Dale Ellis 
#22 SG | 6-7, 232lbs | Nets | Experience: 6 years
Born: 8/6/1960 (29) | College: Tennessee

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 100 100 63 100 41 30 67 42 36 67 70 20 79 83 41 74  
 Potential: A A B A C D B C C B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $2,385,495  $2,541,071  $2,696,647  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NJN 82 82 37.0 27.1 2.7 4.3 3.4 3.0 1.15 1.4 0.3 3.0 .525 .760 .470  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 82 82 38.3 29.0 2.5 4.1 2.9 3.1 0.93 1.4 0.2 2.9 .502 .757 .387  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 82 82 39.2 24.0 2.7 4.1 3.2 3.2 1.02 1.3 0.3 2.7 .505 .793 .440  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 82 82 39.1 22.2 2.5 3.9 3.1 3.1 1.02 1.2 0.2 2.9 .498 .751 .376  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 82 82 38.0 20.6 2.6 4.0 3.4 3.4 0.99 1.4 0.2 2.3 .525 .790 .402  
 1984 NPBSL NJN 82 82 36.1 18.9 1.8 4.0 2.7 3.0 0.93 0.9 0.1 2.9 .517 .816 .385  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 82 82 39.5 15.0 2.2 4.7 2.5 2.5 0.99 0.9 0.3 3.0 .509 .782 .443  
 Career     574 574 38.2 22.4 2.4 4.1 3.0 3.0 1.00 1.2 0.2 2.8 .511 .777 .416  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NJN 10.6 20.1 .525 4.1 5.4 .760 5.1 8.0 .643 3.5 8.1 .437 1.9 4.0 .470  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 11.2 22.3 .502 5.1 6.8 .757 6.2 10.2 .606 3.5 8.1 .428 1.5 4.0 .387  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 9.1 18.0 .505 4.4 5.5 .793 5.1 8.3 .616 2.6 6.5 .396 1.4 3.1 .440  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 8.5 17.1 .498 4.2 5.5 .751 5.2 8.5 .611 2.4 6.1 .393 1.0 2.6 .376  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 7.9 15.0 .525 3.8 4.8 .790 4.9 7.4 .654 2.0 5.1 .398 1.0 2.5 .402  
 1984 NPBSL NJN 7.0 13.6 .517 4.0 5.0 .816 4.4 6.7 .649 1.9 5.0 .389 0.7 1.9 .385  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 5.4 10.5 .509 3.8 4.9 .782 3.5 5.6 .637 1.3 3.9 .343 0.5 1.1 .443  
 Career     8.5 16.7 .511 4.2 5.4 .777 4.9 7.8 .628 2.5 6.1 .404 1.1 2.7 .416  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 82 82 3034 866 1649 338 445 154 328 2224 222 573 281 113 245 113 23 243 716 
 1988 82 82 3144 916 1825 420 555 127 328 2379 205 540 237 116 255 116 18 237 118 
 1987 82 82 3212 745 1475 361 455 113 257 1964 224 560 265 104 260 104 26 221 42 
 1986 82 82 3205 700 1405 341 454 79 210 1820 203 521 257 96 251 96 17 241 129 
 1985 82 82 3113 646 1230 313 396 82 204 1687 215 545 278 114 280 114 14 191 332 
