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Dale Ellis
Personal information
Born	(1960-08-06) August 6, 1960 (age 64) Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
High school	Marietta (Marietta, Georgia)
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College	Tennessee (1979–1983)
NBA Draft	1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Pro career	1983–2000
Career history
1983–1986	Dallas Mavericks
1986–1991	Seattle SuperSonics
1991–1992	Milwaukee Bucks
1992–1994	San Antonio Spurs
1994–1997	Denver Nuggets
1997–1999	Seattle SuperSonics
1999–2000	Milwaukee Bucks
2000	Charlotte Hornets

Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1989) All-NBA Third Team (1989) NBA Most Improved Player (1987) NBA Three-Point Contest champion (1989) Consensus first-team All-American (1983) Consensus second-team All-American (1982) 2× SEC Player of the Year (1982, 1983) No. 14 retired by Tennessee Volunteers Fourth-team Parade All-American (1979)

Career NBA statistics
Points	19,004 (15.7 ppg)
Rebounds	4,201 (3.5 rpg)
Assists	1,746 (1.4 apg)

Dale Ellis (born August 6, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for many years. Dale Ellis was known for his amazing three-point shots. For a while, he held the record for the most three-pointers made in NBA history. When he retired, his 1,719 three-pointers were the second most ever.

Playing Career Highlights
NBA Career Statistics
- Regular Season Stats
- Playoff Stats
See also

Playing Career Highlights

After playing college basketball at the University of Tennessee, Dale Ellis was picked ninth in the 1983 NBA draft. He joined the Dallas Mavericks. During his time with the Mavericks, he didn't play much and often sat on the bench.

Becoming a Star in Seattle

Dale Ellis's career changed a lot when he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1986. He started playing much more, and his scoring went way up. His average points per game jumped from 7.1 with the Mavericks to 24.9 with the SuperSonics. In his first game for Seattle, he scored 23 points! Because of his huge improvement, he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1987.

Ellis continued to be a top player for the SuperSonics in the late 1980s. He even made two "four-point plays" in one game in 1988. This was the first time any NBA player had done that. His best scoring season was 1988–89, when he averaged 27.5 points per game. He scored 49 points in one game that season. He also broke a team record for total points scored in a season. In 1989, he was chosen to play in the 1989 NBA All-Star Game, where he scored 27 points for the West team.

Moving to Other Teams

After four and a half seasons with the SuperSonics, Ellis was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. He played less as a starter there but still scored a lot. Later, he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs. With the Spurs, he started more games and played very efficiently.

He then played for the Denver Nuggets and returned to the SuperSonics again. Towards the end of his career, he also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Hornets. He played in 1,209 NBA games in total.

Impressive Records

Dale Ellis had some amazing achievements. He once played 69 minutes in a single game, scoring 53 points. This was a record for the most minutes played in an NBA game. When he retired, his 1,719 career three-pointers were the second most in NBA history. He ended his career with averages of 15.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. He was also a great shooter, making 40.3% of his three-point shots.

NBA Career Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

*	Led the league

Regular Season Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1983–84	Dallas	67	2	15.8	.456	.414	.719	3.7	.8	.6	.1	8.2
1984–85	Dallas	72	4	18.3	.454	.385	.740	3.3	.8	.6	.1	9.3
1985–86	Dallas	72	1	15.1	.411	.364	.720	2.3	.5	.6	.1	7.1
1986–87	Seattle	82	76	37.5	.516	.358	.787	5.5	2.9	1.3	.4	24.9
1987–88	Seattle	75	73	37.2	.503	.413	.767	4.5	2.6	1.0	.1	25.8
1988–89	Seattle	82	82	38.9	.501	.478	.816	4.2	2.0	1.3	.3	27.5
1989–90	Seattle	55	49	37.0	.497	.375	.818	4.3	2.0	1.1	.1	23.5
1990–91	Seattle	30	24	26.7	.463	.303	.738	3.1	2.1	1.1	.1	15.0
1990–91	Milwaukee	21	0	29.7	.486	.441	.707	3.9	1.5	.8	.2	19.3
1991–92	Milwaukee	81	11	27.0	.469	.419	.774	3.1	1.3	.7	.2	15.7
1992–93	San Antonio	82	76	33.3	.499	.401	.797	3.8	1.3	1.0	.2	16.7
1993–94	San Antonio	77	75	33.6	.494	.395	.776	3.3	1.0	.9	.1	15.2
1994–95	Denver	81	3	24.6	.453	.403	.866	2.7	.7	.5	.1	11.3
1995–96	Denver	81	52	32.4	.479	.412	.760	3.9	1.7	.7	.1	14.9
1996–97	Denver	82	51	35.9	.414	.364	.817	3.6	2.0	.7	.1	16.6
1997–98	Seattle	79	0	24.5	.497	.464*	.782	2.3	1.1	.8	.1	11.8
1998–99	Seattle	48	5	25.7	.441	.433	.757	2.4	.8	.5	.1	10.3
1999–00	Milwaukee	18	0	18.0	.465	.354	.667	1.9	.3	.3	.0	6.8
1999–00	Charlotte	24	5	10.0	.328	.400	.750	.9	.3	.3	.0	2.3
Career		1,209	589	28.8	.479	.403	.784	3.5	1.4	.8	.2	15.7
All-Star		1	1	26.0	.750	1.000	1.000	6.0	2.0	.0	.0	27.0

Playoff Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1984	Dallas	8	–	22.3	.325	.083	.750	5.3	.5	1.3	.3	7.4
1985	Dallas	4	1	17.0	.435	.400	.500	1.8	.8	1.0	.0	5.8
1986	Dallas	7	0	9.6	.409	.583	1.000	1.0	.3	.3	.3	4.3
1987	Seattle	14	14	37.9	.487	.361	.815	6.4	2.6	.7	.4	25.2
1988	Seattle	5	5	34.4	.482	.250	.724	4.6	3.0	.6	.4	20.8
1989	Seattle	8	8	38.0	.450	.405	.727	4.0	1.3	1.4	.1	22.9
1993	San Antonio	10	10	30.5	.451	.313	.813	3.5	1.1	.4	.0	12.5
1994	San Antonio	4	4	28.5	.395	.294	.600	2.5	.3	.8	.0	10.5
1995	Denver	3	0	24.3	.357	.308	.923	4.7	1.0	.7	.3	12.0
1998	Seattle	10	0	17.0	.377	.423	.833	1.3	.6	.2	.0	5.6
Career		73	42	27.1	.443	.351	.784	3.7	1.3	.7	.2	13.8

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