0.8 .221  
 2022 PBSL LAL 3.5 7.2 .489 1.5 1.9 .769 2.0 3.1 .642 1.3 3.5 .383 0.2 0.6 .327  
 2021 PBSL LAL 1.9 4.0 .464 1.0 1.3 .778 1.2 2.0 .597 0.6 1.7 .350 0.1 0.3 .261  
 2020 PBSL LAL 3.4 7.3 .469 1.2 1.5 .815 2.2 3.4 .630 1.1 3.0 .359 0.2 0.8 .203  
 2019 PBSL LAL 4.2 9.5 .446 1.7 2.0 .844 2.1 3.4 .631 1.8 4.8 .368 0.3 1.3 .245  
 2018 PBSL LAL 5.9 13.2 .446 2.3 3.0 .769 3.8 6.6 .569 1.9 5.4 .342 0.3 1.2 .237  
 Career     5.3 11.1 .478 1.9 2.4 .772 2.9 4.7 .626 2.1 5.3 .395 0.3 1.1 .257  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2028 24 0 148 38 67 7 11 2 6 85 7 22 16 4 7 4 5 13 8 
 2027 82 82 2896 691 1493 193 251 32 142 1607 188 420 317 59 162 59 42 253 -91 
 2026 82 82 2828 757 1573 256 345 32 131 1802 216 527 296 55 156 55 49 266 -587 
 2025 85 21 2014 490 975 150 201 33 111 1163 129 346 216 52 105 52 23 168 -118 
 2024 82 82 2549 637 1256 204 277 41 133 1519 171 445 243 40 121 40 44 229 -182 
 2023 82 2 1239 300 592 120 142 15 68 735 94 234 104 38 67 38 22 126 2 
 2022 82 0 1200 290 593 120 156 17 52 717 70 213 93 26 55 26 22 125 18 
 2021 68 0 654 127 274 70 90 6 23 330 33 90 43 19 44 19 11 69 -109 
 2020 82 0 1296 279 595 97 119 14 69 669 86 201 82 34 57 34 13 130 -157 
 2019 82 2 1822 346 776 141 167 26 106 859 104 241 147 39 96 39 23 167 -338 
 2018 82 66 2460 483 1083 186 242 23 97 1175 122 341 174 37 120 37 27 212 -796 
 Career 833 337 19106 4438 9277 1544 2001 241 938 10661 1220 3080 1731 403 990 403 281 1758 -2350 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2028 PBSL HOU .583 1.27 16.8 7.4 0.0 5.6 10.6 8.2 0.0 -25.4 -0.8 0.3 106.9 107.1  
 2027 PBSL TOR .502 1.08 15.2 7.8 26.0 7.4 9.5 8.5 16.5 215.3 7.2 -1.1 110.0 110.7  
 2026 PBSL LAL .522 1.15 13.6 7.2 27.2 8.1 11.9 10.0 20.3 369.9 12.3 -7.2 102.7 111.9  
 2025 PBSL NOP .548 1.19 15.6 7.6 24.2 6.9 11.7 9.3 19.0 225.1 7.5 -1.4 105.2 108.2  
 2024 PBSL DAL .552 1.21 13.9 6.9 24.5 7.2 12.0 9.5 19.6 309.1 10.3 -2.2 106.1 109.8  
 2023 PBSL LAL .563 1.24 12.6 8.1 24.5 8.5 11.8 10.2 20.2 161.8 5.4 0.0 103.7 104.1  
 2022 PBSL LAL .541 1.21 11.5 6.8 25.0 6.5 12.9 9.7 19.0 134.1 4.5 0.2 103.7 104.1  
 2021 PBSL LAL .525 1.20 10.7 11.0 23.1 5.9 9.0 7.6 14.3 27.4 0.9 -1.6 101.5 113.7  
 2020 PBSL LAL .516 1.12 10.4 7.3 23.3 7.4 9.9 8.7 15.7 81.7 2.7 -1.9 103.1 111.5  
 2019 PBSL LAL .506 1.11 13.5 8.8 21.9 6.5 8.2 7.4 14.1 97.6 3.3 -4.1 100.5 110.6  
 2018 PBSL LAL .495 1.08 11.7 8.1 22.9 5.9 10.2 8.0 13.8 83.1 2.8 -9.7 97.7 114.4  
 Career     .525 1.15 13.4 7.7 24.4 7.1 10.8 9.0 17.3 1679.8 56.0 -2.8 103.9 110.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2025 PBSL NOP 5 0 13.4 5.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.4 2.00 0.0 0.6 1.0 .375 .500 .000  
 2024 PBSL DAL 5 2 24.4 17.8 2.6 2.8 1.2 0.8 1.50 0.2 0.2 2.6 .586 .500 .500  
 2023 PBSL LAL 5 0 11.8 7.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.60 0.0 0.2 1.6 .457 .667 .500  
 2022 PBSL LAL 7 0 15.7 8.9 1.4 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.40 0.3 0.4 1.0 .463 .667 .000  
 2021 PBSL LAL 3 0 6.7 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .429 .500 .000  
 Career     25 2 15.1 8.8 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.31 0.1 0.3 1.3 .490 .611 .211  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2025 PBSL NOP 2.4 6.4 .375 0.2 0.4 .500 2.2 3.0 .733 0.2 2.4 .083 0.0 1.0 .000  
 2024 PBSL DAL 8.2 14.0 .586 0.8 1.6 .500 5.2 7.2 .722 2.4 5.6 .429 0.6 1.2 .500  
 2023 PBSL LAL 3.2 7.0 .457 0.8 1.2 .667 1.6 2.8 .571 1.4 3.8 .368 0.2 0.4 .500  
 2022 PBSL LAL 3.6 7.7 .463 1.7 2.6 .667 1.9 3.0 .619 1.7 3.9 .444 0.0 0.9 .000  
 2021 PBSL LAL 1.0 2.3 .429 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 1.0 .667 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.9 7.9 .490 0.9 1.4 .611 2.4 3.6 .674 1.3 3.6 .367 0.2 0.8 .211  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2025 5 0 67 12 32 1 2 0 5 25 5 6 4 0 2 0 3 5 -52 
 2024 5 2 122 41 70 4 8 3 6 89 13 27 6 1 4 1 1 13 -33 
 2023 5 0 59 16 35 4 6 1 2 37 4 8 3 0 5 0 1 8 -18 
 2022 7 0 110 25 54 12 18 0 6 62 10 24 7 2 5 2 3 7 -14 