 1984 82 82 2959 577 1117 332 407 60 156 1546 149 474 224 77 242 77 10 237 124 
 1983 82 82 3243 439 863 315 403 39 88 1232 184 570 204 75 207 75 22 250 119 
 Career 574 574 21910 4889 9564 2420 3115 654 1571 12852 1402 3783 1746 695 1740 695 130 1620 1580 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL NJN .603 1.35 11.9 10.3 28.6 7.5 12.2 9.8 23.7 596.9 19.9 8.7 109.1 98.4  
 1988 NPBSL NJN .575 1.30 9.3 10.0 30.1 6.4 11.5 8.8 22.7 570.6 19.0 1.4 103.6 101.7  
 1987 NPBSL NJN .586 1.33 12.0 11.8 25.4 7.1 11.3 9.1 20.5 481.0 16.0 0.5 105.7 105.1  
 1986 NPBSL NJN .567 1.30 12.2 11.9 24.2 6.5 10.9 8.6 16.9 307.4 10.2 1.6 104.8 102.7  
 1985 NPBSL NJN .601 1.37 14.2 14.3 22.9 7.5 11.4 9.5 18.2 356.7 11.9 4.0 108.7 104.1  
 1984 NPBSL NJN .596 1.38 12.7 13.7 21.8 5.5 12.0 8.8 16.1 246.4 8.2 1.5 105.2 103.2  
 1983 NPBSL NJN .592 1.43 14.1 14.3 16.4 6.4 13.4 9.9 13.2 128.5 4.3 1.5 105.5 103.8  
 Career     .588 1.34 12.1 12.1 24.2 6.7 11.8 9.2 18.7 2687.4 89.6 2.8 106.1 102.7  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NJN 8 8 39.8 28.5 2.8 3.9 4.3 3.5 1.21 1.4 0.1 2.5 .497 .833 .471  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 11 11 38.7 27.4 2.0 5.3 2.3 2.6 0.86 1.0 0.1 2.5 .445 .843 .526  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 5 5 36.0 19.4 2.6 2.0 2.8 3.4 0.82 1.2 0.0 3.2 .554 .759 .600  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 5 5 34.2 18.2 3.0 2.4 2.2 3.4 0.65 0.4 0.0 4.0 .379 .758 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 16 16 36.3 17.8 2.3 4.1 2.8 3.3 0.85 1.3 0.1 2.3 .478 .743 .481  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 6 6 42.8 14.0 1.5 4.3 4.5 2.8 1.59 1.0 0.0 3.2 .456 .760 .333  
 Career     51 51 37.9 21.3 2.3 4.0 3.0 3.1 0.97 1.1 0.1 2.7 .467 .784 .451  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NJN 11.5 23.1 .497 2.5 3.0 .833 5.3 8.5 .618 3.3 8.3 .394 3.0 6.4 .471  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 9.6 21.6 .445 5.4 6.4 .843 4.4 8.5 .511 2.5 7.9 .322 2.7 5.2 .526  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 7.2 13.0 .554 4.4 5.8 .759 4.0 6.4 .625 2.6 5.6 .464 0.6 1.0 .600  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 6.6 17.4 .379 5.0 6.6 .758 5.0 8.4 .595 1.6 6.4 .250 0.0 2.6 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 6.8 14.1 .478 3.4 4.6 .743 3.9 6.4 .608 2.1 6.1 .340 0.8 1.7 .481  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 5.2 11.3 .456 3.2 4.2 .760 3.0 4.5 .667 1.7 5.3 .313 0.5 1.5 .333  
