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One of the best "catch and shoot" players of all time, Dale Ellis dropped a lot of long distance bombs on opposing squads throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

When Dale Ellis came into the league in 1983 shooting from three point land was way less popular than it is now. The 3 point shot was introduced only a few seasons ago and it took a while for it to gain popularity. Dale Ellis was one of the first players who started using three point shot as one of his main weapons.

Dale wasn't known as a 3 point shooter while playing for University of Tennessee but he always had the long ball in his ammunition dump - he was just forced to play center as a youngster because of his height. He spent his first 3 seasons in Dallas and never averaged more than 10 points per game. In his 2nd and 3rd season he combined for 1175 points and 315 of them came from 3-point shots. In those two years only 3 players (World B Free, Bird and Hodges) nailed more threes than Ellis.

In 1986 he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics and it turned out to be a career changing deal for him. He had without any warning turned into one of the league's top scorers as he averaged almost 25 PPG. It didn't come as a surprise that he also won the NBA Most Improved Player Award that season. Surprisingly, Seattle went as far as the Western Conference Finals after missing playoffs the previous year.

Next season Ellis was one of three Seattle players who averaged more than 20 points (Ellis at 25.8 ppg, McDaniel at 21.4, and Chambers at 20.4). It was the first season when Dale hit more than 100 threes but still he demonstrated that he has become a much more multifaceted scorer - only 16% of his points came from threes. Unfortunately, SuperSonics lost to the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the playoffs.

1988-1989 was quite possibly his best season. He made his only All-Star game and won the 3-point competition. Just Micheal Jordan and Karl Malone averaged more points in 88-89 than Ellis (27.5 PPG). That season he made 162 3-pointers and had an outstanding 0.478 percentage from behind the 3-point line. Sonics made it to the second round of the playoffs in 1989.

He played only 55 games in the following season and then he was traded to Milwaukee. Dale's playing time was significantly reduced there but it was still solid - not far from 30 minutes per game. His minutes went up again when he was playing for the San Antonio Spurs from 1992 to 1994. Dale was a very effective scorer in San Antonio shooting just about 50% from the field but he wasn't getting any younger.

Following these two seasons in San Antonio, already 34 years old, he signed with the Denver Nuggets. Many players retire when in their mid-30s but Ellis still managed to compile a string of 3 solid seasons in Denver. In 1996-1997 he averaged almost 17 points every night and that was his second best scoring season since he parted ways with Seattle in 1990. The bad side was he didn't shot very well - 0.414 from the field. Dale really fell in love with the three ball that season as he made career high 192 3-pointers.

In the twilight of his career, Ellis came back to Seattle to play there for two seasons. Dale was just a couple of years removed from his 40th birthday but he was still good for 10 points night in and night out.

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