Dale Ellis 
#22 SG | 6-7, 230lbs | Nets | Experience: 5 years
Born: 8/6/1960 (27) | College: Tennessee

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 91 93 69 97 36 25 64 38 32 59 67 18 84 83 53 77  
 Potential: A A B A C D B C C B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995 
 Value: $2,229,919  $2,385,495  $2,541,071  $2,696,647  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 5                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 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     410 410 38.4 20.1 2.4 4.1 3.0 3.0 0.99 1.1 0.2 2.8 .510 .786 .408  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 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     7.6 14.9 .510 4.1 5.2 .786 4.6 7.3 .632 2.1 5.3 .386 0.9 2.2 .408  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 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 410 410 15732 3107 6090 1662 2115 373 915 8249 975 2670 1228 466 1240 466 89 1140 746 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 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     .587 1.35 12.9 13.1 22.1 6.6 11.8 9.2 17.0 1520.0 50.7 1.8 106.0 103.8  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 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     32 32 37.2 17.4 2.3 3.6 3.0 3.2 0.93 1.1 0.1 2.9 .466 .752 .352  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 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     6.5 13.9 .466 3.8 5.0 .752 3.9 6.3 .616 2.0 5.9 .339 0.6 1.7 .352  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 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 32 32 1189 208 446 121 161 19 54 556 73 187 96 34 103 34 2 92 -179 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 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     .538 1.25 13.4 14.4 22.0 5.9 10.4 8.0 10.5 -0.3 0.0 -5.6 101.7 108.2  

