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Wayne Ellington • #2 • F
Status:Unrestricted free agent
Ht/Wt:6'4", 207 lbs.
Born:Nov 29, 1987 (36 yrs) in Wynnewood, PA
From:North Carolina
Experience:13 years
Drafted:Drafted by Minnesota in 2009 (1/28).
Wayne Ellington
Movements & Injuries
2022
6/30/2022 Declared free agent.
4/13/2022 Fined $20,000 by the NBA.
3/21/2022 Missed 2 games (illness).
3/18/2022 Illness, day-to-day.
2021
12/29/2021 Missed 1 game (illness).
12/28/2021 Illness, day-to-day.
11/04/2021 Missed 8 games (strained left hamstring).
11/01/2021 Recalled from the South Bay Lakers (NBA G League).
11/01/2021 Assigned to the South Bay Lakers (NBA G League).
10/18/2021 Strained left hamstring, day-to-day.
8/06/2021 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Los Angeles Lakers to a one-year contract.
8/02/2021 Declared free agent.
5/16/2021 Missed the last 4 regular season games (calf injury).
5/09/2021 Calf injury, day-to-day.
5/06/2021 Missed 4 games (calf injury).
4/28/2021 Calf injury, day-to-day.
4/01/2021 Missed 1 game (right calf injury).
3/31/2021 Right calf injury, day-to-day.
3/24/2021 Missed 4 games (strained right groin).
3/15/2021 Strained right groin, day-to-day.
2/09/2021 Missed 2 games (strained right calf).
2/05/2021 Strained right calf, day-to-day.
2020
12/02/2020 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Pistons to a one-year contract.
11/19/2020 Waived by the New York Knicks.
2019
12/28/2019 Missed 10 games (left achilles).
12/07/2019 Left Achilles, day-to-day.
7/08/2019 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks to a two-year contract.
2/09/2019 Signed as a free agent by the Detroit Pistons.
2/07/2019 Waived by the Phoenix Suns.
2/06/2019 Acquired from the Miami Heat
2018
12/10/2018 Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
12/06/2018 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
10/27/2018 Missed 4 games (sore left ankle).
10/17/2018 Sore left ankle, day-to-day.
7/12/2018 Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Miami Heat to a one-year contract.
3/08/2018 Missed 4 games (left quad contusion).
3/01/2018 Left quad contusion, day-to-day.
2/09/2018 Missed 1 game (strained right shoulder).
2/07/2018 Strained right shoulder, day-to-day.
2017
7/07/2017 Miami Heat exercised their contract option for the 2017-18 season.
2016
12/27/2016 Missed 4 games (hamstring).
12/18/2016 Hamstring, day-to-day.
11/28/2016 Missed 16 games (quadriceps).
10/26/2016 Quadriceps, day-to-day.
7/10/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Miami Heat to a two-year contract.
6/30/2016 Declined to exercise his contract option with the Brooklyn Nets for the 2016-17 season.
3/15/2016 Missed 1 game (upper respiratory infection).
3/13/2016 Upper respiratory infection, day-to-day.
2015
11/25/2015 Missed 1 game (migraine).
11/22/2015 Migraine, day-to-day.
7/09/2015 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Brooklyn Nets to a one-year contract.
4/15/2015 Missed the last 8 regular season games (shoulder injury).
4/02/2015 Shoulder injury, remainder of the regular season.
2014
11/21/2014 Missed 6 games (personal reasons).
11/11/2014 Personal reasons, sidelined indefinitely.
10/29/2014 Missed 1 game (concussion).
10/28/2014 Concussion, day-to-day.
9/22/2014 Signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Lakers.
8/31/2014 Waived by the Sacramento Kings.
8/06/2014 Acquired from the New York Knicks.
6/25/2014 Acquired from the Dallas Mavericks.
3/07/2014 Missed 1 game (personal reasons).
3/05/2014 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
1/13/2014 Missed 2 games (illness).
1/10/2014 Illness, day-to-day.
1/05/2014 Missed 4 games (illness).
2013
12/27/2013 Illness, day-to-day.
11/22/2013 Missed 5 games (right thigh contusion).
11/12/2013 Right thigh contusion, day-to-day.
7/26/2013 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Mavericks to a two-year contract.
6/29/2013 Cleveland Cavaliers did not tender a qualifying offer.
3/16/2013 Missed 1 game (sprained left ankle).
3/15/2013 Sprained left ankle, day-to-day.
1/22/2013 Acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies.
2012
7/24/2012 Acquired from the Minnesota Timberwolves.
4/16/2012 Missed 3 games (back spasms).
4/11/2012 Back spasms, day-to-day.
2011
6/29/2011 Minnesota Timberwolves exercised their contract option for the 2012-13 season.
2/27/2011 Missed 1 game (personal reasons).
2/25/2011 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2/07/2011 Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
2/04/2011 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2010
11/17/2010 Missed 5 games (thigh injury).
11/10/2010 Thigh injury, day-to-day.
10/28/2010 Minnesota Timberwolves exercised their contract option for the 2011-12 season.
3/10/2010 Missed 3 games (sprained left ankle).
3/03/2010 Sprained left ankle, day-to-day.
2009
7/10/2009 Signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
6/26/2009 Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (28th overall) in 2009.
Career Transactions
2021
8/06/2021 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Los Angeles Lakers.
2020
12/02/2020 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Pistons.
2019
7/08/2019 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks.
2/09/2019 Signed as a free agent by the Detroit Pistons.
2/06/2019 Miami Heat traded Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington to the Phoenix Suns for Ryan Anderson.
2016
7/10/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Miami Heat.
2015
7/09/2015 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Brooklyn Nets.
2014
9/22/2014 Signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Lakers.
8/06/2014 Sacramento Kings traded Quincy Acy and Travis Outlaw to the New York Knicks for Wayne Ellington, Jeremy Tyler and a 2016 second-round draft pick.
6/25/2014 Dallas Mavericks traded Jose Calderon, Wayne Ellington, Shane Larkin, Samuel Dalembert and two second-round picks in 2014 (34th & 51st overall) to the New York Knicks for Raymond Felton and Tyson Chandler.
2013
7/26/2013 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Mavericks.
1/22/2013 Memphis Grizzlies traded Marreese Speights, Wayne Ellington, Josh Selby and a protected future first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jon Leuer and a trade exception.
2012
7/24/2012 Memphis Grizzlies traded Dante Cunningham to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Wayne Ellington.
2009
6/25/2009 Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (28th overall) in 2009.
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