 Career     8.0 17.0 .467 3.9 5.0 .784 4.2 7.2 .589 2.3 6.7 .345 1.4 3.2 .451  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 8 8 318 92 185 20 24 24 51 228 22 53 34 11 28 11 1 20 11 
 1988 11 11 426 106 238 59 70 30 57 301 22 80 25 11 29 11 1 28 -34 
 1987 5 5 180 36 65 22 29 3 5 97 13 23 14 6 17 6 0 16 -38 
 1986 5 5 171 33 87 25 33 0 13 91 15 27 11 2 17 2 0 20 -38 
 1985 16 16 581 108 226 55 74 13 27 284 36 102 44 20 52 20 2 37 -83 
 1983 6 6 257 31 68 19 25 3 9 84 9 35 27 6 17 6 0 19 -20 
 Career 51 51 1933 406 869 200 255 73 162 1085 117 320 155 56 160 56 4 140 -202 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL NJN .582 1.23 13.2 10.9 28.6 6.9 10.7 8.7 15.8 25.2 0.8 1.4 102.1 100.7  
 1988 NPBSL NJN .558 1.26 7.7 9.0 28.2 4.9 14.5 9.4 15.2 30.9 1.0 -3.1 99.7 102.6  
 1987 NPBSL NJN .615 1.49 12.8 15.6 22.4 7.3 6.0 6.7 13.5 8.1 0.3 -7.6 102.9 113.0  
 1986 NPBSL NJN .451 1.05 8.5 13.1 28.0 8.0 7.6 7.8 7.7 -7.2 -0.2 -7.6 97.0 105.5  
 1985 NPBSL NJN .548 1.26 12.4 14.6 22.4 5.9 12.1 8.9 11.6 10.0 0.3 -5.2 102.7 108.7  
 1983 NPBSL NJN .532 1.24 22.0 13.8 16.6 3.5 11.6 7.2 7.6 -11.1 -0.4 -3.3 101.9 105.6  
 Career     .552 1.25 12.0 12.3 19.7 5.9 11.4 8.5 12.4 55.8 1.9 -4.0 101.3 105.7  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 - 37 0 33.0 26.9 2.0 4.3 2.3 3.1 0.75 0.9 0.2 2.8 .542 .769 .500  
 Total   37 0 33.0 26.9 2.0 4.3 2.3 3.1 0.75 0.9 0.2 2.8 .542 .769 .500  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 37 0 1220 436 804 113 147 9 18 994 74 232 86 34 114 34 8 102 0 
 Career 37 0 1220 436 804 113 147 9 18 994 74 232 86 34 114 34 8 102 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 50 8 14 8 5 2 7 20 39 14 14 5 10  
 Playoff 38 6 12 10 6 1 9 15 33 13 14 5 9  
 Career 51 8 14 10 7 2 9 23 39 16 19 6 10  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/17 MIN L 27 11 20 1 2 2 4 25 4 6 2 3 0 0 5 -13
 10/18 DAL W 37 10 18 3 4 2 4 25 2 7 2 2 1 0 2 25
 10/19 CHI W 44 11 26 8 8 2 6 32 4 7 1 2 0 1 3 0
 10/21 SAS L 23 8 16 0 0 2 3 18 1 4 2 1 0 0 6 8
 10/22 ATL W 39 20 31 1 2 1 6 42 2 4 5 0 0 1 3 15
 10/26 IND W 38 9 22 7 8 1 6 26 4 7 3 7 0 0 4 4
 10/31 DET W 37 10 20 10 14 3 3 33 5 9 4 3 1 0 2 26
 11/1 DET L 39 6 17 6 12 2 5 20 2 5 3 5 0 1 4 -9
 11/4 CHA W 29 7 10 4 6 2 2 20 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 21
 11/5 NYK W 29 9 15 0 0 1 1 19 1 5 1 5 2 0 1 38
 11/7 MIN W 39 11 19 3 6 1 3 26 1 5 6 2 3 0 2 8
 11/8 SAS L 32 5 13 0 0 0 2 10 3 9 2 5 0 0 3 -10
 11/10 KCK W 42 12 22 3 3 2 5 29 2 4 6 4 1 0 3 2
 11/12 CHA W 29 9 15 1 2 3 5 22 2 7 3 2 0 0 0 28
 11/14 CLE W 39 9 16 6 10 1 2 25 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 5
