LeRon Ellis (original) (raw)

HS: Mater Dei	Laguna Hills, CA

Born: 4/28/1969	Los Angeles, CA

Season Stats

Season	Cl	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	3Pt	3PA	%	Asst	Reb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
1989-90	Jr	C	32	29	682	79	175	45.1%	28	54	51.9%	6	15	40.0%	24	129	96	8	22	35	25	192	6.0	0.8	4.0
1990-91	Sr	C	32	32	929	142	280	50.7%	72	119	60.5%	0	4	0.0%	43	246	110	4	44	62	79	356	11.1	1.3	7.7
Career			64	61	1611	221	455	48.6%	100	173	57.8%	6	19	31.6%	67	375	206	12	66	97	104	548	8.6	1.0	5.9

LeRon Ellis was a smooth moving center with a nice shooting touch, and solid defensive skills. Ellis was highly recruited out of high school, and played his freshman and sophomore years at the University of Kentucky.

Leron Ellis Syracuse Basketball Ellis was a blossoming star at Kentucky, averaging 16.0 points per game his sophomore season along with 5.5 rebounds. When the Kentucky basketball team was placed on probation, Ellis was permitted to transfer to another Division I school without having to sit out a season.

Ellis was a high school teammate of Mike Hopkins, and the son of NBA star LeRoy Ellis. The high profile of Syracuse University plus the connection with Hopkins, convinced Ellis to come to Syracuse. Ellis first year at Syracuse he took a back seat to seniors Derrick Coleman and Stephen Thompson, and super-soph Billy Owens. He also developed a reputation for not being a hard worker in practice, which cost him playing time. He had several off the court hobbies, including being an avid jazz musician.

Ellis contributed more significantly his senior season, averaging more than 11 points per game, and greatly improving his rebounding totals. Defensively he became more of a presence on the court. Ellis was always physically gifted, and occasionally would have a strong game. He was never as dominant at Syracuse as he was when he was at Kentucky

Kentucky Career Stats

Season	Cl	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	3PA	%	Asst	Reb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
1987-88	Fr	C	28	-	386	49	106	46.2%	22	42	52.4%	0	---	13	83	47	-	21	13	18	120	4.3	0.5	3.0
1988-89	So	C	32	-	1006	200	385	51.9%	111	164	67.7%	2	0.0%	65	177	101	-	66	36	35	511	16.0	2.0	5.5
Career			60	-	1392	249	491	50.7%	133	208	63.9%	2	0.0%	78	260	148	-	87	49	53	631	10.5	1.3	4.3

Ellis would score 1,179 points in his college career between the two schools, 548 at Syracuse and 631 at Kentucky. He was drafted in the first round of the 1991 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, the 22nd overall pick.

Ellis would play three seasons in the NBA, one each with the Los Angeles Clippers (1992), Charlotte Hornets (1994) and Miami Heat (1996). In his top season, with Charlotte he played 50 games and averaged 4.4 ppg.

NBA Career Statistics

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	%	Asst	Reb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
1991-92	LA Clippers	C	29	0	103	17	50	34.0%	9	19	47.4%	---	1	24	11	-	11	6	9	43	1.5	0.0	0.8
1993-94	Charlotte	C	50	1	680	88	182	48.4%	45	68	48.4%	---	24	188	83	-	21	17	25	221	4.4	0.5	3.8
1995-96	Miami	C	12	1	74	5	22	22.7%	3	6	50.0%	---	4	8	11	-	3	2	3	13	1.1	0.3	0.7
		C	91	2	857	110	254	43.3%	57	93	61.3%	---	29	220	105	-	35	25	37	277	3.0	0.3	2.4

Ellis would also play international basketball in Spain (1992-1995), Japan (1998-1999) and China (2001-2002).