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.
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RC will talk to the media at 3:30 today.
Interesting that the official press release mentions him as a center. Pop calls out the team for being soft two games in a row and then the next day the team trades for a center?Ely, a 6-10 forward/center, is in his fifth NBA season.
Not good news for Elson or Oberto.
R.C. talking to the media in 30 minutes and it's STILL not up on ESPN website...slackers!
Poor EW, but this is what happens at the end of your career, you become trade fodder.
got my fingers crossed this guy helps out.
From what I read, he likes to play PF, but his game is more suited to C. He and Tim Duncan should get along...
wow, i like that.
I wonder if Ely turns out to be a suprise, like Denver got with Blake. The team dumps a salary, saves money and just wants to get an exp back, but in the end they get a suprisingly good player who they will re-sign.
Might be the same for the Spurs
Ely can body-up and play physical. He doesn't play by the Arch Duke of Canterbury Rules.
Looks like a dead heat on a merry-go-round.
looks like good news...his numbers are down this year, but he obviously has potential to fit in the rotation very well. I like the idea of Oberto, Elson and Ely competing with each other for playing time. This should also allow Horry to rest for the playoffs a bit more.
Fixed for those who didn't want to google the meaning.
we need to get rid of Beno + Oberto and we'll be in good shape.
At least the Cats have some veteran firepower, we have some youth. Good for both teams.
Now if we can get rid of Oberto & Beno...
YEAH but i would rather have williams then oberthoe
So would Charlotte.
Bottomline is the Spurs have wanted Ely for a long time. They tried to trade up to get him in the draft and ever since then, they've attempted to get him. Before Devin signed with the Jazz, the Spurs were working on a sign-and-trade that would have sent Devin to Charlotte and Ely to San Antonio. That's one of many times the Spurs have gone after him.
And with Pop saying the Spurs are playing soft, it's no mistake that the Spurs went out and got a 6-foot-10, 260 bruiser. He has all the tools to be a shotblocker, including a 7-foot-4 wingspan and a 9-foot-3 standing reach. Offensively, he's a better low post scorer than anyone on the Spurs outside of Duncan (but that isn't exactly saying much
Win-Win trade for the Spurs. At the very least, with the trade they avoid going over the luxury tax threshold. At best, he becomes a player to add to the bigman rotation.
Oh and somewhere Ghost Writer is happy that the Spurs got someone with cornrows and a headband.
...Oh and somewhere Ghost Writer is happy that the Spurs got someone with cornrows and a headband.
Someone needs to Photo Shop him a Spurs headband.
There's a youtube video of Kobe getting upset with Ely for a pick he set on him.
Meanwhile, the fleet-footed Elson is practicing his sprint back down the court in case one day, the Spurs can create those "easy baskets" they hoped to gain when they signed him.
that's a novel concept...a big that knows how to set a screen!
Yeah, all those fast break dunks are blowing me away.
Do you know if the 09 second round pick is the Hornet's one (from the Rasho trade) or Spurs 09 second round pick ?
I guess it's the Hornet's pick but I haven't seen written somewhere.
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