Melvin Ely
Age 35 · 6'10" · 260 lb · USA
Pick #12, 2002 Draft · Rookie 2003 · 375 games · 7 playoff games
DPM
-3.3Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -0.20
- -3.15 before the first game, -3.35 before the last game
- Biggest drop
- -0.20
- Apr 14 vs OKC · 10 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.20
- Average size of a game's change this season. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Melvin Ely's seasons, at the same age.
- Hunter Dickinson NOP like his 2002-03 90
- Amari Williams BOS like his 2002-03 89
- Vladislav Goldin MIA like his 2002-03 88
- Jericho Sims MIL like his 2004-05 85
- Malevy Leons GSW like his 2003-04 85
- Nicolas Claxton BKN like his 2004-05 84
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | NOP | 35 | 2 | 13.6 | -3.35 | -3.56 | +0.22 | — |
| 2010-11 | DEN | 32 | 30 | 12.2 | -3.86 | -3.34 | -0.52 | 521st of 530 |
| 2008-09 | NOP | 30 | 31 | 12.0 | -3.23 | -3.35 | +0.12 | 680th of 697 |
| 2007-08 | NOP | 30 | 52 +7 | 11.9 | -2.09 | -2.88 | +0.79 | 598th of 697 |
| 2006-07 | SAS | 29 | 30 | 10.3 | -2.29 | -2.77 | +0.48 | 693rd of 774 |
| 2005-06 | CHA | 27 | 57 | 23.6 | -1.37 | -1.81 | +0.44 | 686th of 924 |
| 2004-05 | CHA | 26 | 79 | 20.9 | -2.25 | -2.39 | +0.15 | 908th of 1010 |
| 2003-04 | LAC | 25 | 42 | 12.1 | -2.20 | -2.21 | +0.01 | 920th of 1078 |
| 2002-03 | LAC | 24 | 52 | 15.4 | -2.44 | -2.60 | +0.17 | 1035th of 1185 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.