Give him 3!

[BernardKingGOAT]

Can you only imagine the 3's that We would've had back when Michael Brooks and Dale Ellis were playing?...Wow!

Ellis didn't shoot from the perimeter in college.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Ellis didn't shoot from the perimeter in college.

Yes he did...Not as often as in the NBA tho...He ended his NBA career as one of the premier 3 point shooters ever.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Devoe didn’t embrace the 3 point baskets. He said that any player checking where their feet were before taking a shot would be benched.

Dale Ellis played in the paint most of the time. UT didn’t have big, talented post players so Ellis unselfishly played around the hoop. He was very effective because of his quickness. Ellis pretty much developed his perimeter game after he was already on the Maverick’s/Sonic’s rosters. Actually not until he was at Seattle after 3 years in Dallas.

The SEC didn't have a 3 point line back then...They adopted it years later.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yes he did...Not as often as in the NBA tho...He ended his NBA career as one of the premier 3 point shooters ever.

Yes, he made himself into a great outside scorer in the NBA. Very rarely, if ever, did he shoot outside of 15 feet in college. Most of his points were in the paint

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The SEC didn't have a 3 point line back then...They adopted it years later.

I know. The NCAA D1 adopted the 3PL after Dale Ellis’ last year but while Devoe was still UT’s coach. It was added between Tony White’s junior and senior years. Conferences set the distance. The ACC’s was only 17’9”. It intersected with the free throw circle.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Yes he did...Not as often as in the NBA tho...He ended his NBA career as one of the premier 3 point shooters ever.

He ended his NBA career #2 in 3 pointers made. He was #1 for a while as an active player. He’s now out of the top 25.

 

[VOLnMiami]

I know. The NCAA D1 adopted the 3PL after Dale Ellis’ last year but while Devoe was still UT’s coach. It was added between Tony White’s junior and senior years. Conferences set the distance. The ACC’s was only 17’9”. It intersected with the free throw circle.

Yeah I remember that one...Line went across the top of the free throw line.