 2021 3 0 20 3 7 1 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 
 Career 25 2 378 97 198 22 36 4 19 220 32 66 21 3 16 3 8 33 -110 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2025 PBSL NOP .364 0.78 10.3 5.1 21.2 7.2 1.8 4.8 6.1 -5.4 -0.2 -10.4 95.9 132.0  
 2024 PBSL DAL .595 1.27 7.1 4.8 26.5 10.2 13.5 11.6 20.1 15.6 0.5 -6.6 109.0 123.4  
 2023 PBSL LAL .474 1.06 6.5 10.9 29.6 7.7 7.4 7.5 9.5 -1.8 -0.1 -3.6 96.2 114.4  
 2022 PBSL LAL .500 1.15 9.5 6.8 26.1 11.1 12.3 11.8 14.7 5.2 0.2 -2.0 92.0 101.4  
 2021 PBSL LAL .500 1.00 11.1 0.0 17.1 0.0 3.3 2.4 6.3 -1.6 -0.1 2.3 127.8 114.7  
 Career     .514 1.11 8.4 6.4 25.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6 12.1 0.4 -4.4 100.5 117.0  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2015 KAN 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 .000 .000  
 2016 KAN 40 40 25.2 12.6 1.7 2.4 1.5 1.8 0.83 0.3 0.4 2.6 .516 .723 .000  
 2017 KAN 37 37 27.7 15.0 2.1 3.1 1.6 1.6 1.05 0.4 0.6 2.7 .500 .776 1.000  
 Total   79 77 25.7 13.4 1.9 2.7 1.5 1.6 0.93 0.3 0.5 2.6 .507 .755 1.000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2015 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -8 
 2016 40 40 1006 195 378 115 159 0 0 505 69 164 58 10 70 10 16 102 368 
 2017 37 37 1025 188 376 177 228 1 1 554 78 194 61 16 58 16 21 99 300 
 Career 79 77 2033 383 755 292 387 1 1 1059 147 358 119 26 128 26 37 202 660 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 10 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 10 2 3 1 2  
 Playoff 33 4 7 3 1 2 2 16 20 5 6 1 4  
 Career 40 8 14 9 6 3 6 17 33 10 12 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 11/5 SAS L 16 5 10 0 0 0 2 10 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 -1
 11/7 SAS W 6 1 2 2 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 -4
 11/10 SAC W 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
 11/16 UTA L 14 3 7 0 2 1 1 7 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 -6
 11/17 LAC W 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 11/21 LAL W 9 4 7 0 0 0 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 -4
 11/27 MIA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 12/2 POR L 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 -2
 12/3 NOP W 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/5 NOP W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 12/6 VAN W 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2
 12/10 MIA L 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -11
 12/11 POR W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
 12/17 ATL L 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 10
 12/26 VAN W 11 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 -4
 1/3 LAC W 9 3 3 0 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
 1/14 CHI L 17 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2
 1/20 IND W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
 1/21 MIL W 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2
 1/23 DET L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 2/4 UTA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 2/8 SAC L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2/13 NYK W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
 2/14 CHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 42
 2014 High School: Rated **** and #29 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2014 High School: All-State (Arkansas)
 2014 High School: Mr. Basketball (Arkansas)
 2014 High School: All-American
 2017 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
 2018 PBSL Rookie Game Participant
 2018 PBSL All-Rookie First Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/27/2018 Drafted by the Lakers with pick #9 of round 2.
 7/22/2024 Signed with the Mavericks for $37,800,000 over 3 years.
 12/16/2025 Traded to the Pelicans
 7/1/2026 Traded to the Lakers
 7/28/2027 Signed with the Raptors for $20,300,000 over 2 years.
 8/3/2028 Signed with the Rockets for $2,880,847 over one year.
 2/15/2029 Released by the Rockets

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