 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 46 8 13 7 4 2 7 18 33 14 16 6 9  
 Playoff 33 6 12 6 3 1 6 12 25 8 10 2 4  
 Career 49 8 14 10 7 2 9 21 33 14 16 6 9  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 IND W 32 12 18 8 9 1 1 33 3 7 5 1 0 0 3 49
 10/23 KCK W 33 10 19 13 16 0 3 33 4 7 0 1 2 0 3 26
 10/25 LAL L 41 11 32 5 6 0 6 27 9 10 4 2 2 0 0 -13
 10/26 KCK W 38 11 17 5 7 0 0 27 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 20
 10/30 CLE L 37 8 16 7 8 0 1 23 6 6 3 1 2 0 1 -14
 11/1 SEA W 26 5 9 4 4 0 1 14 2 4 3 0 2 0 4 28
 11/3 DEN L 37 5 18 4 6 1 5 15 1 6 4 4 3 0 1 -19
 11/5 CLE W 48 9 19 10 13 1 3 29 4 10 2 4 1 0 3 5
 11/6 WAS W 41 11 22 2 2 1 2 25 2 5 4 5 1 0 5 0
 11/8 DET L 43 10 18 4 4 2 3 26 1 3 4 6 2 1 4 -17
 11/9 SAS L 29 4 16 2 4 2 3 12 1 3 4 4 1 0 3 -35
 11/12 PHI W 25 7 11 8 9 1 4 23 1 5 2 0 1 1 4 18
 11/13 WAS W 39 12 23 4 6 2 4 30 1 7 2 4 0 1 3 7
 11/15 WAS W 44 10 22 0 0 3 5 23 2 9 4 2 2 1 2 9
 11/17 UTA W 36 11 18 3 3 1 5 26 2 4 2 4 1 0 2 19
 11/18 ATL W 35 8 15 8 8 2 4 26 5 7 2 3 0 0 4 2
 11/20 CHI L 34 3 10 5 6 0 2 11 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 -24
 11/22 ATL W 43 7 13 2 2 2 3 18 1 6 4 3 0 1 1 8
 11/23 POR L 48 13 28 3 4 1 6 30 1 6 3 3 0 0 5 -11
 11/26 DET W 44 6 15 8 14 2 2 22 3 4 4 7 2 0 2 18
 11/28 CLE W 39 9 19 0 2 2 3 20 4 9 3 3 1 0 2 25
 11/30 SEA W 39 7 11 2 2 2 3 18 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 13
 12/2 BOS W 41 16 19 7 8 0 0 39 2 10 3 2 1 0 4 8
 12/4 IND W 38 13 23 6 6 5 8 37 2 5 4 1 1 0 4 14
 12/5 IND W 40 11 15 11 11 0 1 33 1 7 3 1 3 1 4 16
 12/8 BOS L 43 9 17 2 2 3 5 23 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 -21
 12/9 PHI L 46 15 26 4 4 5 9 39 3 11 6 4 0 1 5 -1
 12/11 SDC W 43 9 18 4 7 3 6 25 6 11 2 4 2 0 2 5
 12/13 BOS L 36 8 22 0 0 2 5 18 2 4 4 6 1 0 3 -17
 12/14 MIL L 24 4 9 5 6 2 3 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 -10
 12/18 MIL L 45 18 33 8 8 2 7 46 6 9 0 3 3 1 1 -1
 12/19 MIL L 33 9 22 6 6 1 2 25 3 3 2 5 1 0 0 -18
 12/22 DAL L 41 14 25 7 8 2 2 37 4 9 4 4 1 0 4 -6
 12/23 BOS L 36 11 20 5 6 0 1 27 1 6 3 0 1 0 1 -33
 12/26 KCK L 35 6 11 3 3 1 1 16 0 5 2 0 0 0 4 -13
 12/27 PHI W 42 9 14 9 14 3 4 30 5 12 5 2 0 0 1 8
 12/30 NYK L 39 8 15 1 2 2 4 19 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 -27
 12/31 CLE W 39 6 15 11 12 1 2 24 4 10 1 3 2 0 4 3
 1/2 HOU L 39 9 21 2 2 1 2 21 6 13 2 6 1 0 3 -13
 1/3 WAS L 42 13 22 1 2 2 3 29 2 6 2 3 3 1 3 -3
 1/7 DAL L 44 2 13 3 4 0 2 7 2 9 5 5 0 1 4 -7
 1/8 NYK W 35 9 18 6 8 2 2 26 2 10 2 1 1 0 2 29
 1/10 MIL L 33 7 11 5 6 3 3 22 2 4 1 3 2 0 5 -11
 1/13 ATL L 43 12 24 2 2 1 2 27 2 8 4 4 0 1 4 -23
 1/14 SDC W 44 9 22 4 4 1 4 23 3 8 3 0 1 0 3 12
 1/17 IND W 33 6 10 4 4 1 2 17 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 16
 1/18 IND L 33 3 10 5 8 0 0 11 1 7 3 3 0 0 6 -5
 1/20 DET L 42 11 21 5 7 3 4 30 2 10 2 3 0 2 2 -8
 1/23 CHI W 36 6 10 1 2 1 4 14 2 6 3 1 1 0 4 23
 1/25 DET L 42 17 29 4 4 3 8 41 1 5 2 3 0 0 2 -3
 1/26 CHI L 40 6 14 0 0 0 3 12 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 -15
 1/30 CLE W 42 13 24 0 2 3 5 29 6 10 6 3 1 0 2 15
 2/3 NYK W 33 8 15 5 6 0 1 21 1 3 6 3 0 0 2 28
 2/4 IND W 39 8 16 6 6 0 1 22 3 5 4 3 2 0 4 23
 2/7 WES W 22 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 -2
 2/10 ATL L 35 5 9 5 6 0 1 15 3 9 3 6 3 0 1 -24
 2/11 MIL L 43 5 12 5 6 1 4 16 2 4 5 4 4 0 1 -7
 2/14 ATL W 36 6 15 2 2 0 2 14 3 3 2 2 3 0 5 1
 2/15 DET W 43 7 14 4 4 0 2 18 5 9 2 3 0 0 5 7
 2/17 KCK W 38 14 23 14 14 2 5 44 4 7 3 6 3 0 2 27
 2/19 CLE W 30 7 12 1 1 0 1 15 5 8 4 0 1 0 4 17
 2/21 PHI L 44 10 21 1 2 0 1 21 8 12 3 1 1 0 1 -21
 2/24 PHI L 51 11 27 9 12 3 8 34 3 7 5 5 0 0 2 -1
 2/25 GSW L 43 4 17 3 4 1 3 12 2 5 0 3 2 1 3 -12
 2/27 IND L 42 10 21 1 2 0 2 21 3 9 4 4 1 0 4 -6
 3/2 PHI L 38 13 22 2 3 2 4 30 2 6 6 4 1 1 2 -21
 3/3 DET W 41 9 23 5 6 0 0 23 2 8 4 4 0 0 2 15
 3/6 SAS L 22 7 13 0 0 1 1 15 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 -8
 3/8 NYK W 42 10 20 5 8 1 3 26 3 8 3 2 1 0 3 7
 3/9 ATL L 42 10 18 2 2 1 2 23 1 2 5 3 1 0 2 -20
 3/14 DEN W 39 10 18 4 7 1 2 25 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 24
 3/15 HOU L 41 10 18 0 0 0 3 20 4 7 6 6 2 1 2 -3
 3/17 BOS W 43 17 33 2 3 0 0 36 7 12 4 3 4 0 2 9
 3/18 BOS L 43 12 20 6 6 4 6 34 6 9 4 3 1 0 2 5
 3/21 CHI W 35 6 11 4 4 0 2 16 2 7 2 5 2 1 3 22
 3/23 PHX W 48 9 20 2 4 2 5 22 2 5 3 1 4 2 3 -2
 3/25 WAS W 36 8 15 10 12 2 2 28 3 9 3 5 1 0 1 29
 3/27 LAL W 42 8 18 8 12 0 0 24 3 9 3 5 2 0 4 6
 3/28 POR W 43 11 21 6 6 1 2 29 4 9 1 5 2 0 3 9
 3/31 CHI W 43 13 24 2 6 0 4 28 3 5 3 0 3 0 4 12
 4/1 CLE W 32 4 12 4 6 1 3 13 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 22
 4/5 NYK L 43 11 18 8 16 1 4 31 3 7 3 3 3 0 1 -8
 4/6 WAS L 42 12 19 7 10 2 4 33 3 8 3 7 1 1 3 -23
 4/9 NYK W 42 13 25 2 2 1 3 29 4 6 4 2 2 0 3 18
 4/11 SEA L 44 5 15 7 8 1 2 18 3 10 4 2 0 0 2 -4
 4/14 PHX L 42 7 13 9 12 1 4 24 2 4 5 3 1 0 0 -24
 4/15 GSW L 31 7 18 0 0 0 2 14 2 8 1 3 0 1 2 -29
 4/17 UTA W 36 6 13 2 2 0 1 14 2 7 4 4 2 1 3 11
 4/21 LAL W 32 11 15 12 12 6 6 40 3 8 0 7 1 1 2 31
 4/23 DET L 42 11 18 6 10 1 2 29 6 9 3 3 3 0 3 0
 4/24 DET L 27 5 9 4 4 0 0 14 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 -13
 4/26 DET L 34 4 6 1 2 1 1 10 1 2 5 4 1 0 2 -26
 4/27 DET W 36 10 19 4 5 1 1 25 3 7 2 3 2 0 2 8
 4/29 DET L 41 6 13 7 8 0 1 19 3 5 2 3 0 0 3 -7

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 35
 Total Player of the Week: 2
 Total Player of the Month: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 3
 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

Transactions

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

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