<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have acquired Melvin Ely from the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Eric Williams and a second round pick in 2009. Ely, a 6-10 forward/center, is in his fifth NBA season. He has appeared in 24 games for Charlotte this season and is averaging 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.2 minutes a game. Ely enjoyed his finest NBA season last year when he averaged 9.8 points and 4.9 rebounds in 23.6 minutes in 57 games while shooting .508 (216-425) for the Bobcats. For his career Ely has appeared in 254 games for Charlotte and the Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game. The 28-year old was originally the 12th overall selection in the 2002 NBA Draft. Williams has appeared in 16 games for the Spurs this season, averaging 2.6 points in 5.5 minutes a game. He was originally acquired on 6/21/06 from Toronto with Matt Bonner and a 2009 second round pick in exchange for Rasho Nesterovic. For his career, the 6-8 forward has played in 653 games for six teams (San Antonio, Toronto, New Jersey, Cleveland, Denver and Boston), averaging 8.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 24.0 minutes a game. </div> Source -edit I see someone already posted this in the spurs fan, it gets annoying how behind I am =(
Ely was rarely used anyway. Good luck to him, hopefully Popovich gets the most out of Ely, he can be a very servicable player for their playoff run.
This is pretty much a pointless trade. Bernie needs to learn to stop caring about how happy the players he trades are and to get the best deal he can. I don't know atleast we got a 2nd rounder out of it. It's just gonna be pretty late pick
I don't know what to expect. I mean, I predicted (among others) Butler to be a steal and have a big impact for the Spurs, and eventually start. That doesn't seem to be the case. Hopefuly Ely can provide the Spurs with something...for his sake, because I'm not a Spurs fan.
