Year after dad’s murder, Ellington’s larger reason to join Nets

Posted Jul 17, 2015
Wayne Ellington had arguably the most successful season of his six-year NBA career last season with the Lakers, averaging 10 points per game and shooting 37 percent from the field. But while Ellington was re-establishing himself as an NBA player in Los Angeles, he also was dealing with the aftermath of the November murder of his father in Philadelphia. (New York Post)

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