 11/15 DET W 34 12 17 6 6 4 5 34 2 6 3 3 2 0 2 28
 11/17 CHI W 37 11 18 7 8 2 3 31 2 5 3 3 1 0 5 4
 11/19 SAS L 17 5 8 0 0 0 1 10 1 2 3 1 0 0 6 3
 11/21 KCK W 35 11 25 2 4 2 4 26 3 5 1 2 3 0 5 6
 11/23 ATL W 35 10 19 7 11 2 5 29 4 8 4 1 2 0 4 16
 11/24 ATL W 42 10 23 12 14 4 6 36 1 6 4 3 2 0 5 8
 11/28 MIL L 51 16 39 14 14 4 9 50 1 11 4 6 0 1 5 -14
 11/29 PHI W 44 8 19 5 8 1 4 22 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 -1
 12/1 CHI L 39 8 16 1 1 0 3 17 4 8 3 4 1 0 4 4
 12/2 GSW W 15 5 9 7 8 1 4 18 4 5 3 0 0 0 1 27
 12/6 UTA W 45 10 26 2 4 1 4 23 5 9 6 3 3 2 3 6
 12/7 WAS W 46 14 33 4 4 2 8 34 4 11 6 7 2 0 3 15
 12/9 PHI W 46 9 19 11 12 1 3 30 2 9 4 2 0 0 4 9
 12/11 BOS L 27 8 16 0 2 1 1 17 1 3 4 4 1 0 4 -16
 12/12 CLE W 46 9 22 11 12 1 4 30 6 12 7 4 2 0 1 8
 12/14 IND L 44 7 16 4 4 0 2 18 3 7 8 3 1 1 6 -5
 12/16 WAS W 23 9 14 0 0 3 3 21 2 7 3 3 0 0 4 24
 12/17 IND W 36 15 23 3 5 0 1 33 3 5 0 2 2 0 3 9
 12/21 IND L 38 10 27 3 5 1 6 24 0 2 5 4 2 0 4 -13
 12/22 DET L 40 6 15 9 10 0 2 21 4 9 2 1 1 1 3 2
 12/24 HOU W 40 10 24 5 7 0 1 25 6 14 3 1 0 1 3 16
 12/26 ATL W 33 8 17 2 2 5 8 23 5 11 5 3 1 0 5 10
 12/28 LAL W 34 19 31 2 2 3 6 43 2 5 4 2 2 0 3 22
 12/29 CLE W 32 6 15 4 4 2 2 18 3 10 3 2 2 1 1 22
 12/31 DET L 46 16 32 2 2 3 5 37 4 9 2 4 0 0 3 -14
 1/2 WAS W 24 8 13 3 4 1 2 20 2 4 1 1 0 1 4 17
 1/5 WAS W 44 11 24 6 8 2 5 30 2 9 5 0 3 0 3 -1
 1/6 UTA W 44 10 19 5 6 0 3 25 4 9 6 1 3 0 1 6
 1/10 SEA W 32 10 14 1 2 2 2 23 3 5 3 4 2 0 3 22
 1/12 BOS L 33 8 21 4 6 2 4 22 0 4 0 4 1 0 4 -39
 1/14 PHI W 33 11 16 1 4 3 4 26 0 8 5 2 5 0 2 47
 1/16 CHA W 42 12 27 5 8 2 6 31 1 6 2 3 4 0 1 14
 1/18 BOS L 40 11 24 0 0 0 3 22 3 6 4 3 0 2 2 -12
 1/20 GSW W 36 10 17 3 4 3 5 26 4 7 4 4 1 0 3 27
 1/22 CHI W 38 9 16 12 14 0 0 30 0 7 2 6 3 1 4 10
 1/23 CHI W 32 10 17 3 4 1 3 24 2 6 6 3 0 1 5 24
 1/27 DAL L 41 11 20 4 9 1 4 27 0 6 1 4 1 0 4 -6
 1/28 PHX L 48 7 27 8 8 1 7 23 7 8 2 6 1 0 1 -4
 2/1 CHA W 32 13 21 2 2 4 5 32 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 28
 2/4 DEN W 35 17 22 5 8 5 7 44 1 5 1 1 2 0 2 22
 2/7 NYK W 32 8 16 2 2 1 2 19 4 8 6 3 0 1 1 38
 2/8 PHX W 45 13 20 4 4 4 6 34 2 6 3 3 0 0 3 7
 2/11 WES L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2/13 NYK W 27 7 12 6 8 1 2 21 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 15
 2/17 LAL W 44 10 20 3 6 4 9 27 4 7 2 0 0 2 4 15
 2/18 SEA W 42 14 23 0 0 2 3 30 0 2 3 2 3 0 4 18
 2/22 BOS L 42 15 28 2 4 4 7 36 1 8 4 6 1 0 4 -8
 2/23 MIN W 30 10 18 7 8 2 4 29 2 6 2 2 3 0 5 20
 2/27 CHA W 37 10 19 2 2 2 4 24 6 11 6 2 1 0 3 27
 2/28 NYK W 43 20 32 4 6 2 5 46 2 9 0 3 0 0 2 19
