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, 22 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 | 31 | 4 | 373 | 37 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 30 | 64 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 58 | 97 | .389 | .639 | 12.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 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 |
| Place | Home | 14 | 2 | 196 | 21 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 52 | .389 | .625 | 14.0 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | |
| Road | 17 | 2 | 178 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 45 | .390 | .650 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 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 |
| All-Star | Pre | 20 | 2 | 236 | 24 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 64 | .353 | .727 | 11.8 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | |
| Post | 11 | 2 | 137 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 33 | .481 | .500 | 12.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 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 |
| Result | Win | 16 | 2 | 206 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 52 | .353 | .667 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.6 | |
| Loss | 15 | 2 | 167 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 45 | .432 | .583 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 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 |
| Month | October | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .500 | .750 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| November | 3 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | .286 | .875 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||
| December | 5 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | .462 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | |||
| January | 8 | 2 | 107 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | .333 | .500 | 13.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | ||
| February | 6 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .467 | .571 | 9.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | ||
| March | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||
| April | 5 | 2 | 93 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | .429 | .500 | 18.7 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 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 |
| Day | Sunday | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .400 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Monday | 5 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | .467 | .667 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Tuesday | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Wednesday | 8 | 1 | 114 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .323 | .500 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | ||
| Thursday | 3 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | .294 | .875 | 14.4 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Friday | 8 | 1 | 101 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | .524 | .500 | 12.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | ||
| Saturday | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .400 | .750 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 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 |
| Role | Starter | 4 | 4 | 83 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | .370 | 20.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.3 | ||
| Reserve | 27 | 0 | 290 | 27 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 20 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 77 | .397 | .639 | 10.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 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 |
| Minutes | 20-29 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | .368 | .500 | 24.8 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | |
| 10-19 | 15 | 2 | 225 | 23 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 63 | .365 | .654 | 15.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 | ||
| 0-9 | 13 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 19 | .538 | .625 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | .400 | .500 | 13.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Day | 12 | 3 | 173 | 16 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 35 | .340 | .750 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 Days | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .667 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 3+ Days | 13 | 0 | 122 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 41 | .419 | .625 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 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 |
| Conference | Eastern | 11 | 1 | 132 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 37 | .333 | .563 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | |
| Western | 20 | 3 | 241 | 23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 40 | 60 | .434 | .700 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 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 |
| Division | Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .389 | 12.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Central | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .143 | .667 | 11.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Northwest | 6 | 1 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | .467 | .750 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| Pacific | 5 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | .412 | .750 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||
| Southeast | 3 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .500 | .500 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Southwest | 9 | 2 | 113 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 20 | .429 | .500 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 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 | Boston | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .667 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chicago | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .400 | 1.000 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Dallas | 3 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .571 | .500 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Denver | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .250 | 1.000 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Houston | 2 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | .400 | 17.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | |||
| Indiana | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 15.6 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | ||
| LA Clippers | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .200 | 18.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |||
| LA Lakers | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Memphis | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.000 | .500 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .750 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | |||
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .250 | 30.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | |||
| New York | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .667 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Orlando | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .500 | .500 | 14.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .556 | .750 | 19.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |||
| Toronto | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||