Dale Ellis
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About
Wing who played for six NBA teams from 1983 to 2000, including seven seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics; received the NBA's Most-Improved Player award in 1987 and won the Three-Point Shootout in 1989.
Before Fame
He played for the University of Tennessee from 1979 to 1983, and was a first-team All American in 1983, before being selected 9th overall in the NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks.
Trivia
He scored more than 19,000 points in his career and earned an All-Star and All-NBA third team selection in 1989.
Family Life
He married Monique Ellis in 1984.
Associated With
In 1988-89, as a member of the SuperSonics, he set a franchise record for points in a season with 2,253; the record stood for 21 seasons until Kevin Durant broke it.