 3/3 MIL L 41 10 21 2 4 1 2 23 4 9 3 5 1 1 2 -9
 3/4 IND W 41 10 18 2 2 0 1 22 7 12 5 2 3 0 4 12
 3/8 WAS W 42 12 22 11 14 2 5 37 8 11 5 4 4 0 3 18
 3/11 ATL W 20 5 13 4 4 2 5 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 2
 3/12 CLE W 44 13 21 4 5 3 4 33 7 10 7 5 1 1 3 0
 3/16 DAL L 43 13 21 9 12 4 6 39 1 7 1 5 1 0 1 -15
 3/17 PHI W 37 9 20 2 2 1 2 21 2 9 4 1 1 0 3 16
 3/20 BOS L 32 11 21 0 0 1 3 23 7 8 2 4 0 0 2 -38
 3/21 POR W 39 13 24 4 4 3 5 33 2 6 6 2 2 0 4 24
 3/24 BOS L 42 18 33 2 2 2 4 40 6 8 2 6 3 0 2 -6
 3/26 NYK W 31 11 19 1 2 2 3 25 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 33
 3/27 HOU W 45 11 22 5 6 0 3 27 5 8 5 0 3 0 1 -7
 3/30 CHI W 44 11 24 5 6 3 10 30 4 9 3 5 3 0 3 5
 3/31 IND W 34 14 22 1 2 0 1 29 1 4 3 5 1 1 4 19
 4/2 MIL W 46 15 28 7 8 5 8 42 5 13 3 5 0 0 3 7
 4/4 DEN L 43 5 15 7 9 1 2 18 0 3 6 4 0 1 2 -1
 4/6 WAS W 40 10 18 4 6 3 4 27 2 10 7 3 1 0 3 14
 4/7 CHA W 25 10 13 6 8 3 3 29 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 9
 4/10 PHI L 15 7 9 2 2 2 4 18 0 2 1 3 1 0 5 0
 4/11 POR L 31 12 22 3 4 3 7 30 5 11 4 3 2 0 4 13
 4/13 CLE W 43 20 31 4 6 4 6 48 4 8 5 4 3 0 1 9
 4/15 NYK W 39 10 19 2 2 0 0 22 2 6 6 5 5 1 2 20
 4/17 MIL L 42 11 18 3 4 1 4 26 3 8 3 5 2 1 5 -11
 4/19 PHI W 39 10 19 0 2 1 6 21 2 9 2 4 1 0 4 11
 4/21 CLE W 45 10 33 3 4 1 8 24 5 8 3 3 1 1 2 10
 4/22 CLE W 31 12 17 6 6 2 3 32 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 26
 4/24 CLE W 42 10 20 3 4 3 9 26 6 9 5 4 0 0 2 26
 4/25 CLE W 42 15 25 3 4 5 6 38 0 3 10 9 6 0 3 13
 5/3 MIL L 37 10 24 4 4 4 7 28 3 8 5 4 1 0 6 -20
 5/4 MIL L 35 10 20 0 0 5 7 25 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 -24
 5/6 MIL L 43 12 19 1 2 1 3 26 2 5 3 2 2 0 2 -16
 5/7 MIL L 43 13 27 0 0 3 8 29 6 11 2 0 0 0 2 -4

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 74
 Total Player of the Week: 7
 Total Player of the Month: 2
 Total All-Star Appearances: 5
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 1983 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1983 NPSBL 3-Point Shootout Champion
 1983 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team
 1984 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1985 NPBSL All-Star
 1986 NPBSL All-Star
 1987 NPBSL All-Star
 1987 NPBSL All-League Third Team
 1988 NPBSL All-Star
 1988 NPBSL All-League First Team
 1989 NPBSL 3-Point Shootout Champion
 1989 NPBSL All-Star
 1989 NPBSL All-League First Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/29/1983 Drafted by the Nets with pick #2 of round 1.

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