Elliott Lydell "Dale" Davis (born March 25, 1969) is an American former professional

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player who played

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and

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. Davis was drafted by the

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with the 13th pick of the 1991 NBA Draft and spent the first nine years of his career with them. He quickly established himself as the team's starting power forward and was the workhorse of the Pacers' outstanding teams in the mid-1990s. He routinely averaged double-digits in points and near double-digits in rebounds throughout his Pacers career and left the franchise as the team's all-time rebounds leader in their NBA era. (The Pacers were an original member of the

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for several years before joining the

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.) Following the 1999–2000 season, in which Davis was named to the All-Star team and the Pacers made it to the

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, the organization decided it was time to rebuild with a younger group of players. They traded Davis to the

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in exchange for

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and

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, and O'Neal soon went on to become the Pacers' franchise player. Davis spent four years with the Blazers, putting up much the same numbers as he did with the Pacers—roughly 8 points and 8 rebounds per game. He played 313 games for the Blazers, starting 235 times. On July 20, 2004, the Blazers traded Davis and

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to the

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in exchange for

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. On February 24, 2005, Davis was traded again, along with guard

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, to the

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for guard

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. Davis was released soon afterward and signed with his first team, the Pacers, on March 4, 2005. He immediately started in place of the injured Jermaine O'Neal, earning one point, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in a Pacers' road victory against the Blazers. In all, Davis started all 25 games he played for the Pacers in the 2004–05 regular season, contributing 6.9 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.32 blocks per game. In June 2006, he became a co-owner in the

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Series when he bought interest in R&J Racing. On August 26, 2005, Davis signed as a

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with the

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. He played with the Pistons for 2 years, retiring from basketball after the 2006–2007 NBA season. In August 2006, Davis was shocked with a stun gun as

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police arrested him for assaulting a police officer,

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, and resisting arrest.ESPN – Pistons' Davis arrested, shocked with stun gun – NBA
/ref> In December 2006, Davis was acquitted of all charges.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 64 , , 23 , , 20.3 , , .552 , , .000 , , .572 , , 6.4 , , .5 , , .4 , , 1.2 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" ,

, 82 , , 82 , , 27.6 , , .568 , , .000 , , .529 , , 8.8 , , .8 , , .8 , , 1.8 , , 8.9 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" ,

, 66 , , 64 , , 34.7 , , .529 , , .000 , , .527 , , 10.9 , , 1.5 , , .7 , , 1.6 , , 11.7 , - , align="left" , 1994–95 , align="left" ,

, 74 , , 70 , , 31.7 , , .563 , , .000 , , .533 , , 9.4 , , .8 , , 1.0 , , 1.6 , , 10.6 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 77 , , 33.6 , , .558 , , .000 , , .467 , , 9.1 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , 1.4 , , 10.3 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

, 80 , , 76 , , 32.4 , , .538 , , .000 , , .428 , , 9.7 , , .7 , , .8 , , 1.0 , , 10.4 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 78 , , 27.9 , , .548 , , .000 , , .465 , , 7.8 , , .9 , , .7 , , 1.1 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 50 , , 50 , , 27.5 , , .533 , , .000 , , .618 , , 8.3 , , .4 , , .4 , , 1.1 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

, 74 , , 72 , , 28.7 , , .502 , , .000 , , .685 , , 9.9 , , .9 , , .7 , , 1.3 , , 10.0 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

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, 81 , , 43 , , 26.7 , , .479 , , .000 , , .632 , , 7.5 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , .9 , , 7.2 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 77 , , 31.4 , , .510 , , .000 , , .708 , , 8.8 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , 9.5 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 78 , , 29.3 , , .541 , , .000 , , .633 , , 7.2 , , 1.2 , , .7 , , .9 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

, 76 , , 37 , , 22.1 , , .473 , , .000 , , .613 , , 5.2 , , .9 , , .6 , , .8 , , 4.4 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" , Golden State , 36 , , 3 , , 16.0 , , .413 , , .000 , , .579 , , 4.3 , , .6 , , .4 , , .9 , , 3.1 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

, 25 , , 25 , , 29.2 , , .536 , , .000 , , .623 , , 8.9 , , 1.0 , , .8 , , 1.3 , , 6.9 , - , align="left" , 2005–06 , align="left" ,

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, 28 , , 2 , , 6.4 , , .375 , , .000 , , .533 , , 1.9 , , .2 , , .0 , , .3 , , .9 , - , align="left" , 2006–07 , align="left" ,

, 46 , , 6 , , 10.1 , , .446 , , .000 , , .654 , , 3.0 , , .3 , , .2 , , .7 , , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 1094 , , 863 , , 27.1 , , .530 , , .000 , , .562 , , 7.9 , , .9 , , .6 , , 1.2 , , 8.0 , - class=“sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 1 , , 0 , , 14.0 , , .667 , , .000 , , .000 , , 8.0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.0

Playoffs

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1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 23.0 , , .400 , , .000 , , .000 , , 6.3 , , .7 , , .0 , , 1.7 , , 2.7 , - , align="left" , 1993 , align="left" ,

, 4 , , 4 , , 29.3 , , .667 , , .000 , , .250 , , 8.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 4.3 , - , align="left" ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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, 16 , , 16 , , 36.1 , , .528 , , .000 , , .306 , , 9.9 , , .7 , , 1.1 , , 1.0 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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, 17 , , 17 , , 28.8 , , .533 , , .000 , , .489 , , 8.0 , , .4 , , .4 , , .8 , , 7.9 , - , align="left" , 1996 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 5 , , 36.8 , , .516 , , .000 , , .364 , , 11.2 , , .8 , , .6 , , 1.2 , , 7.2 , - , align="left" , 1998 , align="left" ,

, 16 , , 16 , , 29.1 , , .651 , , .000 , , .453 , , 7.5 , , .8 , , .3 , , 1.1 , , 8.8 , - , align="left" , 1999 , align="left" ,

, 13 , , 13 , , 30.3 , , .584 , , .000 , , .560 , , 10.2 , , .8 , , .8 , , 1.4 , , 9.1 , - , align="left" ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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, 23 , , 23 , , 31.0 , , .523 , , .000 , , .542 , , 11.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , 1.3 , , 8.3 , - , align="left" ,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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, 2 , , 0 , , 10.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , .5 , , .0 , , .5 , - , align="left" ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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, 3 , , 3 , , 23.3 , , .273 , , .000 , , .500 , , 6.7 , , 1.3 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 2.3 , - , align="left" ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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, 6 , , 6 , , 27.0 , , .583 , , .000 , , .654 , , 8.0 , , 1.5 , , .8 , , .3 , , 7.5 , - , align="left" ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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, 13 , , 13 , , 23.9 , , .448 , , .000 , , .680 , , 6.2 , , .4 , , .7 , , .5 , , 5.3 , - , align="left" ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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, 8 , , 0 , , 4.5 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , .0 , , .0 , , .3 , - , align="left" , 2007 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , 0 , , 6.4 , , .375 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , .3 , , .3 , , 1.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 137 , , 116 , , 26.7 , , .533 , , .000 , , .503 , , 8.0 , , .6 , , .6 , , .9 , , 6.6

Personal

Davis is the biological father of

Trayce Jackson-Davis Trayce Jackson-Davis (born February 22, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana, he was ranked as one of the highest ...

who currently is an American

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player for the

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of the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

References

External links

NBA.com Profile – Dale Davis
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Assault acquittal
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