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Wayne Ellington

Wayne Robert Ellington Jr. ▪ Twitter: @WayneElli22

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: October 29, 1987 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
High School: The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania
College: University of North Carolina
Draft: Minnesota Timberwolves, 1st round (28th pick, 28th overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 2009
Age: 25 years, 204 days ▪ Experience: 4 years

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2009-10 22 MIN NBA SG 76 1 1384 190 448 .424 64 162 .395 61 70 .871 33 126 159 74 20 5 74 72 505
2010-11 23 MIN NBA SG 62 8 1181 160 397 .403 48 121 .397 42 53 .792 26 82 108 72 28 3 53 85 410
2011-12 24 MIN NBA SG 51 4 973 122 302 .404 35 108 .324 32 40 .800 14 85 99 33 26 10 26 56 311
2012-13 25 TOT NBA SG 78 21 1661 226 529 .427 94 240 .392 68 75 .907 25 141 166 104 45 3 57 81 614
2012-13 25 MEM NBA SG 40 4 676 81 199 .407 41 97 .423 15 16 .938 5 47 52 42 16 1 24 38 218
2012-13 25 CLE NBA SG 38 17 985 145 330 .439 53 143 .371 53 59 .898 20 94 114 62 29 2 33 43 396
Career NBA 267 34 5199 698 1676 .416 241 631 .382 203 238 .853 98 434 532 283 119 21 210 294 1840

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2009-10 22 MIN NBA SG 76 1 18.2 2.5 5.9 .424 0.8 2.1 .395 0.8 0.9 .871 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.9 6.6
2010-11 23 MIN NBA SG 62 8 19.0 2.6 6.4 .403 0.8 2.0 .397 0.7 0.9 .792 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 1.4 6.6
2011-12 24 MIN NBA SG 51 4 19.1 2.4 5.9 .404 0.7 2.1 .324 0.6 0.8 .800 0.3 1.7 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.1 6.1
2012-13 25 TOT NBA SG 78 21 21.3 2.9 6.8 .427 1.2 3.1 .392 0.9 1.0 .907 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.0 7.9
2012-13 25 MEM NBA SG 40 4 16.9 2.0 5.0 .407 1.0 2.4 .423 0.4 0.4 .938 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.0 5.5
2012-13 25 CLE NBA SG 38 17 25.9 3.8 8.7 .439 1.4 3.8 .371 1.4 1.6 .898 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 1.1 10.4
Career NBA 267 34 19.5 2.6 6.3 .416 0.9 2.4 .382 0.8 0.9 .853 0.4 1.6 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.1 6.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2009-10 22 MIN NBA SG 76 1 1384 4.9 11.7 .424 1.7 4.2 .395 1.6 1.8 .871 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.9 0.5 0.1 1.9 1.9 13.1
2010-11 23 MIN NBA SG 62 8 1181 4.9 12.1 .403 1.5 3.7 .397 1.3 1.6 .792 0.8 2.5 3.3 2.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 2.6 12.5
2011-12 24 MIN NBA SG 51 4 973 4.5 11.2 .404 1.3 4.0 .324 1.2 1.5 .800 0.5 3.1 3.7 1.2 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.1 11.5
2012-13 25 TOT NBA SG 78 21 1661 4.9 11.5 .427 2.0 5.2 .392 1.5 1.6 .907 0.5 3.1 3.6 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 1.8 13.3
2012-13 25 MEM NBA SG 40 4 676 4.3 10.6 .407 2.2 5.2 .423 0.8 0.9 .938 0.3 2.5 2.8 2.2 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.0 11.6
2012-13 25 CLE NBA SG 38 17 985 5.3 12.1 .439 1.9 5.2 .371 1.9 2.2 .898 0.7 3.4 4.2 2.3 1.1 0.1 1.2 1.6 14.5
Career NBA 267 34 5199 4.8 11.6 .416 1.7 4.4 .382 1.4 1.6 .853 0.7 3.0 3.7 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.5 2.0 12.7

