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Melvin Ely

CHA · Big · 2004-05 · Fresno State · Year 3 · age 26 · born May 2, 1978

7.3 PPG4.1 RPG1.0 APG1.5 TPG21.0 MPG

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Height
6'10"
Weight
261

Melvin Ely, 2004-05 with CHA: 7.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 21.0 minutes a game. Against the 293 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Blocks / 75 (84th percentile), Offensive rebound % (80th) and Stocks / 75 (73rd); his lowest are VORP (1st percentile) and Box Plus/Minus (3rd). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 9 are in the table below.

Bars rank him against all 293 qualified players in 2004-05; the second number is his rank among the 83 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Minutes / game303721.0
Minutes share445141.6%
Availability757796.3%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Shooting
True shooting %88.465
Effective FG%126.432
Points per shot22161.10
3-point attempts / g10310.0
3PA rate (of FGA)5170.0%
2-point %201043.2%
Free throw %61757.5%
FT attempts / g58592.7
FT rate (of FGA)734840.3%
% points from 313360.0%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75385113.5
Assist %27757.8%
Assists / 7526721.8
Assist / turnover15460.66
Usage %607619.8%
Turnover %263215.7%
Turnovers / 7523232.7
Offensive rebound %80438.3%

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 7564147.6
Def. rebound %48311.7%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7517400.8
Blocks / 7584511.6
Stocks / 7573452.4
Steal %17391.0%
Block %85543.1%
Physical ingredients
Height77326'10"
Strength (weight)9274261

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Overall value
PER191610.5
Win Shares / 4842.004
Box Plus/Minus35−4.4
Offensive BPM811−3.4
Defensive BPM1812−1.0
VORP11-1.0
Game Score / g20234.5

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2002-03LAC245215.44.53.30.3.540−4.25
2003-04LAC254212.13.72.40.5.458−3.39
2004-05★CHA267921.07.34.11.0.465−4.43
2005-06CHA275723.69.84.91.3.550−1.828
2006-07SAS283010.33.01.80.6.442−6.61
2007-08NOH295211.93.92.80.4.491−5.23
2008-09NOH303112.03.12.10.6.438−7.31
2010-11DEN323012.22.32.50.5.573−3.29
2013-14NOP35213.63.00.50.0.500−10.31

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.