Rosell Ellis
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 19, 1975 Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rainier Beach (Seattle, Washington) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 1997 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1997–2011 |
| Position | Small forward / Power forward |
| Career history | |
| 1997 | Deportivo Roca |
| 1997–1999 | Des Moines Dragons |
| 1999–2001 | Yakima Sun Kings |
| 2001 | Chicago Skyliners |
| 2001 | Pop Cola Panthers |
| 2002 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2002–2003 | Yakima Sun Kings |
| 2003 | Great Lakes Storm |
| 2003 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2003–2004 | ASPAC Hewlett-Packard Jakarta |
| 2004 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2004–2005 | Perth Wildcats |
| 2006 | Yakima Sun Kings |
| 2006 | Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| 2006–2007 | South Dragons |
| 2007 | Alaska Aces |
| 2007 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 2008–2009 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 2009 | Alaska Aces |
| 2009–2010 | Al Ittihad Jeddah |
| 2010–2011 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Rosell Ellis (born February 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player.
Ellis played high school basketball at Rainier Beach High School. He was named Washington State MVP for 1992–93 season.
From 1993–1995, he played college basketball at the College of Eastern Utah. In 1995, he then moved to McNeese State of the NCAA Division I for his junior and senior years. During his senior year at McNeese State, Ellis averaged 18.5 points per game on almost 67 percent shooting.
After his college career, Ellis joined Deportivo Roca of Argentina for the 1997 season. Later that year, he joined the Des Moines Dragons of the now-defunct International Basketball Association for the 1997–98 season, becoming the league's fifth-leading scorer. He attracted scouts to his games but had an incident in January 1998. There were NBA scouts in the stands when Ellis lost his mind and put an IBA referee in a choke hold. According to Ellis, a referee, Bob Schoewe, was berating players as they lined up around the paint for free throws. Ellis snapped back at Schoewe, who denies insulting the players, and in turn gave Ellis a technical foul in retaliation. Ellis protested again and the ref called a second technical and ejected him from the game. Ellis ran to the scorer's table where Schoewe was reporting the ejection, leaped on the referee's back, and put Schoewe in a sleeper hold. A throng of coaches, players, referees, and security officers pulled Ellis away from Schoewe and brought him to the locker room. The IBA banned him for a year for this action. This action was after Latrell Sprewell's choking of his coach, thus Ellis was shunned by NBA scouts. Now, Ellis looks at this incident as one of his big misdeeds. In 1998, he re-joined Deportivo Roca. Later that year, he re-joined Des Moines Dragons for the 1998–99 season.
In 1999, he joined Cersanit/Nomi Kielce of Poland. In October 1999, he left Kielce. He later joined the Yakima Sun Kings of the CBA for the 1999–2000 season.
On October 2, 2000, he signed with the Detroit Pistons. However, he was waived on October 21. Later that month, he re-joined the Yakima Sun Kings for the 2000–01 season. Following the conclusion of the CBA season, he joined the Chicago Skyliners of the ABA.
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