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2009-10 22 MIN NBA SG 76 1384 9.6 .527 .496 2.6 10.4 6.4 8.3 0.7 0.3 13.4 17.4 101 115 0.3 0.1 0.4 .014
2010-11 23 MIN NBA SG 62 1181 8.6 .488 .463 2.4 7.9 5.1 9.4 1.2 0.2 11.2 17.1 100 115 0.1 0.1 0.3 .010
2011-12 24 MIN NBA SG 51 973 9.4 .487 .462 1.6 9.7 5.6 5.5 1.4 0.7 7.5 15.8 100 109 0.3 0.5 0.8 .041
2012-13 25 TOT NBA SG 78 1661 12.2 .546 .516 1.7 10.3 5.8 10.1 1.4 0.1 9.2 16.8 111 109 2.1 1.1 3.2 .093
2012-13 25 MEM NBA SG 40 676 9.8 .529 .510 0.9 8.4 4.5 9.9 1.3 0.1 10.4 15.7 107 105 0.6 0.8 1.3 .094
2012-13 25 CLE NBA SG 38 985 13.9 .556 .520 2.2 11.6 6.7 10.3 1.5 0.2 8.5 17.6 113 112 1.6 0.3 1.9 .093
Career NBA 267 5199 10.2 .517 .488 2.1 9.7 5.8 8.6 1.2 0.3 10.5 16.8 104 112 2.9 1.9 4.7 .044

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 4 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4
Wayne Ellington 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.3
Negele Knight 90.7 3.2 0.6 0.5 0.1
Bob Wilkerson 86.0 2.9 0.9 0.7 0.2
Sasha Pavlovic 84.4 3.1 0.9 0.8 0.5
Marco Belinelli 82.9 3.4 1.2 0.5 0.0
Tim Legler 79.1 3.4 0.8 0.0 -0.1
Mike Dunleavy 78.6 3.4 1.4 0.2 0.1
Ricky Davis 77.6 2.8 1.1 0.2 0.2
Jim Les 76.8 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.1
Shammond Williams 76.5 2.9 1.2 0.2 0.0
Dion Glover 76.3 2.6 0.9 0.8 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Wayne Ellington 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.3
Negele Knight 84.7 3.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Dan Dickau 78.3 3.5 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0
Harold Ellis 75.8 2.8 0.9 0.9
Franklin Edwards 73.8 2.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Pete Myers 72.8 3.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Paul Thompson 72.3 3.7 1.1 0.1
Jeffrey Congdon 71.5 4.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.0
Robert Smith 70.4 2.9 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Quincy Pondexter 70.3 3.2 1.7 0.9
Angelo Musi 68.8 3.5 1.3 1.1

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2006-07 19 UNC 38 909 164 379 66 178 51 61 109 79 445 .433 .371 .836 23.9 11.7 2.9 2.1
2007-08 20 UNC 39 1214 237 507 78 195 95 115 174 78 647 .467 .400 .826 31.1 16.6 4.5 2.0
2008-09 21 UNC 38 1155 215 445 85 204 87 112 186 101 602 .483 .417 .777 30.4 15.8 4.9 2.7
Career 115 3278 616 1331 229 577 233 288 469 258 1694 .463 .397 .809 28.5 14.7 4.1 2.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Awards
2008-09 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
Honors
2006 McDonald's All American

Transactions

July 31, 2007: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 2009 1st round draft pick) with Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Garnett.

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

July 24, 2012: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Memphis Grizzlies for Dante Cunningham.

January 22, 2013: Traded by the Memphis Grizzlies with Josh Selby, Marreese Speights and a future 1st round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jon Leuer.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2009-10 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,003,560
2010-11 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,078,800
2011-12 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,154,040
Career (may be incomplete) $3,236,400

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13
Cleveland Cavaliers $2,083,042
  • Signed July 10, 2009.
  • Team Option for 2011-12 picked up on November 1, 2010.
  • Team Option for 2012-13 was picked up on June 29, 2011.

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