Pistons guard Wayne Ellington during the second half of Game 4 of a first-round NBA playoff series on April 22, 2019, in Detroit. Photo Credit: AP/Carlos Osorio
Wayne Ellington has learned to take little for granted in the NBA since he was a first-round pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2009 NBA Draft.
It began an odyssey throughout the league that has landed him in his latest stop, with the Knicks. in the first hours of free agency the Knicks secured a two-year deal with Ellington - the first season fully guaranteed, making them his ninth team - not including a six-week, off-season stop on the Knicks roster in 2014 when he joined the franchise in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks and then was shipped out to Sacramento, or a one-day stay with Phoenix last season as part of a trade and waive move to land him in Detroit.