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 | 52 | 1 | 621 | 85 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 58 | 28 | 145 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 79 | 202 | .472 | .552 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 |
| Place | Home | 31 | 0 | 400 | 55 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 17 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 131 | .478 | .512 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.5 | |
| Road | 21 | 1 | 221 | 30 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 71 | .462 | .647 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 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 |
| All-Star | Pre | 35 | 0 | 456 | 63 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 17 | 107 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 63 | 152 | .463 | .634 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | |
| Post | 17 | 1 | 165 | 22 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 50 | .500 | .353 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | ||
| 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 |
| Result | Win | 35 | 0 | 427 | 57 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 19 | 103 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 58 | 132 | .449 | .545 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 | |
| Loss | 17 | 1 | 193 | 28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 70 | .528 | .560 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 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 |
| Month | October | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .333 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
| November | 14 | 0 | 169 | 26 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 64 | .531 | .750 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | ||
| December | 5 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | .333 | .615 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||
| January | 11 | 0 | 177 | 26 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 58 | .473 | .500 | 16.1 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.4 | ||
| February | 6 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | .333 | .500 | 10.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | ||
| March | 12 | 1 | 132 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 44 | .541 | .308 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.5 | ||
| April | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 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 |
| Day | Sunday | 6 | 1 | 71 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 26 | .478 | .444 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | |
| Monday | 7 | 0 | 101 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 42 | .613 | .667 | 14.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0.6 | ||
| Tuesday | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .143 | 1.000 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Wednesday | 16 | 0 | 178 | 21 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 50 | .429 | .533 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | ||
| Friday | 13 | 0 | 179 | 23 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 59 | .469 | .591 | 13.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | ||
| Saturday | 7 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 | .476 | .250 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | ||
| 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 |
| Role | Starter | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .636 | .333 | 28.1 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Reserve | 51 | 0 | 593 | 78 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 55 | 25 | 140 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 79 | 187 | .462 | .564 | 11.6 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 |
| Minutes | 20-29 | 6 | 1 | 140 | 29 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 65 | .592 | .583 | 23.3 | 10.8 | 5.8 | 0.7 | |
| 10-19 | 23 | 0 | 348 | 43 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 38 | 18 | 85 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 107 | .457 | .553 | 15.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 0-9 | 23 | 0 | 133 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | .351 | .500 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||
| 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 |
| Rest | 0 Days | 7 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | .375 | .333 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Day | 26 | 1 | 361 | 54 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 86 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 54 | 129 | .491 | .568 | 13.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 Days | 9 | 0 | 92 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 30 | .483 | .667 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | ||
| 3+ Days | 9 | 0 | 86 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | .474 | .583 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 |
| Conference | Eastern | 17 | 1 | 218 | 35 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 84 | .556 | .583 | 12.8 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 0.4 | |
| Western | 35 | 0 | 403 | 50 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 17 | 93 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 55 | 118 | .427 | .529 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | ||
| 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 |
| Division | Atlantic | 5 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | .308 | .500 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.4 | |
| Central | 6 | 1 | 94 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 36 | .652 | .667 | 15.6 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | ||
| Northwest | 13 | 0 | 159 | 26 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 63 | .553 | .647 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.5 | ||
| Pacific | 12 | 0 | 138 | 15 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 34 | .357 | .500 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 | ||
| Southeast | 6 | 0 | 82 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 37 | .593 | .556 | 13.7 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | ||
| Southwest | 10 | 0 | 106 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | .321 | .333 | 10.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .600 | .500 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | |
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .667 | .600 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Chicago | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Dallas | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Denver | 3 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | .636 | 1.000 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Detroit | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .667 | .600 | 20.6 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Golden State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Houston | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .333 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | ||
| Indiana | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .667 | .750 | 15.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | ||
| LA Clippers | 3 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .417 | .500 | 14.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ||
| LA Lakers | 4 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | .385 | .500 | 11.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.8 | ||
| Memphis | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .167 | .333 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Miami | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .429 | 21.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .600 | 16.6 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .778 | .500 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||
| New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .500 | .500 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | ||
| New York | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .500 | 14.3 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Orlando | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .714 | 16.5 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .333 | 11.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Portland | 3 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .333 | .500 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Sacramento | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .333 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |||
| San Antonio | 3 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | .462 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | |||
| Seattle | 2 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .429 | .429 | 18.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .571 | 1.000 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||