Melvin Anderson Ely
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 260 lbs.
Born: May 2, 1978 in Harvey, Illinois
High School: Thornton Township in Harvey, Illinois
College: California State University, Fresno
Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 2002 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 28, 2002
Age: 35 years, 17 days ▪ Experience: 8 years
D-League: 37 G, 10.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 0.9 APG (Full Record)
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Total | 57 | 22 | 1348 | 216 | 425 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 192 | 94 | 277 | 76 | 29 | 44 | 100 | 160 | 560 | .508 | .000 | .667 | 23.7 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Place | Home | 30 | 13 | 718 | 122 | 235 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 104 | 52 | 146 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 91 | 312 | .519 | .000 | .654 | 23.9 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| Road | 27 | 9 | 630 | 94 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 88 | 42 | 131 | 40 | 17 | 21 | 54 | 69 | 248 | .495 | .682 | 23.3 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 1.5 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| All-Star | Pre | 34 | 16 | 873 | 133 | 274 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 147 | 65 | 193 | 50 | 14 | 30 | 72 | 102 | 367 | .485 | .000 | .687 | 25.7 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| Post | 23 | 6 | 475 | 83 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 45 | 29 | 84 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 58 | 193 | .550 | .000 | .600 | 20.7 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Result | Win | 20 | 9 | 511 | 93 | 174 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 72 | 30 | 96 | 35 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 60 | 231 | .534 | .000 | .625 | 25.6 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| Loss | 37 | 13 | 837 | 123 | 251 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 120 | 64 | 181 | 41 | 16 | 20 | 65 | 100 | 329 | .490 | .000 | .692 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 1.1 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Month | November | 11 | 0 | 234 | 26 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 57 | 18 | 58 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 94 | .382 | .000 | .737 | 21.3 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 1.1 |
| December | 10 | 5 | 238 | 40 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 40 | 20 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 106 | .533 | .650 | 23.8 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 1.2 | ||
| January | 5 | 4 | 149 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 57 | .500 | .474 | 29.9 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 1.4 | ||
| February | 11 | 9 | 317 | 50 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 25 | 69 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 42 | 126 | .515 | .743 | 28.8 | 11.5 | 6.3 | 2.0 | ||
| March | 13 | 1 | 223 | 37 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 87 | .521 | .000 | .500 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 1.1 | |
| April | 7 | 3 | 187 | 39 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 90 | .591 | .800 | 26.6 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 1.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Day | Sunday | 4 | 0 | 83 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 44 | .645 | .667 | 20.7 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |
| Monday | 7 | 4 | 175 | 30 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 73 | .556 | .867 | 25.1 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | ||
| Tuesday | 7 | 2 | 152 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 50 | .475 | .000 | .545 | 21.7 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | |
| Wednesday | 17 | 7 | 399 | 70 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 47 | 37 | 105 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 173 | .476 | .702 | 23.4 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 | ||
| Thursday | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .429 | 1.000 | 25.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Friday | 14 | 6 | 311 | 37 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 61 | 24 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 118 | .487 | .721 | 22.2 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 1.1 | ||
| Saturday | 7 | 3 | 203 | 37 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 94 | .529 | .000 | .513 | 29.0 | 13.4 | 5.3 | 2.4 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Role | Starter | 22 | 22 | 638 | 101 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 81 | 45 | 130 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 77 | 253 | .510 | .630 | 29.0 | 11.5 | 5.9 | 1.6 | |
| Reserve | 35 | 0 | 710 | 115 | 227 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 111 | 49 | 147 | 40 | 23 | 22 | 60 | 83 | 307 | .507 | .000 | .694 | 20.3 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 1.1 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Minutes | 30-39 | 13 | 10 | 444 | 84 | 152 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 62 | 27 | 82 | 32 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 50 | 208 | .553 | .000 | .645 | 34.2 | 16.0 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| 20-29 | 24 | 9 | 591 | 95 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 70 | 39 | 129 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 58 | 244 | .500 | .771 | 24.6 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 10-19 | 17 | 3 | 292 | 35 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 58 | 28 | 64 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 48 | 103 | .438 | .000 | .569 | 17.2 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 0.9 | |
| 0-9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .667 | .500 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Rest | 0 Days | 12 | 7 | 324 | 56 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 51 | 22 | 66 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 138 | .491 | .000 | .510 | 27.0 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 Day | 26 | 11 | 631 | 99 | 190 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 89 | 44 | 124 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 78 | 268 | .521 | .000 | .787 | 24.3 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 1.3 | |
| 2 Days | 9 | 1 | 178 | 37 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 85 | .561 | .611 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 3+ Days | 9 | 3 | 186 | 21 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 56 | .457 | .519 | 20.7 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Conference | Eastern | 34 | 14 | 833 | 137 | 277 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 125 | 63 | 186 | 53 | 15 | 30 | 51 | 94 | 357 | .495 | .000 | .664 | 24.5 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Western | 23 | 8 | 516 | 79 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 67 | 31 | 91 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 66 | 203 | .534 | .672 | 22.4 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Division | Atlantic | 15 | 6 | 355 | 51 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 62 | 31 | 87 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 42 | 145 | .425 | .000 | .694 | 23.7 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| Central | 8 | 4 | 201 | 44 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 106 | .587 | .667 | 25.1 | 13.3 | 6.6 | 1.5 | ||
| Northwest | 8 | 4 | 180 | 23 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 59 | .511 | .722 | 22.5 | 7.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | ||
| Pacific | 8 | 3 | 185 | 31 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 81 | .564 | .731 | 23.2 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | ||
| Southeast | 11 | 4 | 277 | 42 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 46 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 106 | .512 | .000 | .611 | 25.1 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | |
| Southwest | 7 | 1 | 151 | 25 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 63 | .521 | .565 | 21.5 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Opponent | Atlanta | 4 | 1 | 99 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 44 | .621 | .727 | 24.8 | 11.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | .182 | .000 | .625 | 23.3 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | |
| Chicago | 3 | 1 | 65 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 33 | .545 | .750 | 21.7 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 1.3 | ||
| Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .667 | 22.9 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | |||
| Dallas | 2 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | .556 | .667 | 19.9 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Denver | 2 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | .444 | .333 | 20.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | .571 | .500 | 23.7 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Golden State | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | .500 | 1.000 | 18.7 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Houston | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | .364 | .333 | 26.8 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Indiana | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .545 | .500 | 29.2 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||
| LA Clippers | 2 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | .600 | .500 | 19.9 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | ||
| LA Lakers | 2 | 1 | 62 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 31 | .636 | .600 | 31.0 | 15.5 | 5.5 | 3.0 | ||
| Memphis | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | .667 | 17.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |||
| Miami | 3 | 1 | 74 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 | .500 | .875 | 24.7 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 0.7 | ||
| Milwaukee | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | .667 | .714 | 36.5 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | ||
| New Jersey | 4 | 1 | 103 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 40 | .395 | .833 | 25.6 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | ||
| New York | 3 | 1 | 56 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 24 | .526 | .444 | 18.6 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Philadelphia | 4 | 3 | 117 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 58 | .478 | .824 | 29.2 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 1.8 | ||
| Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .400 | 24.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Portland | 2 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .333 | 1.000 | 25.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .500 | 1.000 | 21.9 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .500 | .600 | 24.1 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Seattle | 2 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 28 | .650 | .667 | 25.7 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Toronto | 2 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | .333 | .625 | 16.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | .429 | .750 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | ||
| Washington | 4 | 2 | 103 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 37 | .429 | .000 | .412 | 25.9 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | |